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 ...

Current guidelines do not adequately address removal of small, asymptomatic kidney stones, leaving the decision to surgeons. Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during endoscopic surgery may ...

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 ...

Kidney stone disease (KSD) and urinary tract infection (UTI) often coexist, and stone removal may reduce the risk of recurrent UTI, authors of a systematic review concluded. The review showed a ...

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 ...

What Are the Surgical Options for Kidney Stones? As per the National Kidney Foundation, if a kidney stone is too large to pass through urine or is causing harm by blocking urine, then you might need ...

Kidney stones can be very painful for anyone. The hard deposits can develop due to diet, excess body weight, and some medications. Some people are at risk for re-occurring kidney stones, due to ...

Calyxo has raised $40m in a financing round; at the same time, the company has achieved a milestone of 40,000 kidney stone removal procedures completed with its central venous access catheter (CVAC) ...

At UAB Urology, we’re proud to offer one of the nation’s leading kidney stone care programs, providing expert treatment to thousands of patients each year. Our faculty has advanced training in ...

Medicare Part B typically covers kidney stone removal as an outpatient procedure, while Part A covers it if it’s performed as an inpatient procedure. The out-of-pocket cost for kidney stone removal ...

Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during surgery to take out a culprit ureteral or contralateral kidney stone led to less relapse — emergency department visits, surgeries, and secondary stone ...