Patient removal of ureteral stent with extraction string is safe and economical

The company plans to announce full market availability of the RenaFlex ureteroscope system at a later date.

In this podcast episode, Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI, discusses the need to increase diversity in clinical trials, specifically focusing on studies in prostate cancer.

"We looked at people who were in the intermediate-risk zone, and we found that our calculator did do a better job of helping some of those men avoid unnecessary biopsies," says Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI.

“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.

In this companion article, Jaideep S. Sohi, MD, shares insights on PSMA-PET imaging’s impact on real-world diagnosis and management of prostate cancer.

"While alkaline water products have a higher pH than regular water, they have a negligible alkali content–which suggests that they can't raise urine pH enough to affect the development of kidney and other urinary stones," says Roshan M. Patel, MD.