Is percutaneous nephrolithotomy painful

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Now with the continuous development of science and technology, there are more and more ways of operation, and many people can restore their health. For percutaneous nephrolithotomy, the risk is not great, the effect is still very good, let's talk about the pain of percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Is percutaneous nephrolithotomy painful

First, the traditional method of "lithotomy" requires a large incision of about 20cm at the waist, cutting the muscles of the waist to separate the kidney, and cutting a small opening in the renal pelvis or renal parenchyma to remove the stone. This method has the advantages of large injury, more bleeding, heavy pain and slow recovery. It usually takes about 7 days to stay in hospital after the operation. Because of the large incision, not only the skin is not beautiful, but also the physical strength of the patients after the operation is greatly affected.

Second, compared with open surgery, percutaneous nephrolithotomy has the advantages of less injury, less pain, complete stone removal and quick recovery. The incision of the waist is usually less than 1cm, because it does not cut the muscle, so it not only does not affect the appearance, but also has little impact on the labor force after the operation. They usually leave the hospital 2-3 days after the operation. Compared with laparoscopic nephrolithotomy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy is more effective on kidney and peripheral blood

Third: percutaneous nephrolithotomy is to establish a channel from the skin to the kidney at the waist. Through this channel, the nephroscope is inserted into the kidney, and the kidney stones are broken and removed by laser, ultrasound and other lithotripsy tools. Minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MPCNL) is commonly known as "drilling and lithotripsy", that is, through the patient's waist about 0.5cm incision, to establish a lithotripsy channel, place nephroscope, through the ultrasonic pneumatic lithotriptor or holmium laser lithotriptor to crush the renal calculi, especially the cast calculi and upper ureteral calculi, and then remove the calculi.

matters needing attention

Surgery will inevitably bring some side effects or other complications to patients, but percutaneous nephrolithotomy has been much more advanced than traditional surgery, because it can be very good for lithotripsy through super birth and other tools, and patients will not be very painful. But also pay attention to postoperative care and self-cultivation.