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 ...

From a grain of sand to a golf ball, kidney stones come in different sizes. Every size comes with certain complications. Smaller ones are usually not treated as a ‘threat’, because they pass on their ...

A magnetic device may be able to remove kidney stones more efficiently than standard approaches, avoiding the need for repeated surgical procedures. Kidney stones occur when minerals in urine ...

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 ...

Investigators created a model for predicting the risk of urinary sepsis after endoscopic surgery for urinary stones using several key variables. A model incorporating values of stone composition and ...

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 ...