Blood in the Urine You Cannot See: What Microscopic Haematuria Means

Red cells found on a health-check urine test. Most causes are harmless — but the reassurance that a real problem would be visible is wrong, and how far the investigation goes depends on your risk rather than on a single default scan.
DJ-Stent / Ureterales Stent: Indikationen, Nebenwirkungen und Pflege

A DJ stent keeps urine flowing when the ureter cannot do it alone — and up to 80% of patients feel it. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains why the stent is placed, how long it can stay, which symptoms are expected, and which ones are not.
Why Do Kidney Stones Form?

Kidney stones are not bad luck — they are the end result of a set of risk factors, some fixed and some entirely within your control. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains why stones form and which of the factors behind them can actually be changed.
Does Every Kidney Stone Need Treating?

A health checkup reports a kidney stone, and the immediate assumption is that it has to come out. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains why ultrasound often overcalls stones, why 4 mm is the number that matters, and when watching is the right answer.
Holmium-Laser-Steinoperation: Was es ist und was Sie erwartet

Die Laser-Steinoperation entfernt 95–96% der Steine, egal wo sie sich im Harntrakt befinden. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, Urologe am Bangkok Hospital, erklärt, wie der Holmium-Laser funktioniert, wie er im Vergleich zur Stoßwellentherapie abschneidet und wie die Genesung tatsächlich aussieht.
8 Gewohnheiten, die Nierensteine verhindern

Das Meiste davon, ob Sie einen weiteren Nierenstein bilden, entscheidet sich am Esstisch und am Wasserspender. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, Urologe am Bangkok Hospital, stellt acht wissenschaftlich fundierte Gewohnheiten vor – beginnend mit derjenigen, die am wichtigsten ist.
The Four Generations of ESWL: How Shockwave Kidney Stone Treatment Evolved

Shockwave lithotripsy has been reinvented four times since the 1980s. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone traces what changed with each generation of machine, shares the outcomes from the 4th-generation lithotripter he introduced to Cambodia in 2018 — and explains which generation is used at Bangkok Hospital Headquarters today.
