At University of Utah Health, our urologists are highly trained and experienced in a full range of surgical procedures for kidney stone removal, in addition to non-surgical care. We also have the ...

With lights dimmed, overhead monitors glowing and an electrode zapping shock waves through an unconscious man’s torso, the scene in the operating room is reminiscent of a science fiction B movie. But ...

Orlando soon will be one of only 20 cities in the country where people can have kidney stones removed without surgery. A German-made device called a lithotripter, which pulverizes the stones into ...

Anesthesia is a type of medication that prevents people from feeling pain during or following surgery. There are four main categories of anesthesia: local, regional, general, and sedation. Share on ...

In patients with renal calculi, studies of new-generation lithotripters have not demonstrated equivalent stone-free rates to the early-generation HM3 spark-gap machine (Dornier MedTech Europe GmbH, ...