Despite their overall low risk, procedures to treat kidney stones lead to complications that require hospitalization or emergency care for one in seven patients, according to researchers. These ...

Obstructive ureteral stones are treated by ureteroscopy or extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. Although lithotripsy is more common, success rates vary according to the stones' location. Ureteroscopy ...

Ureteroscopy is an endoscopic procedure to treats stone in the ureter. Ureteroscope is the instrument used for the procedure. This is a very fine instrument (only about 2 to 3 mm in diameter) that is ...

Pediatric ureteroscopy is safe and effective for treating all upper ureter calculi, but complete stone clearance after a single ureteroscopy is more effective if the calculi is single, under 10 mm in ...

PARIS—Flexible ureteroscopy can be an effective treatment for kidney stones in obese and overweight patients, according to data presented at the 27 th Annual Congress of the European Association of ...

Boston Scientific’s LithoVue Elite Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope System recently obtained FDA 510(k) clearance, becoming the first ureteroscope system with the ability to monitor intrarenal ...