For clinicians, bladder stones (vesical calculi) are less a disease and more a symptom of a deeper problem, usually stasis or ...

A urosepsis prediction model based on 6 factors demonstrated strong performance among a Chinese cohort. A large-scale study of 33,579 urinary stones from Southern China, published in the International ...

For many patients with urinary stone disease, treatment with a calcium-channel blocker or an alpha blocker can greatly improve their likelihood of passing their urinary stones, which may help these ...

The majority of human urinary stones are primarily composed of crystalline calcium salts but many other metals and nonmetals are detectable with concentrations ranging over 10 orders of magnitude The ...

BARCELONA, Spain — The treatment of children with urinary tract stones can be a challenge because young people are smaller to work on than adults, there is an absence of suitable instruments, and ...

The optimal care of patients with urinary tract stone disease has been recognized to comprise both active removal of stones and methods aimed at preventing stone recurrences. Undoubtedly, ...

A new trial adds to evidence that alpha-blockers do not expedite the passage of ureteral stones in patients who present with renal colic compared with placebo, although stone size may matter. "Use of ...

Patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and urinary tract stone history are a high-risk subgroup requiring greater surveillance.

A study published in The Journal of Urology found that cannabidiol (CBD) oil does not lower pain scores after surgical treatment and stent placement for patients with urinary stones. The study found ...

The researchers found that stone passage rates were 50% in the tamsulosin group and 47% in the placebo group (relative risk, 1.05; 95.8% confidence interval, 0.87 to 1.27; P=.60). HealthDay News — ...

Struvite stones, also known as infection stones, are kidney stones made of magnesium ammonium phosphate. Struvite stones are often associated with urinary tract infections and other conditions. Read ...