Lawrenceville & Braselton · Kidney Stones
What does kidney stone pain feel like?
Our new Oakwood location on Mundy Mill Road is nearly ready. In the meantime, Hall County patients are seen at our Braselton Clinic on Old Winder Hwy, and procedures are scheduled at our Lawrenceville Clinic & Surgery Center.
By Advanced Urology ·
What's the short answer?
Often a sudden, sharp pain in the side or back, under the ribs.
It comes in waves and may move toward the groin.
Many people can't sit still.
When is it an emergency?
With fever, chills, or nonstop vomiting, go to the ER now.
What happens at your Crown Pointe Way appointment?
Visits for this topic usually happen at the Lawrenceville Clinic & Surgery Center, 501 Crown Pointe Way, or at our Braselton clinic. Expect our Gwinnett team to hear the whole story first, examine you briefly, then send any urine, blood or imaging orders down the hall. You leave knowing what was found and what the plan is.
How do our Lawrenceville urologists approach this?
Stone care begins with imaging to size and place the stone. Small stones may pass with medicine and fluids; others are treated in our surgery center with shock wave lithotripsy or ureteroscopy with laser. Afterward, we talk about lowering the chance of another one.
How should you get ready for Crown Pointe Way?
Note when it began, what eases or worsens it, and each medicine or supplement on your list. Carry your insurance card and photo ID, plus results from outside labs or scans. If someone helps you remember details, they are welcome in the room at Crown Pointe Way.
When should you phone us?
Call (678) 344-8900 if symptoms are changing, if a new result worries you, or if a treatment is not doing what you hoped. Crown Pointe Way schedulers will book you with a urologist or physician assistant who sees this concern often.
What should you read next?
What else do patients ask?
Do you see women for bladder and kidney concerns?
Yes. Lawrenceville women come to us for leaks, urgency, repeat infections, blood in the urine and kidney stones, and our physician assistants and urologists share that care.
My stream slowed down years ago. Is it too late to treat?
No. Crown Pointe Way sees men who waited a decade before asking. We measure how well the bladder empties today and build a plan from medicines through UroLift, Aquablation, HoLEP or TURP around what we find.
Which videos can help?
Watch on YouTube: Kidney Stones? 3 Ways to Remove ThemWhat the video covers: Dr. Casey McCullough explains three main ways to treat a kidney stone that will not pass, and how stone size, location, hardness and your health guide the choice.
- Watch: Kidney Stones? 3 Ways to Remove Them
- Watch: Kidney Stone Treatments by Urologist Dr. Greenstein
These open on Advanced Urology's YouTube channel.
How do I book a visit?
Our Lawrenceville and Braselton clinicians look forward to talking this over with you, and our Oakwood office on Mundy Mill Road is opening soon.
Afterward, book a follow-up visit with Advanced Urology in Lawrenceville or Braselton. (678) 344-8900 Book online