Advance Urology Care at Sudhir Nursing Home

18/02/2026

Our one patient came with a complaint of urinary retention. Sonography revealed a 14 mm urethral calculus and a large, complete staghorn stone in the left kidney. He has been a frequent stone passer for a long time and has been seeking treatment for urethral stones for the last 2 months from four different states. After convincing him to have surgery, we went for an IVP, which showed poor excretion of dye and a faint nephrogram. We did cystolithotripsy and left PCNL in the same sitting. Complete C-arm clearance was achieved. Surgery time was approx. 3 hours with around 300 ml blood loss. Even in this era of ultra-mini PCNL and minimally invasive RIRS, we come across cases like these where we need dilatation of 26 and 28F.

26/06/2025

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is widely considered the gold standard treatment for staghorn kidney stones. These stones are large, complex, and fill the renal pelvis and calyces, making them difficult to treat with other methods. PCNL offers high stone-free rates and is generally preferred over open surgery for these cases.

A 45-year-old male patient visited us with a complaint of dull, aching left flank pain. He was under ayurvedic treatment for the last 8 years. 8 years ago, his stone size was around 10 mm, but now it's grown to around 60 mm.

We counselled the patient for surgery, and left PCNL was done.

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22/05/2025

With right PCNL surgery (key hole surgery), a kidney stone measuring about 16 mm was removed.

22/05/2025

20/05/2025

Urology is one of the most varied branches of surgery and encompasses diseases of kidneys, bladder and prostate, including incontinence, impotence, infertility, cancer and reconstruction of the genito-urinary tract. It caters for patients of both sexes and all ages, from newborn infants to elderly.