Can Kidney Stones Kill Your Kidney. Ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Kidney stones are as painful as they sound.
Well if your kidney stones are left untreated they can cause a lot of damage to the kidney. There are two main surgical options for kidney stone removal. Ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
I know because it happened to me in 2002.
I had an operation to break apart the stone. Stones this large can stick in the ureter causing infections and kidney damage. So yes untreated multiple kidney stones can kill a person later in life. It s estimated that about 2 of all kidney failure cases in the u s.