Kidney stones, hard deposits in the kidneys, can cause sharp pain, bloody or discolored urine, and frequent urination. Nausea ...

Growing Demand and Technological Advancements Drive Expansion in the Ureteral Stent Market: Insights and Projections for 2025 and Beyond The ureteral stent market is poised for significant growth, ...

Stent omission after ureteroscopy, even with the use of a ureteral access sheath ... an associate professor of Urology at the Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center, University of California San ...

Ureteral stents are used when the ureter, the duct between the kidney and bladder, is blocked by tumors, pregnancy, stones or anatomical narrowing. Biofilm, produced by bacteria, and crystalline ...

Promising technology developed by a University Hospitals doctor that looks to decrease discomfort in kidney stone patients achieved a major milestone in the path toward mass commercialization with its ...

Kidney stones are hard objects made from chemicals ... your doctor can give you treatments to break up the stones, install a stent to make the ureter temporarily wider for easier passage, or ...

These waves go through your skin and break up your stone into tiny pieces. The doctor might put a tube called a stent into your ureter, a tube connecting your kidney to your bladder that urine ...

According to responses to the ureteral stent symptom questionnaire at postoperative ... therapy for patients who have residual kidney stone fragments after shockwave lithotripsy.

Surgery is one treatment option for kidney stones. Ureteral stents may be used if you and your doctor choose surgery. A ureteral stent is a plastic, flexible, hollow tube that helps the kidney drain ...