I have recently had a large kidney stone removed (67mm) by surgery. I was in hospital for 5 days after surgery and then during the first follow up appointment about 10 days after surgery they discovered that I still had a 12mm stone in the same kidney. The stone showed up on X-ray but not on Ultra-sound and then showed clearly on a CT Scan.
They are now saying that I need to have it removed by laser lithotripsy. Firstly, it seems a little soon to go through with this so soon after surgery as I'm still quite swollen (now 35 days after surgery). And of course I want to know how could they have missed a 12mm stone in the first instance when it could have been removed during the surgery removal of the 67mm stone.
to summarise:
1. How did they miss the 12mm stone.
2. is it now safe to have the laser lithotripsy to remove the 12mm stone while I'm still swollen.