Small kidney stones are easily removed, but if the stone is large, surgery may be necessary. Let us tell you which surgery to ...

Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal and his team at Jackson Hospital recently performed the first Vacuum Aspirated Ureteroscopy Procedure(V-URS) in the central Alabama region. The hospital says it invested in this ...

PURPOSE: Report and review the literature on ureteral avulsion as a rare complication of ureteroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed 3 cases of ureteral avulsion in a series of 4,645 ...

For patients with stones in the kidney or in the tube draining urine from the kidney to the bladder that have been removed from the inside by a ureteroscope (a very thin scope), how does placing a ...

Ouch: each year, more than 500,000 Americans seek care for kidney stones. Here's the story of one man's second—and how he's preventing any more.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: European association of urology (EAU), American Urology Association (AUA) and French Association of Urology (AFU) recommend either Extracorporeal Lithotripsy or Ureteroscopy ...

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 ...

“The 30-day results from the ASPIRE study demonstrate that CVAC is highly effective across a broad range of stone sizes,” said Brian R. Matlaga, MD, MPH, Professor of Urology and Director, The ...