A HISTORY of urinary incontinence since infancy, associated with otherwise normal micturition, suggests ureteral ectopia. The ectopic orifice is usually in the midline just posterior to the urethral ...

Background A 14-year-old girl with a solitary right kidney had continuous urinary incontinence. Four months previously she had undergone surgical resection of a vaginal septum associated with uterus ...

HYPERTENSION associated with unilateral renovascular disease is receiving an increasing amount of attention. The present technics for the diagnosis of unilateral renal disease are excretory urography, ...

Embryologically, the position of the ureteral orifice in single and duplicated systems is best explained by the migration and rotation of each ureteral bud that forms on the mesonephric (Wolffian) ...

Nephrogenic metaplasia of the bladder and urethra has been the subject of extensive studies in recent years. However, information about ureteral involvement is still limited because of the rarity of ...

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 ...

Not sure what a ureter stone is? You’ve probably heard of kidney stones, or you may know someone who’s had a kidney stone. You may even have experienced one yourself. A ureter stone, also known as a ...

Pat O'Neal knew quite a bit about hospitals and health care. He worked as director of outreach at Primary Children's Hospital, then in outreach services at Intermountain Healthcare for many years.

Can Ureteral Stents Help Pass Kidney Stones? As per the Cleveland Clinic, ureteral stents open the ureter, which can help urine pass easily from the kidney to the bladder. Their report mentions that ...

The approval was based on data from a phase 3 study that included 118 adults undergoing endoscopic urological or gynecological surgical procedures. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...