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I am scheduled in June to have a percutaneous nephrolithotomy done. day bee surgery I told a tube would be placed in my back to my kidney by a radiologist Can tell me more about pre surgical procedure? Thanks. Ann Torbett

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Placing a nephrostomy tube is often done a day before percutaneous kidney stone surgery for a number of reasons, the main one being that the procedure causes some bleeding which usually stops by the next day making it easier to see and perform the surgery. It is usually done with local anesthetic using either ultrasound or standard fluoroscopy (x-ray) guidance. For more information on these procedures, you may want to review previous posting from 4/25/01 and 4/16/01 which describe this in more detail.

Stephen W. Leslie, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Dept. of Urology
Medical College of Ohio

Founder and Medical Director
Lorain Kidney Stone Research Center
Lorain, Ohio