{"id":2382,"date":"2014-11-30T05:40:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T05:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/?page_id=2382"},"modified":"2016-04-14T03:48:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T03:48:33","slug":"ultrasound","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/ultrasound\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Kidney Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Kidney Stones<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #800000 !important;\">by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/about\/urologists\/dr-alex-shteynshlyuger\/\">Dr. Alex Shteynshlyuger<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>If you have any questions, to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/appointments\/\">schedule a consultation<\/a>\u00a0or if you need a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/second-opinion-urologist-nyc\/\">second opinion<\/a>, please<a href=\"\/?page_id=876\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/contactus\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0or call: <a onclick=\"goog_report_conversion ('tel: 6466634421')\" href=\"tel:6466634421\">646-663-4421<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"color: #555555;\">Ultrasound: Optimal Test for Kidney Stone Diagnosis and Management<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\">For patients with kidney pain along with renal colic combination of kidney and bladder ultrasound provides an optimal approach for diagnosing patients with kidney stones without radiation exposure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\">Renal ultrasound detects over 95% of kidney stones. \u00a0In combination with a bladder ultrasound can also suggest with fairly good predictive value presence or absence of ureteral stones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\">Kidney ultrasound can also detect other abnormalities such as kidney cysts, kidney masses. \u00a0Bladder ultrasound can also detect a number of other\u00a0abnormalities including bladder stones, bladder masses and enlarged prostate in men.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>If you have any questions, to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/appointments\/\">schedule a consultation<\/a>\u00a0or if you need a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/second-opinion-urologist-nyc\/\">second opinion<\/a>, please<a href=\"\/?page_id=876\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/contactus\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0or call: <a onclick=\"goog_report_conversion ('tel: 6466634421')\" href=\"tel:6466634421\">646-663-4421<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alex Shteynshlyuger\u00a0is a board-certified urologist. He treats men and women with kidney and ureteral stones. He is\u00a0<strong>among the most experienced specialists\u00a0<\/strong>when it comes to treatment of large kidney stones and ureteral stones<strong>. Dr. Shteynshlyuger has performed hundreds of\u00a0<a title=\"Ureteroscopy for Kidney Stones \u2013 New York Urology Specialists\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/ureteroscopy\/\">ureteroscopy\u00a0<\/a>and lithotripsy procedures<\/strong>\u00a0for large kidney stones, in addition to\u00a0<a title=\"Lithotripsy (ESWL) Treatment for Kidney Stones in NYC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/lithotripsy-eswl\/\">ESWL\u00a0<\/a>procedures.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>He is among a select number of urologists in the United States who performs\u00a0<a title=\"Kidney Stone Treatment: PCNL (Percutaneous nephro-lithotomy)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/kidney-stones\/pcnl\/\">PCNL\u00a0<\/a>for large kidney stones. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We see patients from all parts of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island), Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey as well as other parts of\u00a0the USA. We also see <a title=\"International and out-of-the-area patients\" href=\"\/?page_id=1490\" target=\"_blank\">international patients <\/a>from\u00a0Canada, Japan, South America, Russia, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean and other parts of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Kidney Stones by\u00a0Dr. Alex Shteynshlyuger If you have any questions, to\u00a0schedule a consultation\u00a0or if you need a second opinion, please\u00a0contact us\u00a0or call: 646-663-4421 Ultrasound: Optimal Test for Kidney Stone Diagnosis and Management For patients with kidney pain along with renal colic combination of kidney and bladder ultrasound provides an optimal approach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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