Ureteroscopy Stone Removal Surgery
Ureteroscopy is a procedure to address kidney stones, and involves the passage of a small telescope, called a ureteroscope, through the urethra and bladder and up the ureter to the point where the stone is located. Ureteroscopy is typically performed under general anesthesia, and the procedure usually lasts from one to three hours.
If the stone is small it can be snared with a basket tool and separated from the ureter entirely. If the stone is huge, or if the ureter’s diameter is small, fragmentation of the stone would be needed, which is typically done with a laser. Those bits are removed until the stone is split into tiny pieces.
