Surgeries for kidney stone and enlarged prostate

Kidney stone surgery is performed when the stone has failed to pass ever after medications and is causing severe pain. The surgery is also recommended when the stone is too large to pass through urine tract or is stuck at a difficult place. The other condition, where kidney surgery is done is when stone is blocking the urine flow and causing infection in the urine tract.

Kidney stone removal surgeries --

Kidney stone removal surgeries can be performed on outpatient bases. In many surgerical procedures, the cut is not done and kidney stone is broken into smaller pieces by the use of ultrasound waves. In shock wave treatment, the shock waves reach the stone to break it into smaller pieces and these pieces then come out through urine tract. 

When the stone is large and its location is such that shock wave can be ineffective then Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy surgery is done. Here, the cut is made from the back of the patient to reach the kidney. The surgeon then destroys the stone by use of an instrument called nephroscope. The ultrasound is also used for large stone to break them into smaller parts.

In urethrascopic removal, the surgeon passes an instrument called urethra scope to ureter from bladder and urethra.  The surgeon Kidney stone specialist doctor in Delhi can remove the stone by a cage like device or by shattering the stone into smaller particles.  This surgery is not used now, because of possible damage to ureter.

Prostate laser surgery –

Laser is used to evaporate or shrink the enlarged part of the prostate to relieve the pressure of urethra. The urethra is surrounded by the prostate so when prostate gets enlarged it squeezes urethra and disturbs the flow of urine.

The laser is passed through a scope which is inserted through the tip of the penis .This scope reaches the tube of urine from bladder. The energy created by the laser destroys or removes the extra prostate tissue. The different ways by which a laser destroys the prostate tissues gives birth to different laser surgeries. The different kind of laser is used in some surgeries to remove or evaporate the prostate tissue. The main function of the laser is all laser based prostate surgery is to either Urologist for Laser Prostate Surgery cut or evaporates the enlarged part of the prostate. The use of laser depends on the health of the patient, the facilities available in the hospital and experience of the doctor in use of such laser for surgery.