Passing kidney calculi can be excruciatingly painful for patients, likened to childbirth in intensity. The mechanism of the simple act of passing a stone, however, is not well understood. A recent research article examined a novel approach for optimizing kidney stone clearance—sleep position, a simple noninvasive concept that might improve urinary stone passage.
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Chi, T., Stoller, M. Passing a stone in your sleep might be easier than you think. Nat Rev Urol 8, 533–534 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2011.126
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