A ureteral stent is a flexible plastic tube for insertion into the ureter to treat or prevent blockages that impede urine flow from the kidney to the bladder, such as kidney stones. Once the ...

You can do several things to prevent kidney stones, which can form when your urine becomes saturated with substances that crystallize into a stone, such as calcium or uric acid. Simple "fixes," such ...

A STUDY which represents local clinicians’ first attempt to investigate the prevalence of urolithiasis (kidney stones) has shown that the disease is very common in T&T, with a self-reported ...

Anyone who's ever had a kidney stone will tell you there's nothing else like the mind-numbing, excruciating pain. Sometimes a patient will have a single stone and then never have a recurrence. Other ...

Later, she received an unexpected diagnosis: kidney stones, typically an affliction of older adults. Now 25, Pleskoff, a Seattle native who has endured more than 30 kidney stones, is part of a ...

Kidney stones are pebble-sized deposits that form when there’s too much salt and minerals in your urine. Learn whether men or women are more at risk, what passing one feels like, and how big ...

AUA 2023: Machine Learning Prediction of Symptomatic Kidney Stone Recurrence Using 24-Hour Urine Data and Electronic Health Record Derived Features AUA 2023: A Novel Machine-Learning Algorithm to ...

Kidney stones are quite common, with a prevalence estimated to be between 1–15% of the global population. These are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside the kidneys and ...

Kidney stones that occur with an infection typically require an immediate medical procedure, such as placement of a stent. People with larger kidney stones may need other procedures, such as shock ...

The consumption of energy drinks can contribute to the formation of kidney stones—as can many other foods and beverages. What makes energy drinks distinct is that they contain an especially high ...

Primary hyperoxaluria is a significant kidney stone disease caused by the overproduction of the molecule oxalate. It can be diagnosed as primary hyperoxaluria type one, two or three, with type one ...