Trends of surgical interventions for nephrolithiasis over the past decade: a population-based analysis
Mandy Hsu, Abdul-Jawad J. Majeed, Jennifer A. Kane, Joseph Y. Clark · 2026
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Mandy Hsu and colleagues tracked in 2026 how American practice in kidney stone surgery shifted across a decade, using a large clinical database. Three operations compete: scope surgery through the urinary passage, shockwave breaking from outside the body, and a puncture procedure through the back. Their records held 268,628 procedures from 2014 to 2023.
Scope surgery climbed from about fifty-nine percent of procedures to seventy-six percent over the decade. Shockwave treatment fell by a similar margin, dropping to about seventeen percent. The puncture approach held steady near seven percent throughout. A quieter shift ran underneath: women passed men in scope surgery from 2020 onward, echoing reports of rising stone disease in women. The authors call for training and resources to follow the scope, plus research into the changing sex balance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mandy Hsu, Abdul-Jawad J. Majeed, Jennifer A. Kane, Joseph Y. Clark |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |