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Stent required or not for my eswl
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I have undergone urs on my right ureter and then undergone eswl treatment on right kidney with stent placed. After treatment, CT scan report shows as attached in this question. Now bigger stone is broken on right side, small stones will be treated with medicines. My question now is, to do eswl on left kidney , do I need to put stent mandatory on left kidney before eswl treatment? Your help will be greatly appreciated.
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Not compulsory for stent to be put.
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Dr. R Shanmugasundaram
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For the size of the stone that you have got by CT scan report, you may not need to have a stent , Stent is essentially placed when Eswl is given for a large stone volume, avoiding complications like ureteric obstruction by stone fragments . Mostly you would pass out the stone fragments with out the need for stent
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