Kidney Stone Surgery Tube In Back. To place a percutaneous nephrostomy tube a tunnel is made from your lower back through and into your kidney. In pnl your surgeon makes a small incision in your back and passes of a tiny scope into the kidney to break up the kidney stone.
The soft plastic tube is then connected to a drainage bag outside of your body. You have a dressing on the skin where the tube. A nephrostomy is a surgical procedure where a tube is inserted through the skin into the kidney.
A nephrostomy is a surgical procedure where a tube is inserted through the skin into the kidney.
As the dye moves through the kidney the doctor checks to see if the kidney stone is gone. If you have kidney stones that are too big to pee out surgery may be an option. You will be taken to a room where you can rest. Through this tunnel the tube is placed and left in to drain urine from your kidney into a drainage bag.