Quang NinhA 65-year-old male patient was hospitalized due to severe abdominal pain, the doctor discovered a large stone mass in the kidney, nearly 7 cm long.
On July 31, Doctor Nguyen Nhu Trung, Department of Urology and Nephrology, Vietnam - Sweden Hospital Uong Bi, said that the patient had a stone as large as a ginger root, with complex branches.
After two hours of intervention, the surgical team removed the entire rough coral stone block, preserving kidney function. "The intervention is difficult, just a small mistake can cause the patient to bleed, even remove the kidney," the doctor said.
Coral pebbles have a special shape, thorns similar to coral trees. The process of stone formation usually progresses silently, without symptoms. When the coral stone is large, the patient has symptoms of dull, persistent back pain, can urinate harshly or blood in the urine. If not treated, coral stones will reduce kidney function due to kidney retention, infection ...
With large stones, the doctor must have interventions such as lithotripsy, surgery to remove, help relieve symptoms, restore normal urine flow. After treatment for kidney stones, patients need to have a healthy diet, drink more than two liters of water a day and go to the doctor periodically to detect recurrent kidney stones or complications and sequelae.
Large stone mass in the patient's kidney. Image: Hospital provides
Doctors recommend that people with low back pain or blood in the urine, painful urination should go to the doctor, do not self-medicate at home. Renal ultrasound, abdominal X-ray are basic laboratory methods to help detect urinary tract stones.
If detected late, stones will wreak havoc, lose kidney function, cause recurrent kidney infections, even severe infections and death.
Minh An
