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UT Southwestern Medical Center provides comprehensive care for patients with kidney, ureteral and bladder stones. Patients can receive rapid diagnosis, state-of-the-art surgical therapy and medical management for stone prevention.
Our specialists are known internationally for their expertise in endoscopic and other minimally invasive procedures for kidney stone treatment. They perform nearly 400 surgical procedures for stone removal annually, many of which are complicated cases referred by urologists in a four-state area.
UT Southwestern is also home to a state-of-the-art lithotripter, which provides the campus with a completely noninvasive means of treating small to moderate ureteral and kidney stones in an outpatient setting.
For stone prevention, the Mineral Metabolism Center is internationally renowned and provides comprehensive metabolic evaluation and medical therapy for recurrent stone formers. Many of the diagnostic protocols and medical treatments for stone prevention in use worldwide were developed at UT Southwestern.
We see more than 500 stone patients annually. Consequently, we are in a unique position to recruit patients for trials evaluating drug and dietary therapies for stone prevention.
Our experience in conducting some of the most advanced research into the causes and cures for kidney stones enables UT Southwestern to provide our patients with the best possible medical treatments – all in a caring and compassionate environment.
