The Section of Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, comprised of Jeffrey A. Cadeddu and Margaret S. Pearle, performs nearly 400 surgical procedures for stone removal annually, many of which are complicated cases referred by urologists in a four-state area. At Parkland Health and Hospital System, a state-of-the-art lithotripter provides the campus with a completely non-invasive means of treating small to moderate kidney and ureteral stones in an outpatient setting.

For stones that are not amenable to shock wave treatment, endoscopic approaches, including ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrostolithotomy, are offered at all our associated hospitals. Using state-or-the-art, small, flexible and rigid endoscopes and a variety of stone-fragmenting devices, stones located virtually anywhere in the urinary tract can be accessed, fragmented and removed. For large and/or complex stones, percutaneous nephrostolithotomy, a procedure by which a telescope is passed directly into the kidney through a small incision in the back to enable direct access to the stone for fragmentation and removal, is performed. In rare cases, laparoscopic assistance may facilitate access to a stone in an anatomically abnormal kidney. This wide range of available options and an extensive armamentarium of instrumentation enables successful treatment of even highly complex stones in a variety of patient settings, such as morbid obesity and skeletal deformities.

For more information about the Department of Urology, contact:

Phone: 214-648-4765, FAX: 214-648-4789

Mailing Address: 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., J8.148, Dallas, TX 75390-9110