A two-center retrospective study of 211 patients found that a dual-sheath approach in minimally invasive percutaneous ...

A 2022 randomized trial comparing RIRS and MINI-PCNL for 20–30 mm kidney stones has been retracted over unresolved ethical ...

Transurethral cystolithotripsy was associated with complete stone clearance in more than 95% of patients and a shorter duration of hospital stay compared with percutaneous suprapubic or open surgery ...

From a grain of sand to a golf ball, kidney stones come in different sizes. Every size comes with certain complications. Smaller ones are usually not treated as a ‘threat’, because they pass on their ...

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 ...

For patients with kidney stones measuring one to two centimeters, a technique called mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) provides a higher stone elimination rate than another minimally ...