{"id":3161,"date":"2025-10-07T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T11:20:17","slug":"kidney-stone-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/07\/kidney-stone-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidney stone surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kidney stone surgery is a medical procedure used to remove or break down stones (hard deposits of minerals like calcium) that form in the kidneys or urinary tract and cannot pass naturally through urine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a simple overview \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\ude7a What are kidney stones?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kidney stones are solid crystal-like masses that form in the kidneys due to concentrated urine or mineral buildup. They can cause severe pain, burning urination, blood in urine, and infection if not treated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2695\ufe0f Types of Kidney Stone Surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ESWL (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-invasive procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uses shock waves to break stones into small pieces that pass through urine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually done under mild anesthesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>URS (Ureteroscopy)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A thin tube (ureteroscope) is inserted through the urinary tract to remove or laser-break the stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suitable for stones in the ureter or lower kidney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PCNL (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Minimally invasive surgery done through a small incision in the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Used for large or complex stones in the kidney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Performed under general anesthesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidney stone surgery is a medical procedure used to remove or break down stones (hard deposits of minerals like calcium) that form in the kidneys or urinary tract and cannot pass naturally through urine. Here\u2019s a simple overview \ud83d\udc47 \ud83e\ude7a What are kidney stones? Kidney stones are solid crystal-like masses that form in the kidneys due to concentrated urine or mineral buildup. They can cause severe pain, burning urination, blood in urine, and infection if not treated. \u2695\ufe0f Types of Kidney Stone Surgery Non-invasive procedure. Uses shock waves to break [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","cat-1-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3163,"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions\/3163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifecarehospitalindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}