Alberto Budía, chief of urology at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain, and a member of the board of directors of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU) reviewed the ...

Credit: Getty Images More than 370,000 insured patients in the United States underwent surgery for ureteral and kidney stones in 2019, highlighting the importance of the 2026 AUA guideline. The ...

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It’s better for the patient if urologists ...

Kidney stones send more than 500,000 people to the ER each year, and WVU Medicine says the biggest culprit is not drinking ...

A ground-breaking kidney stone surgery technology is set to debut in Hampshire. The innovative ZSR fluid management system, which makes kidney stone treatment safer and more effective, is set to debut ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha woman’s trip to the emergency room for a ruptured appendix led to the discovery of a two-pound kidney stone — and a first-of-its-kind robotic surgery in Nebraska that ...

Have you heard of ureteral stents? They are devices used in urological surgery. PubMed Central (Central European Journal of Urology) notes that its main objective is to allow passage of urine and ...

In older children and adolescents, URS provides similar stone clearance to PCNL, but postoperative relief is not better. Ureteroscopy (URS) is as effective as percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for ...