A retrospective analysis of patients with renal cancer receiving temsirolimus within a named patient program. Background: Studies on renal pelvis and ureter cancer are very small and are limited to ...

Comparative analyses of trends and survival in patients with urothelial versus nonurothelial bladder carcinoma: National Cancer Database (NCDB) analysis. Clinical impact of gemcitabine ...

ACCIDENTAL injury of a ureter is the most frequent serious complication of gynecologic pelvic operations. This fact was brought to our attention by the occurrence of 7 ureteral injuries in 590 total ...

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 ...

Medically known as ureterolithiasis, ureteral stone disease is characterized by the formation of calculi (i.e. stones) in the kidneys and obstructing the ureters. The ureters are the slender muscular ...

Background: Prostaglandins play an important role in ureteral obstruction, but the detailed expression profiles of the prostaglandin receptors (PTGER1, PTGER2, PTGER3, PTGER4, PTGFR) remain unknown in ...

UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN), a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers, today highlights the results of a sub ...

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 ...

Ureterosciatic herniation is an uncommon cause of acute ureteral obstruction. Atrophy of the piriformis muscle as a result of hip joint disease is one of the main predisposing factors for this type of ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Key Takeaways Kidney stones can be painful and, in severe cases, cause bladder obstruction.It can take one to three weeks or more for a kidney stone to pass on ...