How We Can Help

The Wichita Nephrology Group offers innovative and complete care for patients with acute or chronic kidney stones. Our multidisciplinary care teams are dedicated to the accurate diagnosis, management and prevention of kidney stones.

Kidney Stone Treatment

Although each person’s treatment is a little different due to different variables, stones that do not pass on their own can may be treated with:

• Shock wave lithotripsy, a machine that uses sound waves to break up stones into smaller pieces.
• Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, a special kind of surgery that makes very small holes in your skin so the doctor can pass tiny tools through the holes and into the kidney, removing the stones.
• Ureteroscopy, a thin tube that goes into your body the same way urine comes out; doctors use tools at the end the tube to break up or remove stones.

Your doctor or nurse may tell you which foods to avoid and might also prescribe you new medicines to prevent kidney stones.

What You Should Do

If you do not already have an appointment with the Wichita Nephrology Group, your primary care physician will need to call and schedule your first appointment. Once you have an appointment in place, you may review the Your Visit page to find out what you can do to prepare for the visit and to determine what you should bring.

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