During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It's better for the patient if urologists ...

SEATTLE — A groundbreaking medical procedure for those with kidney stones will soon be offered at the University of Washington after more than two decades of research. It will also give astronauts the ...

Lahore General Hospital is set to introduce Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS), a modern technique for the treatment of ...

Atim siad laser surgery in Nigeria is scarce in public hospitals and expensive in private health centres. The hospital’s Associate Professor of Urology, Dr Terka Atim, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...

Olympus has launched a new laser platform intended for soft tissue applications and for lithotripsy, the destruction of hard masses within the body including in particular kidney stones. The Soltive ...

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja has again led public health institutions, as it successfully performed its first LASER Lithotripsy on October 28. LASUTH now has a full ...

A randomized trial found a similar stone-free rate after pulse-modulated Holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser vs thulium fiber laser (TFL) treatment of kidney stones. An investigator reported trial data during ...

Traverse City, Mich.-based Copper Ridge Surgery Center performed its first procedure using Lumenis’ minimally invasive laser technology, the Moses Pulse 120H, the center announced Sept. 28. The ASC ...

One in 10 Americans will be affected by kidney stones at some point in their life and about a million patients will experience a kidney stone attack this year. While most stones will pass on their own ...

The hospital’s Associate Professor of Urology, Dr Terka Atim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Gwagwalada, FCT, that the surgery was a giant stride in the treatment of urinary ...

Kidney stones are often removed via an endoscopic procedure. If a stone is too large, the urologists break it into pieces using a laser. The larger pieces can be removed with a grasping instrument, ...