Singh is an associate professor of urology, Endourology Chief, Urology; director of Laparoscopy & Endourology, Urology; and director of the Endourology Fellowship, Urology at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
Suction-enabled URS platforms and AI-driven prediction and planning tools represent 2 parallel frontiers in kidney stone management, with active fragment evacuation already in clinical use and artificial intelligence poised to reshape preoperative planning, patient selection, and intraoperative guidance.
High-powered holmium and thulium laser platforms are expanding ureteroscopic options for complex patients, including those on anticoagulation, while emerging technologies such as Break Wave lithotripsy and ultrasonic propulsion may offer future office-based alternatives to traditional surgical stone management.
Dinesh Singh, MD, emphasizes that radiation reduction begins at the diagnostic stage, favoring low-dose CT scans over standard-dose imaging.
Singh concludes that increasing physician awareness and comfort with low-dose imaging is key to reducing unnecessary radiation while maintaining diagnostic accuracy and patient safety.
