September 25, 2018 Share this content: Development of kidney stones is 6.2 times more likely among patients with persistent hyponatremia than those without a history of hyponatremia. Recent and persistent hyponatremia are associated with an increased risk of kidney stones, according to investigators...

September 24, 2018 Share this content: Percutaneous nephrostomy is associated with a higher spontaneous stone passage rate than retrograde ureteral stents in patients with hydronephrosis due to ureteric stones Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) is associated with a higher spontaneous stone passage rate ...

September 24, 2018 Share this content: Low ureteral wall thickness is associated with a greater likelihood of spontaneous passage of ureteral stones 10 mm or less in diameter, according to a new study. Ureteral wall thickness (UWT) may be useful for predicting spontaneous passage (SP) of small urete...

September 05, 2018 Share this content: Recurrent kidney stone formers are at higher risk of end-stage renal disease than patients who form incident symptomatic stones, study finds. Patients who have recurrent symptomatic kidney stones are at higher risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than those w...

August 23, 2018 Share this content: Urinary stone formation in adults increases the odds of asthma by 26%, according to a study. Urinary stone disease (USD) in adults is associated with an increased likelihood of asthma, according to a new study. The association is more pronounced among recurrent st...

July 25, 2018 Share this content: Solifenacin plus tamsulosin improved all symptoms on the ureteral stent symptom questionnaire. A combination of the antimuscarinic solifenacin and the alpha blocker tamsulosin may be the most effective treatment for ureteral stent-related symptoms, according to rese...

June 19, 2018 Share this content: The passage rate for ureteral stones less than 9 mm in diameter did not differ significantly between tamsulosin and placebo recipients, study finds. Medical expulsive therapy using the alpha blocker tamsulosin does not aid passage of ureteral stones less than 9 mm i...

May 20, 2018 Share this content: Uric acid and struvite stones are more likely to recur than calcium oxalate stones, according to a study. The following article is part of conference coverage from the 2018 American Urological Association meeting in San Francisco. Renal and Urology News’ staff ...

May 19, 2018 Share this content: Compared with whites, blacks, and Hispanics, Middle Easterners are more likely to have predominantly calcium oxalate monohydrate stones, but less likely to have hydroxyapatite stones. The following article is part of conference coverage from the 2018 American Urolo...