Patient's question:
A 16mm kidney stone can be shattered with laser treatment. How can it be treated?Doctor's answer:
Principles of Renal Calculus Treatment;1. Symptomatic treatment: Spasmolytic, analgesic, fluid replacement, anti-inflammatory, and traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
2. Stone expulsion treatment is selected for ambulatory patients.
3. Stone dissolution treatment: Taking medication, drinking a large amount of water, adjusting urine pH, and controlling dietary types.
4. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
5. Surgical treatment.
Recommendation: For the treatment of renal calculi, only by combining crushing, dissolving, expulsion, and prevention can satisfactory clinical therapeutic effects be achieved.