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I hav stone in kidney s left pipe.955 dimension of stone.what to do..doc said for surgry..1 said medicine?

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Dr. Mathew Chengot answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Lithotrypsy: One can try blasting the stone by ultrasound -lithotrypsy to break to small particles that you may pass the smaller bits in the urine.

Answered 10/5/2013

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