Patient Perspectives

Stent discomfort is a common complaint among kidney stone patients, but did you know that some patients have resorted to requesting for excessively small stents?

Several members of our patient community tried persuading their urologists to use the smallest stent available, in hopes of minimizing discomfort. However, incorrectly sized stents pose higher risks of dislodging, which may require complicated surgical procedures to retrieve.

Some urologists select stents based on their patients’ body height and physique*. How do you determine the ideal stent size for your patient?

Read more here: Choosing the ideal length of a double-pigtail ureteral stent according to body height: study based on a Chinese population

With easy access to health information online, patients today are more informed and empowered than ever. Medical misinformation, however, has stoked new anxieties, including fears about diagnostic radiation.

Several members of our kidney stone patient community have expressed concern about their doctors ordering multiple CT scans for their kidney stones, within a year. Urologists, it may help to inform patients about how their treatment plans abide by ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Acceptable) guidelines, especially with new imaging technologies that minimize radiation exposure #Dornier5G.

Gain more insights from the world’s fastest-growing kidney stone patient community, with more than 200,000 members.

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health crisis with severe implications for clinical management in medicine, including urology. Alarmingly, many patients from our kidney stone community have admitted to stopping their antibiotics early!

Urologists, remind patients to complete their course of antibiotics or risk becoming septic, developing organ dysfunction, and contracting lethal infections*!

*Source: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) / Antibiotic Resistance – Sepsis Alliance