Mayo Clinic Minute: Kidney stone surgical procedures

Most small kidney stones can move on their very own. However, kidney stones which can be too massive to move on their very own or trigger bleeding, kidney injury or ongoing urinary tract infections my require surgical therapy. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Aaron Potretzke, a Mayo Clinic urologist, explains among the completely different surgical choices for eradicating kidney stones.
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