Loensurgical announced on October 28 that the clinical trials for its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...

Kidney stones afflict approximately one in nine individuals, causing intense pain and serious infections. With over 1.3 million emergency room visits and healthcare expenditures exceeding $5 billion ...

Anyone who has suffered through a large, painful kidney stone wants to avoid a repeat episode. Now a new trial confirms one preventive strategy: removing small "silent" stones before they cause ...

Current guidelines do not adequately address removal of small, asymptomatic kidney stones, leaving the decision to surgeons. Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during endoscopic surgery may ...

Engineers and urologists from UChicago and Duke developed a saline solution containing dark nanoparticles to dramatically ...

Kidney stones can usually cause severe pain. But without treatment, they might lead to kidney infections or impair kidney function. Medicare covers several types of kidney stone removals when ...

EndoTheia’s device is designed for kidney stone removal. Credit: NMK-Studio / Shutterstock. EndoTheia has completed the clinical trial of its FlexStone Basket, an independently steerable device, ...

When surgeons remove patients' kidney stones, they typically leave behind small stones that appear not to be causing problems. However, a new randomized controlled study has shown that leaving these ...

Although some kidney stones can be treated with medication, larger ones are often broken up with an endoscopic laser. A new hydrogel is now claimed to be capable of removing even the smallest of the ...

Dispelling myths about beer and kidney stones, this article clarifies that while beer increases urine output, it's an unsafe ...

Review authors concluded that urinary tract infection and kidney stone disease are “reciprocally causal.” A new review published in Current Urology Reports documents the coexistence of kidney stone ...

Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during surgery to take out a culprit ureteral or contralateral kidney stone led to less relapse — emergency department visits, surgeries, and secondary stone ...