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Kidney Stones Keyhole Surgery

All About Kidney

Kidney Stones Keyhole Surgery. The operation involves removal of the kidney through several small keyhole cuts. Four to five small cuts are made in your abdomen.

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The operation involves removal of the kidney through several small keyhole cuts. Kidney stones form when there is a decrease in urine volume and or an excess of stone forming substances in the urine. Keyhole surgery is a well established procedure by which stones in the kidney or the upper ureter are removed by making a small incision in the flank.

Open surgery is rarely done for kidney stones anymore.

Generally an incision that is 1 cm or less than 1 cm is made in the flank. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy pcnl is the preferred technique for treating larger kidney stones over 2cm in diameter located within the kidney it involves keyhole surgery that is performed through a 1cm incision in the skin see diagram. Open surgery is rarely done for kidney stones anymore. The surgeon puts a telescope which is a small metal tube with a camera at the end and operating instruments into your abdomen through the cuts.