The Break Wave system for extracorporeal lithotripsy via ultrasound showed early efficacy with minimal anesthesia in a pilot trial. In a separate trial, ultrasonic propulsion repositioned and ...

Compared with patients who undergo surgery within 1 month of emergency department presentation, those waiting 6 months or more had significant 20% increased odds of undergoing complex surgery, data ...

Have you had your water today? Well, you should, because your kidneys need it. About 10% of people will get kidney stones at some point in their lives. More than half a million people every year are ...

Dr. Aaron Potretske performs ureteroscopy to remove kidney stones. "Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs ...

Regular diet should ensure less secretion of calcium and oxalates in urine to prevent formation of stones, shares Dr Sehrawat.

Kidney stones is an extremely common condition, that is usually not life-threatening, but can be extremely painful, and upend quality of life. Most people think that kidney stones form due to not ...

Doctors in Sri Lanka set a new Guinness World Record when they removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a retired soldier earlier this month. The 1.76-pound growth was surgically removed from ...

Depending on the size and quantity of the kidney stones, it could be extremely painful and may even require surgery for removal ...

Most small kidney stones can pass on their own. However, kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own or cause bleeding, kidney damage or ongoing urinary tract infections may require surgical ...