April 12, 2022
Video
“The take-home message is that there is a new form of lithotripsy,” says Jonathan D. Harper, MD.
April 08, 2022
“We saw that this appears to be a safe treatment with very little bleeding,” says Jonathan D. Harper, MD.
March 23, 2022
Article
In this installment of Urology Times' 50th Anniversary Innovation Celebration, James E. Lingeman, MD, discusses the development of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney stones.
"The seminal innovation was the idea that you could create a focused shock wave that could be delivered into the body in a non-invasive way that had sufficient energy to break up a stone but not damage other structures," says James E. Lingeman, MD.
March 21, 2022
“One thing from our study that you can take home [is] no matter what the surgery is, small changes right after surgery can actually tell you more than we usually give them credit for,” says Sevag Demirjian, MD.
March 20, 2022
“The take home message would be that in patients with prior history of kidney stone episodes…receiving 24-hour urine testing prior to starting pharmacologic preventive therapy is associated with a lower probability of a subsequent stone-related event,” says Ryan Hsi, MD, FACS.
February 22, 2022
In this interview, Caleb Nelson, MD, PhD, discusses the current state of evaluation and treatment of stones in pediatric patients.
February 17, 2022
Podcast
“The prevalence of kidney stones has increased over 80% over the last 30 years, and the epidemiology has changed such that it's beginning at a younger age now,” says Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE.
February 14, 2022
Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE, and Jason Kaufman co-authored a study that investigated the association between kidney stone presentations in South Carolina under 2 different climate change scenarios.
February 01, 2022
The designation was awarded to the Acoustic Enhancer, a micro bubble composed of a gas core with a lipid shell, which is intended for use in conjunction with standard laser lithotripsy.
