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Conventional open surgery is performed today only when other techniques are not feasible. In this procedure the surgeon makes an incision in the patient’s flank to access the stone in the kidney or ureter directly. While it is quite effective, it requires a three- to five-day hospital stay and as long as six weeks for recovery.
