Stones that cause lasting symptoms or other complications may be treated in various ways, most of which do not involve major surgery. Moreover, research has led to a better understanding of the many ...

while others inhibit formation. The balance between promotion and inhibition depends on a person's genetics, diet, medications, medical conditions, and anatomy, as well as environmental factors. In ...

No firm conclusions can be drawn about the pertinence of our findings to the intimate details of calcium oxalate stone formation. Regardless of the pertinence of these observations to the ...