Introduction: Kidney stones and its treatment, control of possible complications after lithotripsy and prevention of kidney stones recurrence, are the most substantial concerns of patients and physicians. Nowadays, the high capabilities of mobile technologies have become especially important...
as well as analyzing the stone itself with photospectrometry (whew!) to find out why you make the stone, and stop or reduce it from happening again.That’s our goal, no more stones. Although some patients are more challenging than others, he has patients who used to form several stones...
Whether a stone will pass on its own depends on its size. About 80% of stones smaller than 4 mm will pass on their own. Passing a stone takes an average of 31 days. The chances of passing a stone 4 mm or larger are lower, and most patients with stones this large end up having a...
Emergency room costs are high. Being able to see one of our specialists quickly is less costly. And we’re always ready, because we only see patients with kidney stones. AboutOur Center Virtual RealityStone Removal Learn More Stone Symptoms ...
By carefully examining the composition of the kidney stones, they were able to show that a kidney stone does not continuously grow like previously thought. Instead, the minerals of the stone show evidence of dissolving and reforming. 仔细研究肾结石的成分后他们发现,肾结石其实不是之前认为的那样在不...
Dr. Rule noted that advances in imaging technology have allowed researchers to better examine and classify stone formation in patients than in days past. "We are now diagnosing symptomatic kidney stones that previously would have gone undiagnosed because they would not have been detected." ...
Depending on the cause of your kidney stone, your doctor may prescribe medication or suggest dietary changes to prevent a recurrence. For more information National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 800/891-5390 http://www.niddk.nih.gov ...
These procedures are performed by the urologist who decides which method is the best for a particular patient. Which patient, with urinary stone, needs surgical treatment? Most patients with small stones can be effectively treated conservatively. But surgery may be needed to remove kidney stones...
Solitary kidney results from various causes, mainly including congenital factors and iatrogenic factors. The prevalence of kidney stones is 8.8% [1], and patients with a solitary functioning kidney are also at a high risk of developing kidney stones; an untreated staghorn stone is likely to destro...