Lahore General Hospital is set to introduce Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS), a modern technique for the treatment of ...

The Break Wave system for extracorporeal lithotripsy via ultrasound showed early efficacy with minimal anesthesia in a pilot trial. In a separate trial, ultrasonic propulsion repositioned and ...

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 ...

Compared with patients who undergo surgery within 1 month of emergency department presentation, those waiting 6 months or more had significant 20% increased odds of undergoing complex surgery, data ...

Doctors in Sri Lanka set a new Guinness World Record when they removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a retired soldier earlier this month. The 1.76-pound growth was surgically removed from ...

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 ...

People who consume too much sodium will develop high calcium levels in their urine which raises their risk of getting calcium ...

Small kidney stones are easily removed, but if the stone is large, surgery may be necessary. Let us tell you which surgery to perform. Kidney Stone Emergency Symptoms: Kidney stones sometimes remain ...

An experimental handheld ultrasonic device used in an office setting was shown to guide residual kidney stone fragments out of the body and markedly reduce the risk for relapse, researchers reported ...

Unlike his two predecessors in Minnesota, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer doesn’t have to deal with a hemorrhoid named Harvin. But Zimmer nevertheless has been dealing with a medical condition that can ...

BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) - A Branson specialist people turn to for kidney stones has seen his most unusual patient yet. Akida, 16-year-old a serval cat, was diagnosed with kidney stones. Don Wilson made a ...