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Kidney stone
My father has 4.5×2 cm kidney stone in left kidney.pcnl surgery is suggested to us .Is pcnl surgery good for that big kidney stone.
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There are two options ESWL with DJ stenting or PCNL is there's stag horn calculus.
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Usually stones of size less than 6 mm will come out on its own. But this is 4.5 cm * 2 cm . Its a big stone. It cannot come on its own.
Definitely PCNL has to be done for a stone of this size.
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Proceed with PCNL please
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Dr. Salman Ali Sayed
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PCNL IS IDEAL FOR THIS SIZE OF STONE
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