Kidney removal surgery, a nephrectomy, can cause pain. While most discomfort fades in weeks, some patients experience chronic ...

Not all kidney stones require surgery. Dr Aakil Khan, Consultant Urologist at KIMS Hospitals Thane, explains how doctors ...

The Break Wave system for extracorporeal lithotripsy via ultrasound showed early efficacy with minimal anesthesia in a pilot trial. In a separate trial, ultrasonic propulsion repositioned and ...

Standard techniques for removing kidney stones often require repeated surgery, but a magnetic gel seems to make the process ...

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient after giving her a new heart pump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A Chicago man was wide awake as he witnessed Northwestern Medicine surgeons place his childhood best friend's kidney inside of him during a cutting-edge kidney transplant procedure. John Nicholas, 28, ...

Tim Andrews was the fourth patient in the United States to receive a pig kidney transplant. He will now return to dialysis ...

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited ...

A grandmother with kidney cancer said she had been "knocked for six" after her operation was among hundreds cancelled after a ...