The ureters take urine to the bladder. The urethra is the small tube that carries urine from your bladder outside your body. Scarring and narrowing can also affect your urethra. This is known as a ...

Diagnosis. Malacoplakia involving bilatateral ureters and bladder; cavitary pneumonia. Management. Hemodialysis, placement of bilateral percutaneous nephrostomy tubes, administration of ...

and only a portion of the bladder urine can be evacuated. Eventually, the valvelike action of the ureterovesical junction is compromised; reflux of urine ensues, and ureteral ectasia and ...

“Bladder tumor recurrence might arise from microscopic tumor seeding or chronic carcinogen stimulation”, write the authors. They suggest two methods—endoscopic coagulation of the ureteral ...

The kidneys produce urine and this helps maintain water balance. The urine is taken from the kidneys to the bladder by the ureters. The bladder stores the urine until it is convenient to expel it ...

The unusual features of this case can be summarized by the following questions. Firstly, why did it take more than 48 hours after bladder catheter placement to see the initial improvement in ...

Usually, urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder via the ureter ... from where the kidney connects to the ureter (ureteropelvic junction) may warrant pyeloplasty (the surgical reconstruction ...

Axial images of a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis, showing a 4 mm calculus in the right distal ureter near the ureterovesical junction causing mild hydronephrosis. Coronal images of a CT scan of ...