December 2025

UROLOGY

IS URETEROSCOPY FOR KIDNEY STONES IN PREGNANT WOMEN SAFE?

Perry Xu, MD, presents findings from a recent multi-institutional study, published in Journal of Endourology, evaluating the safety and outcomes of ureteroscopy in pregnant patients with kidney stones — an investigation inspired by a decade-old study that reported a 4% risk of preterm labor. The updated study confirms that ureteroscopy can be performed safely across all trimesters by urologists with expertise in stone disease, with no observed obstetric complications or preterm labor.
Perry Xu, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine 

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