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 ...

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 ...

Although some kidney stones can be treated with medication, larger ones are often broken up with an endoscopic laser. A new hydrogel is now claimed to be capable of removing even the smallest of the ...

Kidney stones are often removed via an endoscopic procedure. If a stone is too large, the urologists break it into pieces using a laser. The larger pieces can be removed with a grasping instrument, ...

Learn how diet affects calcium oxalate kidney stone risk, including hydration, calcium intake, sodium limits, 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 ...

It’s one thing if your cup runneth over. It’s another if it obstructeth your organs. Last year, doctors treated a woman in ...

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 ...

(CNN) — The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefuit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters. At 13.372 centimeters ...

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 ...