Small kidney stones are easily removed, but if the stone is large, surgery may be necessary. Let us tell you which surgery to perform. Kidney Stone Emergency Symptoms: Kidney stones sometimes remain ...

(CNN) — The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefruit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters. At 13.372 ...

Doctors in Sri Lanka set a new Guinness World Record when they removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a retired soldier earlier this month. The 1.76-pound growth was surgically removed from ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My urologist found two big kidney stones in my right kidney, too large to pass naturally. I thought that the option would then be to “crush” them to sand with laser or ultrasound and ...

Millions suffer from agonizing kidney stones, with a high recurrence rate. Understanding the four types—calcium, struvite, uric acid, and cystine—is k ...