Aaron Potretzke, a Mayo Clinic urologist, explains some of the different surgical options for removing kidney stones. "Over ...

"Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs hundreds of kidney stone surgeries each year. One of the most common ...

Dr. Aaron Potretske performs ureteroscopy to remove kidney stones. "Over the last several years, we have worked increasingly to make surgery even less invasive," Dr. Potretzke says. He performs ...

“Ganzhou is a hotspot for kidney stones, with a prevalence ... “In the past, we had to open a very big wound,” recalls Zhang. To reduce the impact of surgery, the hospital’s researchers ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD How long it takes to pass a kidney stone depends largely on its size. Those under ...