A surgical operation to remove a stone in the kidney.
Surgical procedure in which a small incision is made in the skin for the use of a fiberoptic scope to remove renal calculi.
The surgical removal of kidney stones. Nephrolithotomy has been largely replaced by more technologically advanced and less invasive procedures for the treatment of kidney stones, but it is still used in cases of very large kidney stones.
The surgical removal of a stone from the kidney by an incision into the kidney substance. It is normally performed in combination with an incision into the renal pelvis
Surgically removing a kidney stone by making an incision into the central portion of the kidney.
Nephrolithotomy can be conducted through an abdominal incision, a back incision, or by employing pyelolithotomy (a surgical method where a kidney stone is taken out through an incision at the renal pelvis). Tools are utilized to seize and extract the stone; for larger stones, fragmentation might be needed prior to removal.
Presently, surgery can often be circumvented through the utilization of lithotripsy, a technique that employs ultrasonic waves to fragment calculi, enabling their elimination through urine.