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‘Pushing’ kidney-stone fragments with ultrasound reduces stones’ recurrence
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‘Pushing’ kidney-stone fragments with ultrasound reduces stones’ recurrence

September 19, 2024 by University of Washington School of Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainSometimes all it takes is a little push. That is the conclusion of a recently published study in which doctors used a handheld ultrasound device to nudge patients’ kidney-stone fragments. As many as 50% of patients who have kidney stones removed surgically...