EndoTheia announced today that it completed the first-in-human clinical trial for its FlexStone basket, a steerable kidney ...

Kidney stones last days to weeks as they pass from the kidney down the urinary tract. This article explains what affects how ...

Most small kidney stones can pass on their own. However, kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own or cause ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Kidney stones can cause gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and ...

or surgically remove the stones from your body. See your doctor right away if you have severe pain or signs of an infection or urinary blockage. The main kidney stone symptom is severe pain in ...

EndoTheia, Inc., a leader in innovative surgical technology, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the first-in-human clinical trial for the FlexStone™ Basket, the first-ever ...

According to the National Kidney Foundation, kidney stones affect roughly 10% of Americans and are most common in people ages ...

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Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis ... A statistical technique called inverse probability weighting was used to remove the influence of other factors, such as patient age, sex, socioeconomic status ...

Gallstones are generally larger than kidney stones and the size if these stones is up to 5 cm. These stones may require surgical removal, and the procedure is called cholecystectomy.” ...

Doctor Tasian said the stones were so large he had to surgically remove them and although Alex’s stones are rare, Tasian said he is seeing more and more kids with kidney stones. The cause? A ...

Another minimally invasive option is percutaneous surgery, which may be recommended to remove very large kidney stones. "So we make a small incision, usually about the width of a finger ...