-
What kind of anesthesia is used for kidney stone removal?
I will have kidney stone removal surgery. What kind of anesthesia is used for kidney stone removal?
5 Answers
Best to ask the urologist who will be conducting the stone removal and under what conditions, and what actual procedure is being done.
General
Depends on the size and location of the stone, usually general anesthesia, but can also be sedation if procedure is short
Kidney stone removal almost always involves general anesthesia. The ureters are the little tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. The urologist must pass an instrument up the ureter to extract the stones and these tubes are extremely sensitive. Without anesthesia this surgery is not possible. Rarely, regional anesthesia, like spinal anesthesia, may be used.
Normally conscious sedation.