November 19, 2010 — Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) was better than ureteroscopy (URS) as first-line therapy for patients with single, distal ureteric stones, according to the results of a ...

Preoperative diagnostic ureteroscopy (URS) before radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a risk factor for intravesical recurrence, according to investigators. In a ...

May 10, 2023 – For patients with kidney stones measuring one to two centimeters, a technique called mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) provides a higher stone elimination rate than another ...

Credit: Getty Images A multi-institutional study demonstrated significantly improved overall and cancer-specific survival. Patients undergoing preoperative ureteroscopy had significantly prolonged ...

The SURE Procedure with the CVAC System delivers 97% stone clearance independent of baseline stone volume; first and only prospective kidney stone clinical study to use continuous volumetric ...

Shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) for pediatric patients leads to less pain and fewer abnormal urinary symptoms after recovery than the widely used ureteroscopy (URS) procedure, according to research ...

If you have pain while peeing or possibly kidney stones, your doctor may want you to have a ureteroscopy. It’s a procedure to find — and, in some cases, fix — problems in your urinary tract. During ...

Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy are diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, usually performed by urologists, or doctors who specialize in diseases of the urinary tract. These procedures use endoscopes to ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applaud Medical, Inc. (Applaud), an emerging leader in the treatment of kidney stones, today announced that its Acoustic Enhancer technology has received Breakthrough ...