About RIRS (retrograde Intra-renal surgery)

The Surgery does not involve any inscisions or cuts and usually a painless procedure. In this procedure a fibreoptic endoscope is inserted through urethra and it then travels from urinary bladder and ureters to kidney. The endodscope has required equipments for removing stones from kidney. The stoned can be removed either by crushing or by breaking them through laser. The procedure is performed under local or spinal anesthesia.

Seoul, South Korea
Asan Medical Center is one of the largest and most preferred hospitals in South Korea by patients from all over the world. The gross floor area of the hospital spans 524,700m² and 2,715 beds. AMC has 11,680 outpatients, 2,427 inpatients and 256 emergency patients every day on average. Every year, 66,838 sophisticated surgeries are performed by the experts at the hospital. Asan Medical Center was established in 1989 and has achieved the reputation of world-class medical centre since then. It continues to grow and invest diligently in R&D and advanced clinical treatment.
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