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Stone of 8mm in left kidney
My left kidney shows mild hydonephrosis with dilated upper ureter due to calculus of size 8.6 mm seen 2.6 cm proximal to iliac vessel crossing and sometimes i feel excess of pain and then no medicine works at that time so tell me dr what to break that kidney without operation
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Dr. Jamal Akhtar Azmi
Urologist
15 yrs exp
Mumbai
Ureteric stone of < 6mm size pass down naturally in 30-45%of patients
Indications for intervention
Persistent pain
Fever with chills
Deterioration of Kidney function
Vomiting
Symptomatic management
. Levoflox 500mg once daily x 5 days
T.drotin 40 mg for pain
T.veltam 0.4 mg daily night x 7 days
Next Steps
in your case it is upper ureteric calculi
URETEROSCOPY WITH LASER FRAGMENTATIONS OF STONE IS IMPORTANT
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