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I have had kidney stones removed thru a hole in my back, using the down below method and had them blasted. now i have ecoli colonized in my kidneys. could it have been caused from the kidney stone removal?
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No. Sometimes the stones are infected and cause infection of the kidney at tiome of surgery. This can be treated
Answered 9/16/2022
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