Kidney stone is a common condition many people experience. To remove kidney stones, surgeons opt for PCNL or Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy. This is a stone procedure used to remove existing stones from a patient’s body when the patient is unable to pass urine.

In this procedure, a scope is inserted through a small incision made on the patient’s back to remove the kidney stones. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is used for larger stones, especially when other procedures like ureteroscopy or extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy have failed.