In nephrolithiasis or kidney stone disease, the patient develops calculi from chemicals such as calcium oxalate, which precipitate out of urine within the renal pelvis and the tubular lumen. An estimated 10% people in the U.S. develop kidney stone at some point in their lives. As per the data published by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, in the U.S., every year, nearly half million people visit emergency rooms and three million people ... Read more

In nephrolithiasis or kidney stone disease, the patient develops calculi from chemicals such as calcium oxalate, which precipitate out of urine within the renal pelvis and the tubular lumen. An estimated 10% people in the U.S. develop kidney stone at some point in their lives. As per the data published by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, in the U.S., every year, nearly half million people visit emergency rooms and three million people visit health care ... Read more