How is it that the kidneys of men are still full of stones after more than 200 times of extracorporeal lithotripsy?

It is reported that recently, Mr Zou from nanbu county, Sichuan Province shocked doctors in several hospitals in Chengdu. In the past 20 years, Mr. Zou has received more than 200 extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, costing more than 400 thousand, and finally got the result that he urinates blood almost once a week on 20 16; Stones filled his right kidney, which was 10 cm long. Right renal function is only about 20%.

It is reported that from 200 1, Mr. Zou's right kidney calculi grew up again and showed pain symptoms. From then on, it fell into a strange circle of repeated extracorporeal lithotripsy and repeated growth of right kidney calculi. From 200 1 to 20 14, he collected sand and gravel 140 times and spent more than 300,000 yuan. After 20 14, Mr. Zou's right kidney calculi stopped pain and temporarily stopped treatment.

An expert from a hospital in Sichuan said that excessive use of extracorporeal lithotripsy will damage human tissues, especially renal parenchyma, and renal small vessels will rupture and bleed. In severe cases, it can cause renal rupture and renal atrophy, induce acute renal failure and lead to nephrectomy. Secondly, the risk of hypertension will also increase.

In the face of Mr Zou's huge right kidney calculi, recently, Dou performed multi-channel and three-mirror combined staging surgery for him. After four times of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, ureteroscopic lithotripsy and/kloc-0 ureteroscopic lithotripsy, three stone extraction channels were established at his waist, and the huge stones in Mr. Zou's right kidney were crushed and taken out. During the operation, the doctor also treated Mr. Zou for right ureteral stricture, which further reduced the chance of stone regeneration. At present, Mr. Zou is about to recover and leave the hospital.