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

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

However, kidney stones can sometimes lead to infections and water retention, eventually causing kidney failure. When this happens, the kidney must be removed — a tricky procedure as it is buried ...

Aaron Potretzke, a Mayo Clinic urologist, explains some of the different surgical options for removing kidney stones. "Over ...

The device uses external ultrasound pulses to facilitate the passage of residual fragments in a clinical setting.

The time duration of the laser surgery takes about one and half hours and in this procedure a fibre is taken near the kidney ...

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 ...

"Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs hundreds of kidney stone surgeries each year. One of the most common ...

BHUBANESWAR: Ipsita Singh was experiencing recurring back pain, and multiple visits to an orthopedician did not show any ...

Gallstones are generally larger than kidney stones and ... and the procedure is called cholecystectomy.” According to Dr. Nitin Arora, Clinical Director - Robotics Surgery, Minimally Invasive ...