Short-term preoperative stenting is feasible and relatively effective in carefully selected patients with symptomatic ureteral stones, trial findings suggest. Fast track treatment of ureteral stones ...

Ureteroscopy achieves higher stone-free rates but results in slightly more complications. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and ureteroscopy are both safe and effective for removing ...

Changes Clinical Practice: All patients with distal stones treated medically should be treated with alpha-blockers in order to benefit from this enhancement of quality of life. These findings will ...

In clinical practice, a JJ stent should only remain in place for 2–8 weeks, depending on the patient’s condition. Failure to ...

Kidney stones, hard deposits in the kidneys, can cause sharp pain, bloody or discolored urine, and frequent urination. Nausea and vomiting may also occur due to intense pain. Early detection through ...

Kidney stones are said to be as painful as ‘giving birth’ – and thousands of people are affected by them every year. Get the ...

Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU), part of Asia Healthcare Holdings, is India’s leading super-speciality hospital network exclusively focused on Urology and Nephrology, on Friday ...