May 15th 2025
Professor Andreas Skolarikos shares his experience with the LithoVue Elite System.
Marcelino Rivera, MD, on potential future advancements in stone disease, BPH
October 11th 2024“So, we have all of this new technology that's about a year old, making surgery a lot safer for patients, making things more efficient, and [giving us] the ability to see stone removal happening from a perspective where we can visualize stone clearance in a way that we haven't been able to before,” says Marcelino E. Rivera, MD.
Dr. Thomas Chi on the economics of the CVAC system for kidney stones
September 19th 2024"From a revenue, profit and loss perspective, actually, in many instances, they anticipate that physicians may actually make more money using the second-generation CVAC device compared to traditional ureteroscopy, depending on your payer mix and your practice," says Thomas Chi, MD, MBA.
Victoria S. Edmonds, MD, on reimbursement disparities for urolithiasis treatments
September 3rd 2024"I think we could explore risk adjustment for surgeon reimbursement as a way of incentivizing providers and compensating them fairly for taking care of these more complex patients," says Victoria S. Edmonds, MD.
Nicolette G. Payne, MD, on genetic testing in patients with nephrolithiasis
August 15th 2024"We sought to describe the genetic and clinical characteristics for patients undergoing genetic testing at our institution that were referred to genetics from our multidisciplinary stone clinic," says Nicolette G. Payne, MD.
miniPCNL in the pediatric patient: John Michael DiBianco, MD, outlines his technique
August 13th 2024"I think the patients that benefit the most are patients that have certain types of stones that potentially are much harder to treat with some of the more minimally invasive types of procedures," says John Michael DiBianco, MD.
John Michael DiBianco, MD, on impact of miniPCNL in pediatric patients
August 9th 2024"The cases that I've done have been here, at least, have been some of the most, I guess, impactful and really make me proud and happy to be a urologist and to do something [for which] the patients are incredibly grateful," says John Michael DiBianco, MD.
Dr. Chan on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney stones in pediatric patients
July 26th 2024"Stones that recur in children happen about 40% to 50% of the time. That's why the American Urological Association guidelines recommend doing a complete metabolic evaluation in all children," says Katherine Chan, MD, MPH.
Bundled payment program covers kidney stone care
July 22nd 2024"One day, we're going to have to move away from fee for service, so we'd be wise to try to navigate those waters ahead of time, so we're not left dealing with the aftermath when someone else has implemented it for us," says Ruchika Talwar, MD.