Over the recent few years, we’ve seen dramatic changes in the way kidney stones are treated. Advances in ureteroscopic techniques have absolutely eliminated most of the open surgical treatments. Today, according to the best urology doctors, there are three recent innovations that are capable of improving kidney stone surgical procedure in an assortment of ways: new laser technologies, disposable ureteroscopes, and miniaturized surgery.
New Laser Technologies:
A patented technology called "Moses" is found to be used in a high-powered laser. With this, the kidney stone does not move as considerably after the laser hits it, and it is less complicated to as accurately hit stones that are moving as the patient breathes. This makes it less difficult for a urologist to break down stones without damaging surrounding tissues and causing bleeding.
Disposable Ureteroscopes:
Usually, re-usable scopes are costly, fragile, and frequently require repair after a particular number of cases. With new single-use, disposable ureteroscopes, this isn't a worry in light of the fact that the scope is only used once.
Miniaturized Procedure:
In techniques like percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), surgeons make smaller incisions in the lower back, and insert tiny instruments to break up and expel the stones. Now, with ‘mini perc’ or ‘mini PCNL’, incisions and instruments are smaller, and this theoretically implies that there will be less bleeding and less pain amid recovery.
All the newest developments in the field of kidney stone treatment are in the pipeline. We will presumably observe progresses very soon in this area
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