An X-ray may be able to help doctors detect larger kidney stones and monitor the size of kidney stones in response to treatment. Other imaging tests may help doctors diagnose smaller stones.

This can tell them what’s causing your stones and how to treat them. Your doctor may refer you for a kidney, ureter, and bladder (KUB) X-ray. A KUB X-ray will give your doctor an idea about the ...

The problem of kidney stones is seen increasing in people of all ages, which is why health experts advise everyone to take ...

Potassium citrate is a good choice for people who have calcium oxalate stones (60% to 80% of stones) and low measured citrate ...

On getting X-ray and an ultrasound done, it was detected that there were giant renal stones in his left kidney. Further, CT scan and DTPA renal scan revealed that his kidney was remarkably ...

The stone was difficult to remove in one case ... extracted in outpatient clinic 1 month later. Ultrasonography, x-ray of the kidney, ureter and bladder, and intravenous urography were reviewed ...

A Sri Lankan man broke two world records this month due to the large size of a kidney stone doctors removed from his body, according to Guinness World Records. Canistus Coonghe, a 62-year-old ...

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