Credit: Getty Images. A recent study may support use of tamsulosin as medical expulsion therapy following shockwave lithotripsy. Tamsulosin may be effective as medical expulsive therapy for patients ...

Typical balloon placement and pretreatment sites relative to pacing/defibrillation leads. Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol EP. Central Illustration (adapted). Pacemaker and defibrillator leads encased ...

The efficacy and safety of mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) in young pediatric patients with kidney stones appears acceptable in a trial.

Kidney stones are a common condition in the U.S. – about 1 in 10 Americans get them. Passing a kidney stone can be quite painful. It can cause severe, sharp pain in the side and back, below the rib, ...

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a widely used, non-invasive nephrolithiasis treatment that is considered safe, with minimal side effects. However, Georg Prange and colleagues from ...

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has renewed a major grant which will allow Indiana University School of Medicine researchers to continue scrutinizing the long-term ...

A 42-year-old man presents with a symptomatic kidney stone 12 mm in diameter. Treatment with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is recommended. Lithotripsy creates fluid shock waves that are ...

Kidney stones can cause agonising pain. Your first thought is likely how to get it out. Lithotripsy for kidney stones is a medical procedure. It breaks stones into sand-like fragments. These fragments ...