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Senior Consultant, 24 years of experience
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Stone Disease, Bladder Dysfunction & Recent Advances in Prostatic Diseases, Newer Technologies in BPH & Cancer Prostate, Uro-Oncology, with Special Interest in Bladder Cancer, Renal Transplantation, Reconstructive & Tropical Urology, Urological & Sexual Health of the Aging Male
Consultant, 12 years of experience
Acute & Chronic Kidney diseases, All types of Glomerular Diseases
Consultant, 30 years of experience
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Adult Nephrology, Dialysis / Haemodialysis, Nephrology Ailments, Nephrology ICU, Renal Replacement Therapy
Consultant, 24 years of experience
<p>Dr. Sanjay Maitra specializes in the following:</p> <ul> <li>Critical Care Renal Replacement Therapy</li> <li>Hemodialysis</li> <li>Peritoneal Dialysis</li> </ul>
Senior Consultant, 18 years of experience
Renal Biopsy CAPD catheter insertion PERMCATH insertions
Senior Consultant, 36 years of experience
Urology Consultation Vascular Surgery Ureteroscopy (URS)
Senior Consultant, 31 years of experience
<p class="rtejustify">Dr. DVSLN Sharma specializes in:</p> <ul> <li class="rtejustify">Direct Visual Internal Urethrotomy (DVIU)</li> <li class="rtejustify">Testicular Surgery </li> <li class="rtejustify">Urethrotomy </li> <li class="rtejustify">Laser Prostatectomy Ureteroscopy (URS) </li> <li class="rtejustify">Minimally Invasive Urology </li> <li class="rtejustify">Urostomy</li> </ul>
Senior Consultant, 31 years of experience
Vasectomy Urinary Incontinence (Ui) Treatment Ureteroscopy (URS) Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Surgery Of The Penis Kidney Stone Treatment Urology Consultation Urethrotomy Testicular Surgery Direct Visual Internal Urethrotomy (DVIU)
Senior Consultant, 29 years of experience
Vascular Surgery Surgery Of The Penis Urology Consultation Ureterostomy Urostomy Treatment Of Erectile Dysfunction Vasectomy Urinary Incontinence (Ui) Treatment Direct Visual Internal Urethrotomy (DVIU) Kidney Stone Treatment Urethrotomy Testicular Surgery Ureteroscopy (URS)
Senior Consultant, 29 years of experience
Rigid cystoscopy, TURP TURBT Cystolithotripsy Urinary Fistula repair Robotic radical prostatectomy Robotic partial nephrectomy Robotic Surgery Radical Cystectomy Orthotopic neobladder reconstruction Pyeloplasty Retroperitoneal tumour surgery Penile cancer surgery Testicular cancer surgery Retroperitoneal Lymph node dissection
Consultant, 16 years of experience
Dialysis / Haemodialysis Nephrology ICU Nephrology Chronic Kidney Disease ( CKD ) Kidney Disease Treatment Adult Nephrology Kidney Transplant Hemodialysis Hemodiafiltration (HDF) Renal (Kidney) Surgery Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy Ureteroscopy (URS) Renal Angioplasty & Stenting Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Consultant, 17 years of experience
Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Hemodialysis Hemodiafiltration (HDF) Kidney Dialysis Kidney Transplant Renal Angioplasty & Stenting Kidney Stone Treatment Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy Kidney Failure Treatment Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) treatment Ureteroscopy (URS) Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Renal (Kidney) Surgery
Consultant, 30 years of experience
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy Kidney Stone Treatment Renal Angioplasty & Stenting Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Hemodialysis Hemodiafiltration (HDF) Renal (Kidney) Surgery Ureteroscopy (URS) Kidney Transplant
Principal Consultant, 32 years of experience
Diabetes Management Hemodiafiltration (HDF)
Consultant, 30 years of experience
Hemodialysis Peritoneal Dialysis Adrenalectomy Kidney Surgery Kidney Stones Kidney Failure Polycystic Kidney Disease Shrunken Kidney Chronic Kidney Disease Kidney Cancer End-Stage Renal Disease Glomerulonephritis Chronic Infection Polycystic Kidneys Kidney Injury or Trauma
Senior Consultant, 25 years of experience
Renal transplant
Director, 32 years of experience
Endourology, Laparoscopic Uro-oncology, and Kidney Transplantation
Director, 29 years of experience
Endo-urology and LASERS & Robotics in Urology
Consultant, 28 years of experience
Kidney Transplant, Hemodialysis, Renal Artery Stenosis, and Acute Kidney Failure
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Lithrotripsy is not recommended when you are pregnant, kidney infection, urinary tract infection or any other problems related to kidney.
If you have constipation it may be a problem for your lithotripsy, if there is presence of stool in kidney stone it will obscure kidney stone. If you have not passed your bowel two days before the procedure you should definitely take laxative the night before your lithotripsy and empty your colon.
It is done under general anaesthesia in which you have to do normal fasting for eight to twelve hours before administration of anaesthesia.
The kidney stone which is greater than 2 cm will need lithotripsy. Mostly kidney stones are small and they can easily pass without need of any treatment.
Lithotripsy is completely non invasive treatment and its success rate is higher but little bit lower than ureteroscopy. Ureteroscopy is somewhat more invasive but its success rate is higher than lithotripsy.
You should eat normal food during the procedure before surgery. Don’t drink or eat anything after midnight or as advised by your doctor because you have to undergo anaesthesia
Lithotripsy is used for breaking different types of stones as lithotripsy is the non invasive treatment for kidney stones, it can cause trauma to the kidney and its nearby structure.
More extensive treatment is needed for large kidney stones whose size is greater than 5mm. It is difficult for them to move through urinary tract they can even cause pain or severe symptoms.
Your doctor will recommend what is best for your kidney stones. You may be recommended to drink water, lemon juice, celery juice, pomegranate juice etc.
One night before your treatment you should eat low fat meal and avoid fatty, spicy and fried food because these can affect the efficacy of treatment.
You should eat light breakfast and lunch and only drink plain liquid if you want to have coffee have light coffee.
The success rate of lithotripsy is in between 50 to 75% and it is very successful in case of smaller stones.
Lithotripsy takes around 45 minutes to one hour to perform; it is mostly done under some form of anaesthesia. Lithotripsy sends a focused ultrasonic energy or shock waves to the first stone located with x ray or sound waves. The shock waves break the larger stone to a smaller stone which will pass through the urine.
For your comfort you will be given general anaesthesia so that you can lie down comfortably on bed. X rays will be used for locating the stone before the treatment
If your lithotripsy goes wrong you can develop some form of infection or even damage your kidney when the fragment of stone blocks the flow of urine from your kidney. It may also cause damage to your kidneys.
It will take around 45 minutes to one hour to complete the procedure.
Shock wave lithotripsy is a very safe treatment to get rid of your kidney stones. If you are passing even a small fragment of kidney stone it will hurt you. You may feel some discomfort as the stone fragments pass away in days or weeks.
Both intravenous sedation anaesthesia and epidural anaesthesia is used during the procedure. Epidural anaesthesia is mainly used during immersion lithotripsy.
Lithotripsy is mainly done by urologist who are specialized in treating diseases of the urinary tract system.
Lithotripsy is done under general anaesthesia but you will be light sedation along with general anaesthesia when needed.
It will take around four to eight weeks for all the fragments of kidney stone to pass through urine.
After the treatment or after 4 to 8 weeks of treatment, you may have some kind of nausea and pain during the passing of the kidney stones. You may also notice some kind of bruises on your back where stone treatment was done. Some pain can be expected during the procedure.
Stent is not mandatory after lithotripsy for every patient
You may feel an urgency to pass urine and you may feel pain during this. Kidney stones can be even present at both sides, it may stop the flow of urine which is a medical emergency.
Recovery after lithotripsy takes around one to two weeks
You will not feel any pain during the procedure as laser light are used during the procedure you may feel burning sensation when you feel and urge to urinate for several hour after treatment.
In 8 hours you should drink minimum 6 to 8 glasses and in 24 hours you should drink 2 to 3 litres of water. You have not do any heavy exercise or workout after 24 hours of the procedure.
Shock wave lithotripsy has only got some minor side effects such as pain, discomfort and burning sensation during urination. Loss of renal function, hypertension and chances of forming new stones are the long term side effects of the procedures.
After the procedure when you feel better you can go home. You can do your normal activities within one to two days after procedure.
You may feel some nausea, pain and discomfort after your treatment when the crushed fragment of stones passed from tube to kidney and the bladder. Immediately after the procedure the stone fragments will pass.
Yes it can cause blood clots because of the large amount of blood or blood clots in urine which indicates injury of kidney.
The stone fragments will pass within a week it may take around 4 to 8 weeks for the entire fragments to pass.
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