In a trial, more patients taking tamsulosin were able to tolerate placement of a large ureteral access sheath for kidney stone removal procedures. Preoperative administration of tamsulosin improves ...

Kidney stones afflict approximately one in nine individuals, causing intense pain and serious infections. With over 1.3 million emergency room visits and healthcare expenditures exceeding $5 billion ...

The pain can be excruciating. In fact, that's the primary symptom of a kidney stone that's stuck in the ureter -- the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder. "I've had women tell me ...

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 ...

A patient at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is the first to have kidney stones removed using Johnson & Johnson's Monarch robotic-assisted surgical platform. J&J's Ethicon inherited the ...

A common approach for the removal of large kidney stones has doctors insert a laser-tipped catheter into the organ to break up the stones into smaller pieces that are either plucked out one at a time ...

EndoTheia has completed the clinical trial of its FlexStone Basket, an independently steerable device, designed for kidney stone removal. This technology marks a significant advancement in urological ...

Anyone who has suffered through a large, painful kidney stone wants to avoid a repeat episode. Now a new trial confirms one preventive strategy: removing small "silent" stones before they cause ...

Kidney stones are common and can be quite painful. They form inside the kidneys and are made up of minerals and salts that couldn’t be dissolved in the urine. There are several things that can ...

“About one in 10 people will have a kidney stone in their lifetime,” said Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Urology. “Most people have ...

A kidney stone larger than a baseball was removed from a patient in Sri Lanka earlier this month, and officials just confirmed the mass broke multiple world records because of its immensity. The ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazil striker underwent a procedure on Thursday to remove kidney stones that were obstructing his urinary tract, his doctors at a Sao Paulo hospital said. The 74-year-old ...