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Urology
RCT
Flexible suction sheath outperforms conventional sheath in renal stone surgery
Kidney Stone Surgery Just Got a Major Upgrade
In this randomized controlled trial of 217 adults with 14-27 mm renal stones undergoing retrograde intrarenal surgery, the flexible navigabl…
You wake up after surgery, groggy but relieved.
Apr 23, 2026
Urology
Cohort
One-stage RIRS for renal stones shows longer operative time after prior PCNL in retrospective cohort
Does past kidney stone surgery affect your next one?
A retrospective cohort study of 115 patients with renal stones undergoing one-stage RIRS found that those with a history of PCNL had signifi…
Past kidney stone surgery doesn't increase risks or hospital stays, but prior PCNL does lengthen the next operation by about eight minutes.
Frontiers
Apr 13, 2026
Urology
CVAC Aspiration System achieves 96% stone clearance in small renal stone evacuation study
New kidney stone removal system shows high clearance rate in small study
A prospective single-arm study of 30 subjects with renal stones evaluated the second-generation CVAC Aspiration System for ureteroscopic eva…
A new kidney stone removal device cleared 96% of stone volume in a small study, though only 46% of patients had zero fragments left.
Apr 2, 2026