The annoying and often painful or even dangerous stones of renal They are hard collections of salts and metals consisting of calcium or uric acid.
While formed in the kidney they can “travel” to other parts of the urinary tract. Their size is also different and can be from very small to so large that they occupy the whole kidney.
More new, innovative techniques, such as transdermal lithotripsy, that incorporate the latest developments in the level of medical science and technology, provide definitive relief, in the most bloodless, painless and aesthetic way, in kidney lithia.
It is noted that when one presents an episode of lithiasis, it is likely to have a 10% of a second in one year, while the possibility of relapse in the next 10 years is up to 70%. It is also a potentially dangerous disease that can cause serious complications and therefore treatment should start as soon as its existence is found.
Today, a new, minimally invasive method allows urologists to process large or complex kidney stones, avoiding the large incision, the longest stay in the hospital and the risk of serious complications pregnant with the methods of the past.
“It is a minimally invasive surgery performed through a microscopic intersection – an insect of the skin, through which, under radioscopic screening, a narrow channel is created directly in the ruin of the kidney and at the point where the stone is located. The method is significant progress that bypasses open surgery with frequent and serious complications, while patients have rapid recovery and are quickly relieved of their problem, “says Dr. Stylianos Kontos, MD, PhD, FEBU, Urologist / Andrian Surgeon,
“One important advantage of the method is that it can be combined with the ascending endoscopic lithotripsy, with the patient in a supine position, so that cardiopulmonary is not burdened, as was the case with the old technique of transdermal nephrolithotripsy, during which the patient stayed at least for the patient.
The combination of the ascending endoscopic (RIRS) and transdermal lithotripsy (PCNL), is called a combined uplift and transdermal lithotripsy and is the best of endosurology in the treatment of complex lithiasis. It is applied by highly specialized urologists and requires appropriate technological equipment and know -how.
Hospital stay is a day – without a drainage stay in the area of surgery – resulting in a faster return of the patient to work.
The advantages of transdermal lithotripsy compared to other surgical methods are:
- Higher chances of total removal of stones (almost 100%)
- Ability to remove stones in a short period of time
- Ability to remove stones with the first time
- Lower costs, as IVF is usually required by many sessions, with higher total care costs
- Ability to deal with patients with a confirmed medical history
“In our time, the claim that a kidney stone that does not bother should be left to its fate is rejected. A kidney stone will sooner or later cause harm, and with this modern method no stone is difficult to treat, ”concludes Dr. Kontos.