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My father is having two kidney stones of size 30 mm and 13 mm in his left kidney.. Can stones be removed without open surgery?? What will be the best advice
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Looks like left kidney is poorly functioning.. We need to assess its function before we go ahead with any surgery.
Get DTPA scan done.
Get RFT, CBC done
Review with reports
Do these tests early...
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Dr. BUDUMURU RAMANA
Urologist
6 yrs exp
Srikakulam
It seems left kidney function is impaired. Need to get serum creatinine, And functional renogram(DTPA) . Need to seen CT KUB too to asess up on.
Surgery can be decided after dtpa.
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