Novel stone treatment gets first trial in human subjects

"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.

“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.

"We found that as we got better and better at doing it, the majority of patients now can go home in this fashion. They can go home the day of the procedure with nothing in them," says Mantu Gupta, MD.

“You have tradeoffs with every device that you use,” says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

"[The care plan] incorporates patient-specific data to reinforce dietary management, fluid intake, and medication adherence based on the patient's 24-hour urine collection results," says Jenny Guo, MD.

Regarding patient-reported outcomes, those who underwent URS showed higher urinary symptoms, greater pain intensity, and greater pain interference at 1 week following surgery compared with those who underwent SWL.