maximally effective and minimally traumatic
destruction of kidney renal calculi

Our center is specialized in laser destruction of stones in kidneys, ureter and bladder.

We have a complete set of state-of-the-art equipment that allows us to find concrements and break them up in any part of the urinary system with a least damage to you. In our practice, we use the treatment algorithms developed by the European Association of Urology. Laser treatment of urolithiasis can quickly and efficiently relieve you of your health problem and bring you back to your family and everyday activities.

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Causes of renal calculi

Kidney stone disease (KSD) or urolithiasis is a symptomatic disease caused by metabolic disorders in a human body accompanied by formation of calculi in the urinary tract. The average life-long risk of calculi is 5-10%.

The main factors that may lead to KSD are:

  • The first and most important factor is insufficient amount of water consumed by an individual (normal daily urine production should be at least 1.5-2 liters)
  • Long-lasting unchanged meals (a diet should be diverse and consist of proteins, fats and carbohydrates).
  • Inheritance (if you have close KSD relatives, you are at increased risk of KSD).
  • Genitourinary infection (very often the infection is asymptomatic and does not cause any unpleasant sensations in humans, manifesting itself only by an elevated white cell count as a result of a general urinalysis).
  • Endocrine disorders of mineral metabolism.
  • A sedentary lifestyle.

All of the above are only the main factors and by no means the absolute cause of stone formation. Very often a person who has all these factors does not have stones, and vice versa. What can you do to prevent kidney stones?

Stone Formation Prevention

Calculi in kidneys and renal duct

Main symptoms:

Nausea

It is present in most patients, yet not in all of them

Back pain

Dull aching pain in the right or left lumbar region, which is independent of body position; a patient cannot find a right place for relief

Vomiting

Few know that this symptom may be associated with kidneys, therefore completely different diseases are suspected

Acute low abdominal pain

It may be associated with urination or painful tenesmus, urethrodynia, sometimes radiating in the genital area.

Red urine

It is a very important symptom which you must report to your doctor

SPONTANEOUS STONE PASSAGE

Waiting for spontaneous stone passage is only reasonable for small calculi (smaller than 6 mm); larger concrements can also pass away, but this can take a long time and harm your body. The role of medicamentous treatment is usually overestimated, because, as a rule, if concrement tends to move, it anyway moves with and without medication, and if it gets stuck, there are no medicines that will get it off the trap. Medication is only an adjunctive therapy in this case.
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LITHOTRIPSY

The treatment is aimed at breaking up and spontaneous passage or removal of calculi from the body through the urinary tract or minor punctures.
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REMOVAL AS A WHOLE

This technique offers only one option - an open surgery.
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Remote lithotripsy

The optimum concrement size is smaller than 1 cm. Optimal location is the upper third of the ureter. The concrement is broken by a shockwave generated outside the body and focused on a calculus through the tissue, without punctures or cuts, followed by unforced passage of fragments. The best results are obtained with medium- or low-density concrements smaller than 1 cm in diameter.
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Laser lithotripsy through the urethra (urinary tract)

The optimum concrement size is smaller than 2 cm. The concernment’s location doesn't matter. The stones are broken through the body's natural openings. With the right equipment, a surgeon can reach the right place in any part of the urinary system through the urinary tract, lead up a laser fiber and destruct the calculi to dust. The optimal size for this method is smaller than 2 cm.
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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini PCNL)

The optimum concrement size is more than 2 cm. The optimal location of the concrement is the kidney. The stones are broken through a puncture of the skin and kidney. If the concrement is located in the kidney, then urologist can reach the stone and destruct it through the puncture expanded to a required diameter. The procedure is commonly used with concrements larger than 2 cm.
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Renal colic pain and how to get rid of it

To understand the reasons for deterioration of your condition, you need to know the basic rule – renal calculi do not create an emergency condition by themselves; the main problems arise when calculi block the flow of urine from kidney sinuses and, therefore, launch the inflammatory process.

People are mostly misled by an idea that calculus is something that “scratches” or grows into a kidney. In fact, renal calculus is a site of chronic infection, which may cause unpleasant sensations in the lumbar region. In most cases, calculi lying freely in a renal sinus can be detected by kidney ultrasound or assumed against the elevated leukocyte and red blood cell count of total urinalysis.

 

A decision on treatment of such calculi is taken individually for each patient based on the size of concrement and clinical picture. Patients may resort to conservative therapy, such as citrate mixtures, unless calculi have blocked a urinary outflow.

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Our advantages

We choose a technique for removing calculi from the kidneys based on your individual case,

looking for the least traumatic but most effective way of treatment.

We treat by medical prescription

We address your problem only if treatment is not contraindicated for you

One-day surgery

You return to your everyday life the very next day

Pricing policy

You clearly understand how much the treatment will cost

Safety and comfort

We provide you maximum safety and comfort during treatment

Prescription of medicines

We do not prescribe unnecessary medications and examinations

Examples of patients

Crushing a coral-like stone through 5 mm. a puncture on the skin

A 74-year-old patient presented with complaints of dull aching pain in the left lumbar region of more than ten years' duration.
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1.8-cm calculus in the lower calyx.

1.8-cm calculus in the lower calyx.
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A 2.8 cm calculus of the calyx

A 2.8 cm calculus of the calyx
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Treatment of coral stone 1 degree right, kidney

A 47-year-old patient has a high level of uric acid in the blood, which led to the formation of a staghorn kidney stone.
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Valeriy Kaminskiy

Urologist

Hryhoriy Lypivskyy

Urologist

Oksana Lenska

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