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

When you think of kidney stones, you may think of middle-aged men. But that’s changed dramatically over the last 20 years. More women are now experiencing them. In fact, 11% of Americans will have a ...

Have you ever had a kidney stone? I have heard numerous times it is as painful as being in labor. Yet not all stones cause ...

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

If your stone is very large ... 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 ...

Your kidneys remove fluid and waste from your body ... A healthcare provider might prescribe Flomax (tamsulosin) to help pass a large kidney stone. However, research is not clear on whether the ...

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 ...

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

The procedure was percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) a minimally invasive surgical procedure that removes kidney stones too large to pass on their own or are resistant or difficult to remove with ...

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.” ...

Hyderabad: The urologists at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) have successfully conducted a complex kidney stone-removal procedure on a 22-year-old patient, whose left kidney was in the ...