The “gravel carrier” of the Central Theater General Hospital brings good news to patients with stones

Recently, two patients came to the Department of Urology of the General Hospital of the Central War Zone – 72-year-old Uncle Wu and 36-year-old Mr. Wang. Both of them are lovers of strange stones, and they were also admitted to the hospital because of “stones”. Hospital.

Uncle Wu is from Jiangxia, Wuhan. He has a lot of stones in his family that have been collected for nearly 20 to 30 years. The “stones” in the body all have lingering fears.

More than 20 years ago, Uncle Wu found out that he was suffering from double kidney stones, and he has never been checked for many years. Recently, Uncle Wu came to the Central War Zone General Hospital for treatment due to his right back pain and recurrent attacks. The examination results showed that the space where his bilateral kidneys collect urine is full of stones, which may lead to bilateral kidney failure, infection, and even malignant transformation at any time.

After being admitted to the hospital, Pan Tiejun, director of the Department of Urology and a third-level expert in professional technology, was admitted to the hospital. The professor organized a consultation and formulated a plan for staged surgery according to Uncle Wu’s age and physical condition. Soon, the staged surgery was successfully completed. Ding Xianfan, the attending physician, introduced that Uncle Wu performed percutaneous nephrolithotomy twice a week apart. A 1cm hole was made in the left and right waists, and kidney stones were found through precise puncture. suck out. Postoperative follow-up showed that the stones were cleared.

Patient Mr. Wang has suffered from kidney stones for more than ten years, and he has not been completely removed by multiple operations. According to Song Jian, the attending physician, in order to make the patient’s treatment effect as good as possible in one step, the department once again adopted a combination of percutaneous nephrolithotomy and “gravel carrier”.

“Gravel Carrier” is a hybrid gravel cleaning system introduced by the institute , known as the “gravel carrier” in the industry, according to the location, shape, size and composition of the stone, the three methods of ballistic lithotripsy, ultrasonic suction and laser lithotripsy can be combined arbitrarily. It has the advantages of safety and efficiency, minimally invasive, fast stone removal, fast recovery, less complications and less recurrence.

“In the past, many officers and soldiers of the army encountered kidney stones as well, but this is not right. In the past, they were afraid of affecting their training, so they introduced the ‘gravel carrier’ After ‘, the course of treatment was shortened, the recovery was accelerated, and the effect was obvious, which effectively solved the difficulties in the training and preparation of officers and soldiers.” As an advanced discipline of the Central Theater General Hospital, urology medical staff have always adhered to intensive medical research, actively leveraged the advantages of medical technology, and continued to do well Work for soldiers and wars, and escort for a strong and rejuvenating army.