Pakistan has successfully performed its first “Non-Touch” Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS) for kidney stones, marking a ...

Atim siad laser surgery in Nigeria is scarce in public hospitals and expensive in private health centres. The hospital’s Associate Professor of Urology, Dr Terka Atim, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...

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 ...

Kidney stones are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside the kidneys when urine becomes concentrated. Depending on their size and location, kidney stones can pass unnoticed or cause ...

What causes kidney stones, how can you prevent them, and when is surgery necessary? Kidney stones are among the most common ...

Dear Dr. Roach: About a year ago, a test revealed that I had an 8-mm stone in my kidney. My kidney doctor was not worried about it. I have had no infections or symptoms, and I have normal kidney ...

Anyone who has ever had a kidney stone will probably never forget it. “They can be incredibly painful,” said pediatrician Christine Ashburn, with Kaiser Permanente. Kidney stones are formed when ...

A 22-year-old medical student was shocked to learn during an in-class ultrasound demonstration that there was a large kidney ...