Nicholas Kavoussi

A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering team working to create a navigational system to decrease stone fragments left behind after surgery includes Nicholas Kavoussi, MD, left, Ipek Oguz, PhD, and Daiwei Lu. (photo by Susan Urmy)
August 8, 2023

VISE team works to develop 3D navigation system to better treat kidney stones

A multidisciplinary team at Vanderbilt is working to create a real-time navigational system to decrease residual stone fragments left behind after kidney stone surgery. 

By Jill Clendening