Kidney Stone Volumes and Outcomes
Our experience caring for children and adolescents with kidney stones
We are one of the largest, most advanced pediatric kidney stone centers in the nation. We treat hundreds of children and adolescents with kidney stones each year. This experience means that our team are experts in diagnosing and treating children with different types of kidney stones. Since 2013, more than 2,300 patients have been evaluated and treated by the Pediatric Kidney Stone Center.
Stone Center Patient Visits
This chart shows the volume of pediatric kidney stone offices visits completed at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Division of Urology over the past five years (2020 through 2024).
Surgical volumes
When faced with the prospect of your child's surgery, you want experienced surgeons. You want to know that your child is receiving the best and most compassionate care, and that the healthcare providers are working as a team. At Children’s Hospital, you’ll find world-class pediatric urological surgeons, specialized pediatric anesthesiologists, and dedicated surgical advanced practice providers with expertise in meeting children’s unique surgical needs.
Since 2013, we have conducted more than 1,100 surgical procedures to remove kidney stones. This experience means that our entire team is extremely familiar with these procedures. We are prepared to deliver the coordinated, personalized care your child needs before, during and after surgery.
CHOP’s Pediatric Kidney Stone Center also has the smallest and most-advanced surgical equipment available. These instruments allow us to perform surgeries not possible anywhere else and perform surgeries that are minimally invasive or completely non-invasive.
Kidney Stone Procedures
This chart shows the volume of pediatric kidney stone procedures performed at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Division of Urology over the past five years (2020 through 2024).
Always striving to improve outcomes
Our core mission is to improve the health of children with kidney stones. There are several practices that help us move toward that goal:
- Personalized treatment plans. Children who visit the Pediatric Kidney Stone Center receive comprehensive evaluations from nephrologists and urologists, so they receive individualized treatment that addresses the unique aspects of their condition.
- Standardization. We’ve standardized testing and procedures to make sure it’s clear what patients need, and to ensure a smooth journey from start to finish.
- Empowering families. We’ve worked to make sure families understand everything about their child’s kidney stone disease, how they can manage the condition and how they can keep stones from coming back.
No matter what gains we make, we know there’s always opportunities to improve the health of our patients. Kidney stone diagnoses are increasing at the highest rate among children and adolescents. Kidney stones can impact the physical, social, and emotional health of children.
We are committed to making discoveries through research that can answer the question of why kidney stones occur during childhood and to translate this knowledge into new tests and treatments to prevent kidney stones from coming back.