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A young patient with kidney issues finds answers at Children's Health
When Lainey was just 3 years old, her mom, Shannon, noticed she had blood in her urine. Sensing something was wrong, she brought Lainey to her pediatrician who suspected she might have a bladder or urinary tract infection. But after three weeks of negative cultures and no relief from her symptoms, Lainey was referred to the Pediatric Nephrology Department at Children's Health in search of answers.
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We offer complete medical, surgical and nutritional services for kids with kidney stones
Our Pediatric Comprehensive Stone Center is a full-service, multidisciplinary effort between urology, nephrology, nursing, dietary, radiology and the Children’s Health laboratory. With UT Southwestern providers and services located in one convenient location, your child can receive coordinated and personalized care.
Minimally invasive and mom-approved with the area’s only dedicated shock wave machine
Our goal is to manage your child’s kidney stones using nonsurgical treatments when possible. But some stones are large, hurt and get stuck, so surgery may be necessary. Fortunately, we offer many minimally invasive surgical options that result in less pain and a faster recovery.
Shock wave lithotripsy
Ureteroscopy procedures
Laparoscopic procedures
At Children’s Health, we are the only pediatric hospital in North Texas with our own dedicated extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter machine, proving our desire to provide first-rate care for our pediatric patients that make stones
Leading research and innovations
We perform research to try to understand what causes stones in children and to have new ways to prevent stones from coming back. Some of our research studies are funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Learn more about our research.