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[|Human|] HI,I am 28 years old. Last night doctor found 8mm of stone in my kidney durring the ultrasound of my liver as I am also HCV +ve & I also have about 1 year of partically hight uric acid history.Plz tell me that is operation (involves body cuts) needed to remove this stone or can be removed via other methods?
[|AI|]  Hi8 mm stone in the kidney can be treated by one of three methods. 1) Surgery - this does not involve any cuts on skin -an instrument in inserted through your natural urine pipe and the stone broken with laser - all done internally.2) shock wave therapy - ESL- done as an outpatient by placing a machine over your kidney area and sending shock waves3) If the stone is made of pure uric acid then it can be dissolved by altering the acidity of urine by tablets- but this is rare.