Overview:
A discussion of kidney problems with a focus on advanced, minimally invasive techniques to eat kidney stones, tumors and kidney removal.
Part One:
Kidney stones – what are they?
Symptoms of kidney stones
Lithotripsy
Ureter scope and baskets
Preventing kidney stones
Part Two:
Kidney cancer
Laparoscopic tumor removal
Cryosurgery
Guest:
Dr. Michael Phelan, a urologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.