Alberto Budía, chief of urology at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain, and a member of the board of directors of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU) reviewed the ...

Dr. Aaron Potretske performs ureteroscopy to remove kidney stones. "Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs ...

From a grain of sand to a golf ball, kidney stones come in different sizes. Every size comes with certain complications. Smaller ones are usually not treated as a ‘threat’, because they pass on their ...

Credit: Getty Images More than 370,000 insured patients in the United States underwent surgery for ureteral and kidney stones in 2019, highlighting the importance of the 2026 AUA guideline. The ...

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It’s better for the patient if urologists ...

If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, you know how painful and debilitating it can be. A sharp, stabbing pain in your lower abdomen. A dull ache spreading from your lower back to your groin. Intense ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha woman’s trip to the emergency room for a ruptured appendix led to the discovery of a two-pound kidney stone — and a first-of-its-kind robotic surgery in Nebraska that ...