Ureteroscopy

Treatment Overview

A ureteroscopy, Opens dialog is a type of procedure. Your doctor may do it to remove kidney stones from one of your ureters. These are the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder. Your doctor may also do it to help find the reason for a urinary infection or blood in your urine.

Your doctor puts a thin scope with very small tools in it into your urethra. This is the tube that carries urine from your bladder to the outside of your body. Then the doctor moves the scope through your urethra and bladder into your ureter.

The doctor may use a wire with a tiny basket on the end to take out a kidney stone. Or the doctor may use a laser to break up a stone. If this is done, the pieces will wash out of your body in your urine.

You may be awake during the procedure. Or you may have medicine to make you sleep. In either case, you will not feel pain.

Information about Ureteroscopy

Current as of: April 30, 2024

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