The kidneys play a dominant role in regulating both the volume and composition of the extracellular fluid. They function to ensure that the body maintains a homeostatic internal environment. They ...

The R.E.N.A.L. system for classifying tumors aims to predict the surgical challenges of partial nephrectomy. However, the factors involved in surgical planning are many and complex, and are not ...

Your body is with you 24/7. But how often do you actually stop to think about what it’s doing? Probably not much—and honestly ...

Investigators assessed suction-assisted mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for treating stones in anomalous kidneys in a multicenter, real-world prospective study.

SAN DIEGO, CA—Concordant with studies of other technologies for renal denervation, the presence of untreated accessory arteries was associated with a reduced blood pressure-lowering response to the ...

BOSTON -- After living kidney donation, projection of renal function may vary by gender, a retrospective cohort study of 174,311 living kidney donors suggested. Over a median 6.7 months, the incidence ...

Background. A 32-year-old man was referred to a tertiary care center for stone management. The patient had initially presented to his primary physician 3 months earlier with right flank pain of 2 ...

The genitourinary tract includes the urinary and genital organs. Various conditions, such as urinary tract infections and kidney problems, may affect the genitourinary tract. The genitourinary tract ...

Men and women experience kidney diseases differently. Know how gender affects kidney stone risk, UTIs, and chronic kidney ...

A case report has been recently published in BMC Nephrology by Jaka P. and colleagues on the malposition of the femoral central venous catheter in the renal vein of a transplanted kidney, ...