Stones Unlocked

Kidney stones can interrupt your life with pain, confusing test results, and difficult decisions. Stones Unlocked helps you understand what is happening, ask better questions, and work with your clinician on treatment and prevention.

Written by New York urologist David Shusterman, MD, this guide explains the science of kidney stones in plain language. Learn how stones form, why their composition matters, what imaging can show, and how blood tests and a urine collection help uncover patterns behind recurring stones.