Osmania General Hospital performs free paediatric kidney stone surgeries, offering quality care to families who cannot afford corporate sector costs.

The Kidney Stone Management Devices Market is expanding rapidly with rising demand for minimally invasive tools and ...

A few years ago, the actor developed kidney stones again, but this time the stone had moved into the urethra, becoming a urethral stone. The urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder to ...

Kidney stones are hard deposits that form in the kidneys from minerals and salts. While some of these stones may be small and pass by unnoticed, many larger stones can create excruciating pain.

Medicare covers various types of kidney stone removal when medically necessary, including percutaneous nephrolithotomy, nephrolithotripsy, ureteroscopy, lithotripsy, and shock wave lithotripsy ...

Kidney stones can be treated with medical expulsion, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS).

More children are getting kidney stones. Experts think it’s their diet, with an increased consumption of ultraprocessed foods, and a lack of hydration.

For several decades now, doctors have utilized a non-surgical technique called extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) to break up kidney stones so they can be passed with the urine.

For larger stones, which are causing more blockage, Ashburn said there are treatments to break up that stone, including shock wave lithotripsy, and in severe cases, surgery may be required.

Approximately 10% of US adults have had kidney stones. Within a five-year period, 50% of them reoccur. When urine becomes concentrated, crystals can form on the kidney lining developing into ...

Medicare covers several types of kidney stone removals when medically necessary. They include lithotripsy, shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and others.