Shocked with stones as big as egg stones removed from the bladder of a man in Son La

Mr. LVQ (40 years old, residing in Phu Yen district, Son La province) came to Thanh Thuy District Medical Center (Phu Tho province) for examination with pain in the lower abdomen for many days. Before that, he had also gone for examination and treatment but it did not improve, so his family took him to Thanh Thuy District Medical Center for examination.

Receiving his case, the doctors of the General Surgery Department - LCK examined him and prescribed the necessary paraclinical tests. The test results showed that there were many stones in his bladder, the largest one measuring 32 x 37mm.

Image of bladder stones removed from the patient's body

After receiving the test results, the doctors performed surgery to remove bladder stones for Mr. LVQ. After nearly 1 hour in the operating room, the doctors removed 4 stones like egg stones from the patient's bladder.

After 8 days of treatment, Mr. Q's health stabilized and he was discharged from the hospital.

Recognize the symptoms of bladder stones and how to treat them

Bladder stones are formed by the accumulation of minerals. Bladder stones are common in men and are related to the stagnation of urine due to obstruction in the bladder neck or urethra.

When suffering from bladder stones, patients often have symptoms of lower urinary tract, intermittent urination in the middle of the stream. Urinary retention, blood in the urine, cloudy urine. Fever when there is an infection, however in reality there are some cases with no symptoms.

Depending on each case, doctors will have specific instructions, including the principle of removing all stones; Resolving lower urinary tract obstruction; Preventing stone recurrence.

Treatments that may be prescribed for bladder stones are:

- For small stones: Patients just need to drink lots of water to remove stones from the body through urine.

- For large, stuck stones: Endoscopic lithotripsy; Endoscopic lithotripsy; Extracorporeal lithotripsy can be used... However, these methods are usually only indicated for small stones under 6 mm. If the stones are larger, open surgery is required to remove the stones.

- Open bladder surgery to remove stones: When the stones are large, infected, or have associated diseases such as bladder neck stenosis, urethral stenosis, prostate tumor, bladder diverticulum, etc.

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