Background A 32-year-old primiparous woman presented with a painful left-sided giant hydronephrotic kidney secondary to pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO). Investigations Renal ultrasonography ...
Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways Ureteropelvic junction obstruction is a condition where urine flow from the kidney to the bladder is blocked.This blockage is often present at ...
The type of surgery that is needed depends upon the location of the scar, the cause and the length of the scar. This surgery is used when the stricture is close to the bladder. These strictures often ...
The human kidney filters blood to make urine. After urine is made, it goes into a funnel-shaped portion of the kidney called the collecting system. When this part of the kidney is enlarged and holding ...
EL PASO, Texas, April 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Las Palmas Medical Center is the first and currently only site in the world to enroll patients in a clinical trial for a fluorescent imaging agent, which ...
Ten years after his urinary bladder was removed, Azez Sheibh (48), a Kuwaiti national, underwent a complex kidney stone removal procedure at a city hospital after many unsuccessful attempts at ...
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Delhi-based Anil (name changed) had been living with a kidney tube (nephrostomy) and a urine bag hanging outside his body for three months. The 32-year-old man underwent ...