Kidney Stone Surgery Through Back. With this surgery your doctor uses a small scope along with instruments to pluck or. Percutaneous stone surgery is usually used for larger stones.
With percutaneous nephrolithotomy surgery the surgeon removes the stones through a small incision in the back. At the end of your surgery your doctor inserts a nephrostomy tube through your back and into your kidney. A scope is inserted through a small incision in your back to remove the kidney stones.
Ureteroscopic surgery is recommended for stones lodged in the lower ureter.
News and world report. With this surgery your doctor uses a small scope along with instruments to pluck or. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is used most often for larger stones or when other procedures such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or uteroscopy are unsuccessful or not possible. At the end of your surgery your doctor inserts a nephrostomy tube through your back and into your kidney.