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Next steps for burst wave lithotripsy in kidney stones
“The take-home message is that there is a new form of lithotripsy,” says Jonathan D. Harper, MD.
In this video, Jonathan D. Harper, MD, discusses the next steps and the take-home message from the Journal of Urology study, “Fragmentation of Stones by Burst Wave Lithotripsy in the First 19 Humans,” for which he served as a study author. Harper is an associate professor of urology and adjunct associate professor of surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.
Alkaline water unlikely to prevent kidney stones, study finds
January 11th 2024"While alkaline water products have a higher pH than regular water, they have a negligible alkali content–which suggests that they can't raise urine pH enough to affect the development of kidney and other urinary stones," says Roshan M. Patel, MD.
