Nowadays, people often live an irregular life and have a very unreasonable diet, which leads to more and more patients with gastric stones, seriously affecting our normal life and work. Changsha No. 179 Hospital has the following methods for treating gastric stones.
1. Extracorporeal shock wave treatment: Extracorporeal shock wave developed from treating kidney stones to treating gallstones. No anesthesia is required during treatment. In recent years, it has been successfully used in the treatment of gastric stones. Two days before treatment, liquid food should be taken. The patient is instructed to drink 500 ml of water to make the stomach full, then lie prone for ultrasound positioning. A voltage of 12KV is discharged 80 times per minute, and the stones are usually broken into pieces.
2. Manual lithotripsy: For asymptomatic or non-complicated gastric stone patients, external abdominal massage can be tried, such as persimmon stones or hawthorn gastric stones. This makes the gastric mass break into small pieces, then perform gastric lavage or give a laxative to accelerate the discharge of the mass.
3. Surgical treatment: If the gastric stones are large, hard and difficult to dissolve, or if there are serious complications such as gastric ulcers, bleeding, perforation or obstruction, and if internal medicine treatment, microwave, shock wave, or endoscopic lithotripsy fails, surgical treatment is recommended. When barium agent shows the presence of gastric stones, let the net cover them and tighten the wire to cut the stones. Repeated operations allow the stones to be naturally discharged in pieces. Taking sodium bicarbonate can also help promote stone discharge.
4. Net lithotripsy under X-ray: In early years, a metal wire net was inserted into the gastric tube.
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Changsha No. 179 Hospital uses the above methods to cure many gastric stone patients and relieve their troubles, gaining great popularity among patients. If you are a gastric stone patient, please come to our hospital for treatment. Our experts will provide you with a reasonable treatment plan. For more details, you can click on our online expert for consultation.