Minimally invasive treatments forkidney stones desease

Abstract

The lecture describes the basic minimally invasive treatment of urinary stone disease — extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, endovideosurgical operations, including percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. Indications and contraindications are discussed, there are shown advantages and disadvantages of each of these methods. Our own experience in minimally invasive treatment of patients with kidney, ureter and bladder stones is presented.