What Are the Pros and Cons of Kidney Stone Surgery?

Kidney stone surgery is a treatment method for patients who cannot be broken by traditional lithotripsy in the kidney, or patients with kidney problems that cannot accept lithotripsy and some huge kidney stones.

Kidney Stone Surgery

Kidney stone surgery is a treatment method for patients who cannot be broken by traditional lithotripsy in the kidney, or patients with kidney problems that cannot accept lithotripsy and some huge kidney stones.

There are two kinds of surgical methods for kidney stone surgery: traditional open surgery and minimally invasive surgery.

Chinese name

Kidney Stone Surgery

Foreign name

Kidney stone surgery

Classification

medicine

Surgical methods

Open surgery and minimally invasive surgery

Treatment is divided into: traditional open surgery and minimally invasive surgery ^[1]

1. Larger renal pelvis and caloridic stones, such as stones larger than 3 cm in diameter or staghorn stones, can also be treated with intraluminal urological surgery and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

2. Multiple calculi in the renal pelvis and calyces: Surgery is more confident in removing the stones in one go.

3. Renal calculi that have been obstructed and have caused renal impairment, such as narrow calculus calculi in the neck of the pyloric neck, narrow pelvis in the pelvic ureteral junction, pelvic calculi with a high ureter inserted into the deformity, etc. No urine, timely surgery to remove obstruction, save renal function.

4. Kidney stones with a diameter of> 2cm or rough surface and an excessively long stay in a certain area are estimated to have formed adhesion and incarceration stones.

5. For patients with severe complications of kidney and poor general condition: surgery should be selected to shorten the treatment cycle.

6. Sub-extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for patients who are unsuccessful or fail to adopt other stone extraction methods.

1. Eat less salt: If you have calcium stones, you should reduce salt intake. You should reduce your daily salt intake to 2-3g.

2, do not take too much vitamins: excessive vitamin D may cause calcium accumulation in various parts of the body. The daily intake of vitamin D is best not to exceed the 400IU set by RDA.

3. Eat less oxalate-rich foods: Because about 60% of the stones are calcium oxalate stones. Therefore, you should limit your intake of foods rich in oxalic acid, such as beans, beets, celery, chocolate, grapes, green peppers, cilantro, spinach, strawberries, and cabbage vegetables. Also avoid alcohol, caffeine, tea, chocolate, dried figs, lamb, stone fruits, green peppers, black tea, poppy seeds, etc.

In addition to diet, patients with kidney stones should pay attention to:

1. Control diet structure, avoid excessive intake of acidic substances and exacerbate acidic constitution. In terms of diet, eat more foods rich in plant organic active alkali, eat less meat, and eat more vegetables.

2. People who have a regular life and irregular habits, many people sing karaoke all night, play mahjong, do not return home at night, etc., there is no regular life. These will increase the body acidification. Susceptible to diabetes. You should develop good habits to maintain a weak alkaline constitution and keep kidney disease away from yourself.

3. Sufficient amount of water, especially before bedtime and in the middle of the night, it is better to use magnetized water with less minerals.

4, add aerobic exercise, exercise properly, exercise more in the sun and sweat more, can help eliminate excess acid in the body, thereby preventing the occurrence of kidney disease.