Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery - Lithotripsy
Lithotripsy
Treatment of kidney stones ranges from open surgical procedures to less invasive approaches such as cystoscopy/ureteroscopy with mechanical stone extraction and/or laser lithotripsy.
- Anesthetic options include regional, MAC, and GA (laryngeal mask airway vs endotracheal tube), depending on both patient and surgical factors.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery - Lithotripsy." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728328/all/Anesthesia_for_Urologic_Surgery___Lithotripsy.
Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery - Lithotripsy. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728328/all/Anesthesia_for_Urologic_Surgery___Lithotripsy. Accessed July 21, 2025.
Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery - Lithotripsy. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728328/all/Anesthesia_for_Urologic_Surgery___Lithotripsy
Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery - Lithotripsy [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 21]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728328/all/Anesthesia_for_Urologic_Surgery___Lithotripsy.
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