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 ...
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Kidney stone: How dangerous is a kidney stone of what size? How large a stone requires surgery?
Small kidney stones are easily removed, but if the stone is large, surgery may be necessary. Let us tell you which surgery to ...
Gastroenteritis, a common illness that’s also known as the stomach flu, causes diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain that usually lasts less than a week. What you might not know is that this condition ...
Most people think of chickenpox as a childhood illness — and for the most part, they’re right. Before vaccination against chickenpox became widespread in the mid-1990s, the infection predominantly ...
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are involved in renal pathophysiology. Here the authors use genetic models to show that podocyte FGF4 is protective of diabetic kidney disease progression, and that ...
Karen L. Stern, MD, and Naeem Bhojani, MD, FRCSC, outline the advantages of CVAC 2.0, particularly in cases involving larger stone burdens. The rapid emergence of suction-enabled technologies has ...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has rapidly become the most common chronic liver disease globally and is currently estimated to affect up to 38% of the global adult population. NAFLD is a ...
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