During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It's better for the patient if urologists ...

September is Urology Awareness Month so it would seem fitting to remember that chronic and common, kidney stones affect one in 11 people.1 The National Kidney Foundation notes that each year, more ...

More than 370,000 insured patients in the United States underwent surgery for ureteral and kidney stones in 2019, highlighting the importance of the 2026 AUA guideline.

A randomized trial found a similar stone-free rate after pulse-modulated Holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser vs thulium fiber laser (TFL) treatment of kidney stones. An investigator reported trial data during ...

Kidney stones can be painful, but doctors at the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State teamed up with a company to make treatment easier for patients in a way never done before. A two-month trial that ...

Trichy: Dr G Viswanathan Hospitals in Trichy launched a 100-watt holmium laser system on Thursday for minimally invasive urological care. The high-pow.

Olympus has launched a new laser platform intended for soft tissue applications and for lithotripsy, the destruction of hard masses within the body including in particular kidney stones. The Soltive ...

Traverse City, Mich.-based Copper Ridge Surgery Center performed its first procedure using Lumenis’ minimally invasive laser technology, the Moses Pulse 120H, the center announced Sept. 28. The ASC ...

Kidney stones are often removed via an endoscopic procedure. If a stone is too large, the urologists break it into pieces using a laser. The larger pieces can be removed with a grasping instrument, ...

Atim siad laser surgery in Nigeria is scarce in public hospitals and expensive in private health centres. The hospital’s Associate Professor of Urology, Dr Terka Atim, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...

Kidney stones (also known as nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) form in your urinary system when you have high levels of certain substances in your urine that crystalize and stick together. There are ...