Bladder Stones: Symptoms, Treatments, and Prevention

7. Surgeons need to remove larger bladder stones

Unfortunately, doctors cannot prescribe a medicine to take that is able to dissolve the largest bladder stones. In the majority of cases, a surgeon needs to conduct an operation to remove them. As a rule, the surgeon inserts into the patient a thin tube called a cystoscope. A camera at the end of the tube helps him, or her locate the stones. With the aid of lasers or an ultrasound device, they break up the stones into small segments that are easy to remove.