May 15th 2025
Professor Andreas Skolarikos shares his experience with the LithoVue Elite System.
How pre-URS tamsulosin use in pediatric patients may reduce repeat procedures
April 8th 2025“I would say the take-home message for this study is that prescribing tamsulosin for a week prior to an anticipated surgery that involves flexible ureteroscopy is a very simple practice that certainly is within standard of care within pediatric urology," says Kate H. Kraft, MD, MHPE, FACS, FAAP.
Expert discusses innovations in single-use ureteroscopes for stones
April 7th 2025"A lot of people are using [single-use ureteroscopes] nowadays, and part of it is because it really enhances our ability to provide guaranteed care, because we don't have to rely on the reusability of scopes," says Perry Xu, MD.
Kate H. Kraft, MD, discusses pre-op tamsulosin use in pediatric patients undergoing URS
March 20th 2025"When we compared the 2 groups, those that received tamsulosin and those that did not, we did find a significant difference with regard to success rates," says Kate H. Kraft, MD, MHPE, FACS, FAAP. .
Christina Ching, MD, on study of follow-up after pediatric stone surgery
March 4th 2025“We felt, not only for the study, but for providing good care, that it was important to try and have these patients follow-up and see if we could identify factors that might impact their follow-up,” says Christina Ching, MD.
Marcelino Rivera, MD, on potential future advancements in stone disease, BPH
October 11th 2024“So, we have all of this new technology that's about a year old, making surgery a lot safer for patients, making things more efficient, and [giving us] the ability to see stone removal happening from a perspective where we can visualize stone clearance in a way that we haven't been able to before,” says Marcelino E. Rivera, MD.
Dr. Thomas Chi on the economics of the CVAC system for kidney stones
September 19th 2024"From a revenue, profit and loss perspective, actually, in many instances, they anticipate that physicians may actually make more money using the second-generation CVAC device compared to traditional ureteroscopy, depending on your payer mix and your practice," says Thomas Chi, MD, MBA.