lithotomy in English
noun
1
surgical removal of a calculus (stone) from the bladder, kidney, or urinary tract.
Early Hindu surgeons performed advanced eye operations and practised lithotomy (surgical removal of a stone from the urinary tract) and plastic surgery.
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1. Categories: Genitourinary, Lithotomy Tools, Bistouries A rare 18th century bistoury cache, literally hidden knife, used for lithotomy which involved cutting into the bladder to remove stones
2. 9 Results:The lithotomy successful ratio in the upper ureter was 100%(27/. Calculi of 2 cases moved upward into renal calices and were treated by choledochofiberscope.