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Pictures
of Kidney Stones
For diagnosing the
kidney stones, various medical surgeries firstly takes the
pictures of kidney stones for getting idea about the size,
type and its nature. These techniques are X-ray technique,
shock waves, tunnel surgery, ureteroscopy that assist the
patient to get rid of kidney stone.
A doctor firstly takes
the pictures of the kidney stones by X-ray machine. After
considering the type of the kidney stones, these pictures of
kidney stones are used in four different types of diagnosing
techniques of kidney stones. This X-rays report is in the form
of pictures of the kidney stones. He can guess the chemical
composition of such kidney stones.
The X-ray pictures of
kidney stones are generally of four types, which we find in
medical study. These pictures are of uric acid kidney stones,
calcium carbonate kidney stone, calcium oxalate kidney stones
and struvite kidney stones. We can also view various pictures
of kidney stones according to their chemical composition.
The pictures of kidney
stones contains the chemical compositions like uric acid,
brushite, carbon apatite, calcium oxalate monohydrate which is
deposited over silica, canine, struvite, struvite with staple,
calcium oxalate monohydrate which is made up of superficial
dehydrate, calcium oxalate monohydrate which is coated with
Triamterene, Xanthine, Brushite, Struvite which is also called
as Ferret.
By taking the pictures
of the kidney stones, the doctor considers the status of the
kidney stones. Generally, the picture of kidney stones
consists of a small like a grain of sand and some stones are
large like pearls. Some kidney stones are big in size like
golf balls. These smooth stones are generally yellowish and
brown in color.
After getting the whole
ideal from the picture of kidney stones, a doctor can
recommend the prescription for next stage of the medical
treatment. Therefore, the advanced surgerical techniques
really depend on the pictures of the kidney pictures.
In extracorporeal shock
wave lithotripsy shock wave treatment, a particular machine is
used by the doctor to send shock waves in a straight line to
the kidney stones. These waves help to break the large stones
into small pieces and flow and exert from your urinary system
of your body in the form of urine.
In the technique like
the tunnel surgery called as percutaneous nephrolithotomy. By
considering the pictures of kidney stones, a small scratch is
made by the doctor into the backside of the patient. He makes
a slight burrow through the skin to the stone within the
kidney. In this technique, the doctor uses a special
instrument, which goes through that tunnel or burrow. At the
final stage, doctor finds the stone and gets rid of this
kidney stone.
Ureteroscopy is a
technique by which is used to detect the kidney stones and
then eliminate these kidney stones from the human body. This
ureteroscopy technique looks like a long wire, which is
inserted in the urethra where doctor can detect the kidney
stones. This modern technique is incorporated with a camera,
which is used to take pictures of kidney stones. By viewing
these pictures of kidney stones, a doctor lastly uses a cage
for eliminating these kidney stones.
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