Short-term preoperative stenting is feasible and relatively effective in carefully selected patients with symptomatic ureteral stones, trial findings suggest. Fast track treatment of ureteral stones ...

Synchronous metastatic disease is characterized by the presence of metastatic lesions, in addition to the primary tumor, at diagnosis. Investigators in South Korea demonstrated the benefit in a ...

Urethral stricture refers to the narrowing of the urethral lumen resulting from fibrosis that affects the urethral epithelium and underlying corpus spongiosum. It is most often heralded by obstructive ...

THE occurrence of extravesical urinary-tract complications of regional ileitis has not been adequately appreciated by urologists and gastroenterologists. It is the purpose of this report to call ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Every year, more than half a million Americans visit the emergency room for kidney stone problems. In most cases, the stones eventually pass out of the body on their own, but the ...

Every year, more than half a million Americans visit the emergency room for kidney stone problems. In most cases, the stones eventually pass out of the body on their own, but the process can be ...

This is really 2 or 3 different questions. In the case of a short donor ureter, it is relatively straightforward to anastomose the transplant ureter to the native ureter, either end-to-side or ...

URETEROCELE, though not a common disorder, may be a perplexing diagnostic problem in adults. The present report concerns 5 cases in which the patients were treated unsuccessfully on the basis of ...

Ureteral stones are hard mineral masses that develop in the kidneys and then move into the ureter. They are known for causing severe pain, often resulting in kidney damage. In an interview with HT ...