Why should laser lithotripsy through a flexible bronchoscope?

Video content is professionally consulted by a doctor of General Surgery & Anesthesia - Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital

According to statistics, kidney stone disease is now very common, accounting for about 10% of the population, occurring when concentrations of some substances appear too much in the urine compared to normal. These substances are deposited to form crystals, the main component of stone formation. Most kidney stones are invisible to the naked eye.
Over time, kidney stones will grow larger and cause painful symptoms, typically severe renal colic for patients. Patients may discover the disease by accident during routine physical examination or when the stone moves down the ureter causing obstruction and symptoms of hip pain. Currently, to treat kidney stones, there are many methods, in which laser kidney stone lithotripsy is widely applied, bringing high treatment efficiency to patients. However, when it comes to this method, many people still wonder how to dissolve kidney stones? Is kidney stone lithotripsy dangerous?
Laparoscopic laser lithotripsy is a method that uses a laser to "bomb" and break the stone into very small stones, from which the stone will be removed. Thanks to that superiority, endoscopic retrograde endoscopic laser lithotripsy has gradually replaced some other treatment methods such as open surgery, retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery. This is a less invasive treatment method than classic surgical methods, bringing high efficiency in treatment, patients with less pain, quick recovery, usually discharged after 1-2 days.
Patients who are treated by endoscopic retrograde laser lithotripsy with a flexible bronchoscope need to ensure the following conditions:
The pyelonephritis has a size of 3m or less, alone, in combination, and many tablets. Febrile kidney stones, recurrence after open surgery. Upper ureteral stones move in the kidney after endoscopic retrograde lithotripsy with rigid and semi-rigid tubes. Upper ureteral stones migrate into the kidney during retroperitoneal laparoscopic stone removal. Using a flexible bronchoscope in combination with percutaneous endoscopic lithotripsy (PCNL) is difficult to access or in the case of pyelonephritis combined with a soft bronchoscope to remove stones. High-grade ureteral stone is indicated for lithotripsy by one-stage flexible bronchoscope. Laser kidney stone lithotripsy is the most advanced technique in urology in general and urinary stone treatment in particular. In Vietnam, the rate of open surgery when treating kidney stones is quite high. The technique of laser kidney stone lithotripsy using a flexible bronchoscope follows the natural path through the urethra and ureters into the kidney to collect stones. With great advantages, soft tube laser kidney lithotripsy is a modern, minimally invasive technique in the treatment of urinary tract stones. After recovering quickly, patients can be discharged from the hospital in 1-2 days.
With the soft bronchoscope laser kidney stone lithotripsy method, the patient will not have an incision - all operations are performed through the natural route. Therefore, it will minimize pain and affect health. This is a fairly widely specified technique these days.
Laparoscopic laser lithotripsy is an advanced and technically demanding kidney stone treatment technique that can only be performed in large hospitals. Patients should be thoroughly examined before performing this treatment.
Vinmec International General Hospital equipped with Sphinx30 Laser Lithotripsy is also a device to perform the procedure of completely dissolving kidney stones through the skin with a skin incision of about 1 cm, helping doctors to successfully perform urinary stone cases. difficult management. The outstanding advantage of the Sphinx30 Laser is that it can stop bleeding well and cause the least amount of necrosis of surrounding cells. It is known that right after the Sphinx30 Laser machine was put into use, Vinmec Nha Trang has successfully performed many laser lithotripsy cases, with a 100% success rate.