Endourology Research
UC San Diego’s endourology research advances minimally invasive treatments for kidney stones, focusing on ultrasound-guided surgery, metabolic risk factors, and device innovation to improve outcomes and support personalized, patient-centered care.
Giving
For the annual support of one or more endourological fellows under the direction of Dr. Roger L. Sur in the Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center.
Recent Publications
The impact of kidney stone disease on quality of life in high-risk stone formers.
Assad A, Raizenne BL, El Yamani MEM, Saud A, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Streeper NM, Sivalingam S, Pais VM Jr, Chew BH, Bird VG, Andonian S, Penniston KL, Bhojani N.
BJU Int. 2024 May;133(5):570-578. doi: 10.1111/bju.16294. Epub 2024 Feb 8.
PMID: 38332669
International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) guideline on staghorn calculi management.
Zhong W, Osther P, Pearle M, Choong S, Mazzon G, Zhu W, Zhao Z, Gutierrez J, Smith D, Moussa M, Pal SK, Saltirov I, Ahmad M, Hamri SB, Chew B, Aquino A, Krambeck A, Khadgi S, Sur RL, Güven S, Gamal W, Li J, Liu Y, Ferretti S, Kamal W, Ye L, Bernardo N, Almousawi S, Abdelkareem M, Durutovic O, Kamphuis G, Maroccolo M, Ye Z, Alken P, Sarica K, Zeng G.
World J Urol. 2024 Mar 25;42(1):189. doi: 10.1007/s00345-024-04816-6.
PMID: 38526675
The Application of Next-Generation Sequencing in Preoperative Evaluation for Urologic Stone Surgery.
Jongjitaree K, Sheetz T, Finegan J, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Monga M.
J Endourol. 2024 Sep;38(9):908-915. doi: 10.1089/end.2024.0167. Epub 2024 Jun 24.
PMID: 38874261
The Rise of AI in Endourology and Robotic Surgery.
Dasgupta P, Hemal A, Preminger G, Sur R.
J Endourol. 2024 Aug;38(8):711. doi: 10.1089/end.2024.32789.pd.
PMID: 39121453
Break Wave Lithotripsy for Urolithiasis: Results of the First-in-Human International Multi-Institutional Clinical Trial.
Chew BH, Harper JD, Sur RL, Chi T, De S, Buckley AR, Paterson RF, Wong VKF, Forbes CM, Hall MK, Kessler R, Bechis SK, Woo JR, Wang RC, Bayne DB, Bochinski D, Schuler TD, Wollin TA, Samji R, Sorensen MD.
J Urol. 2024 Oct;212(4):580-589. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004091. Epub 2024 Sep 10.
PMID: 39254129