46 year old male, had lithotripsy on left kidney to break up 4mm stone. Every went fine and urinated fragments out. Two months later had 5mm stone in right kidney lithotripsy didn t break up. Had it lithotripsy done again a month later, again didn t break up. What next?
HelloThanks for your query, based on the facts that you have posted it appears that you have a stone of 5 mm size in your Rt kidney, and it did not get fragmented even with two attempts of lithography. The stone of a size of 5 mm is likely to be passed down through ureter in to bladder and urethra. You have to ensure that you Chat Doctor. Taking alpha blockers like Tamsulosin will help to pass it down through ureter smoothly. In case if it gets impacted into ureter and gives severe pain it can be fragmented endoscopic procedure called UreteroRenoscopy(URS).