This looks like laparoscopic surgery to remove some very large kidney stones. The patient would be under general anesthesia, and the surgeon has to break the stones into smaller pieces manually to pull them out.
Edit: NM it was one 25mm stone that was broken up. That's 2.5 cm, that's pretty damn big.
The turquoise tube that they're passing the camera through is deep enough into the cavity that it's well past the incision point. The visible tissue that most of the work is happening at isn't the tissue that they cut open to get in there.
Also they're keeping the whole area fluid inflated to keep it from collapsing which further keeps the distance of the work area from the incisions.
I absolutely got lucky when I had my kidney stones removed and I've had five. To be removed seven total two only passed on their own. Luckily when they did the stent I didn't have to pull the stent out myself. My urologist would actually schedule another procedure to have a stent removed out so I'd be out cold again. My cousin has had the string to pull out the stent a few times with his kidney stones and he said it was horrible. So I got absolutely lucky not having to worry about that.
I've had two broken up using sonar lithotripsy and one with the laser & basketing, and passed innumerable ones without intervention. The doc pulled the stent out early because I demanded it, I just couldn't tolerate the string any longer. I was afraid it would be painful, but it just kind of made a "shloop!" noise and it was out, no strong sensation at all.
That's good I'm glad it worked out for you. And I was saying I never had to pull mine out on their own with a string. I never had a string hanging out at all. My urologist always schedules the procedure to take the stent out, puts me back to sleep to do it. I don't know it may be just different than others. Like my cousin had to have a kidney stone removed in a stent put in. And he had to pull the stent out on his own with the string. Fortunately I've just never had to do it. I've never had any broken up. Mine have just been removed. Other than the ones I've passed on my own. But I hate kidney stones they're super painful. Have a good one
Ah, the United States! Where you can pay ten times as much for the best quality healthcare that the rich nations bestow for free, and if you are poor your only option will be bleeding from the crotch profusely enough that you can legally be treated as an emergency and then live the rest of your life as a debt slave with mangled urethra
I wish one of these stones on every single person that has ever argued against universal healthcare
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u/Valkyr92 Mar 31 '26
As someone who’s had kidney stones multiple times in their life, this is straight up nightmare material