Study reveals up to a 12-fold difference between hospital referral regions in the use of shock wave lithotripsy to the treatment of Medicare beneficiaries with kidney stones.
In a single institution series, no intraoperative complications occurred when a ureteral access sheath (UAS) was using during flexible ureteroscopy for stone removal and the stone-free rate was similar to that achieved when a UAS was not used.
Female sex, prior urinary tract infection, and longer operative time are associated with increased odds of UTI following flexible ureteroscopy, a study found.
Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopy are associated with similar stone clearance rates in children, but morbidity is less with SWL, according to a new study.
A recently published report describes the case of a 33-year-old female patient with HIV who experienced ritonavir-induced nephrolithiasis 2 years after discontinuing the medication.
Patients with high-risk stones wider than 7.0 mm or wider than 5 mm located in the proximal-middle ureter should be offered early surgery, according to researchers.
