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Bladder Stones

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Alternate Names : Bladder Calculi, Stones - Bladder, Urinary Tract Stones


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Bladder Stones Treatment

Drinking 6 to 8 glasses of water or more per day, enough to increase urinary output, may help the stones pass.

Stones that are not excreted spontaneously may be removed by your health care provider using a cystoscope or a lithotripter (a small tube that passes through the urethra to the bladder). Some stones may need to be removed using open surgery.

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) may be an alternative to surgery. In this treatment, ultrasonic waves break up stones so that they may be expelled in the urine.

Medications are rarely used to try to dissolve the stones.

Underlying causes of bladder stones should be treated. Most commonly bladder stones are seen in conjunction with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or bladder outlet obstruction.

For patients with BPH and bladder stones, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) can be performed with ESWL.



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Diseases & Conditions

Acute Bilateral Obstructive Uropathy
Bladder Outlet Obstruction
Enlarged Prostate
Nephrolithiasis
Neurogenic Bladder
Reflux Nephropathy
Urinary Tract Infection

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Urinalysis
Urine Culture - Clean Catch
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Abdominal Pain
Penis Pain
Urinary Frequency/Urgency
Urinary Incontinence
Urination - Difficulty with Flow
Urination - Painful
Urine - Abnormal Color
Urine - Bloody

Review Date : 5/25/2002
Reviewed By : Young Kang, M.D., Department of Urology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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