MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The stone may also be removed with: A tube (endoscope) inserted into the kidney through a small surgical cut in the back. A small lighted tube (ureteroscope) inserted through the bladder into ureters. Ureters are the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder.

Detailed explanation-2: -Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is a technique for treating stones in the kidney and ureter that does not require surgery. Instead, high energy shock waves are passed through the body and used to break stones into pieces as small as grains of sand.

Detailed explanation-3: -If you have kidney stones, you might have a treatment called lithotripsy. This is a procedure to treat kidney stones. The procedure uses shock waves to break your kidney stones into small, sand-like particles. These particles can then pass out of your body through your pee.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lithotripsy treats kidney stones by sending focused ultrasonic energy or shock waves directly to the stone first located with fluoroscopy (a type of X-ray “movie”) or ultrasound (high frequency sound waves). The shock waves break a large stone into smaller stones that will pass through the urinary system.