Ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy (ULL) is a medical procedure that breaks up kidney stones lodged in a ureter. Ureters are the tubes that connect your kidneys and bladder. Kidney stones affect ...

Antibiotic treatment based on a urine culture may help reduce the occurrence of urinary tract infections after ureteroscopy in children with kidney or ureteral stones.

A multicentre study evaluating clinical outcomes and complications related to ureteroscopy (URS) in patients aged 80 years or older with stone disease found a 70% stone-free rate (SFR) for zero ...

A doctor may recommend kidney stone surgery if the stones are stuck in the ureters or if they are particularly large. The ureters are the tubes that connect the kidney to the bladder. There are ...

A noninvasive ultrasound technology called Break Wave lithotripsy (BWL) offers a safe and effective new option for treatment of urinary stones, reports a clinical trial in the October issue of the ...

Flexible ureteroscopy and lasertripsy (FURSL) for treating renal stones larger than 1 cm in diameter is associated with high success rates, data show. The finding comes from a study of 88 patients ...

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 ...