Have you had your water today? Well, you should, because your kidneys need it. About 10% of people will get kidney stones at some point in their lives. More than half a million people every year are ...

Most small kidney stones can pass on their own. However, kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own or cause bleeding, kidney damage or ongoing urinary tract infections may require surgical ...

Dar es Salaam. The growing burden of kidney disease in Tanzania is driving demand for modern treatment options that are less invasive and more affordable than conventional surgery.Government data show ...

Alberto Budía, chief of urology at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain, and a member of the board of directors of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU) reviewed the ...

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 ...

The diagnosis of a kidney tumour can be alarming, and for many patients, the immediate assumption is that surgery is the only option. However, advances in imaging, a deeper understanding of tumour ...

After becoming lodged in her ureter, the painful mineral deposit caused the Belmont mother’s kidney to burst, resulting in ...

KIMS doctors safely remove a large kidney stone from a pregnant patient using advanced RIRS technology, ensuring maternal and fetal health.

Dr. Aaron Potretske performs ureteroscopy to remove kidney stones. "Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs ...