RIRS in Rajinder Nagar Delhi



RIRS – Retrograde Intrarenal
Surgery

Retrograde intrarenal surgery  ( RIRS ) is a procedure
for doing  surgery  within the
kidney using a viewing tube called a  fibrotic endoscope .

In  RIRS  the scope is
placed through the  urethra  (the  urinary  opening)
into the bladder and then through the ureter into the urine-collecting part of
the kidney. The scope thus is moved retrograde (up the  urinary tract system )
to within the  kidney  (intrarenal).

RIRS  is done to
remove a stone. The stone is seen through the scope and can then be manipulated
or crushed by an ultrasound probe or evaporated by a laser probe or grabbed by
small forceps, etc.

RIRS  is performed
by a specialist,  urologist  ( endourologist ) with
special expertise in  RIRS . The procedure is
usually done under general or  spinal anesthesia.

·         
This method is
generally preferred for stone size less than 20-25mm.

·         
Operative time
and  Hospitalization

The advantages
of  RIRS  over open
surgery (PCNL) include a quicker solution of the problem, elimination of  prolonged pain  after
surgery

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