Close-up detail of a kidney stone due to nephritic colic, with a ruler from behind to measure its size. - stock photo
This size of 6 mm would be the maximum that is considered as possible to expel by the patient, for larger sizes lithotripsy is usually recommended, to break the stone into several smaller pieces that are more easily ejectable by the patient through the urethra.
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Categories:
- Kidney Stone,
- Ruler,
- Backache,
- Close-up,
- Human Kidney,
- Kidney - Organ,
- Measuring,
- Nephritic,
- Patient,
- Urinary Tract Infection,
- Bladder,
- Calcification,
- Calcium,
- Cantabria,
- Color Image,
- Crystal,
- Focus On Foreground,
- Healthcare And Medicine,
- Horizontal,
- Human Body Part,
- Human Internal Organ,
- Illness,
- Instrument of Measurement,
- Medicine,
- Mineral,
- Nephron,
- No People,
- Pain,
- Photography,
- Spain,
- Stone - Object,
- Surgery,
- Toughness,
- Ureter,
- Urethra,
- Urinary System,