This technique uses a handheld transducer placed on your skin to direct ultrasound waves at the ... the ureter—the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder—often cause severe pain and lead ...

Patients experience debilitating pain when kidney stones ... urethra and into the bladder. The scope locates stones, which the clinician can then disintegrate with an ultrasound probe.

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is a procedure that uses ultrasound energy to break a kidney ... out of your body from the bladder), into your bladder, and up to your stone, either in your ureter or ...

a renal and/or bladder ultrasound, and urine flow rate with pelvic floor electromyogram should be obtained. Voiding cystourethrography is reserved for cases in which an anatomic or neuropathic ...

Over time, chronic catheters and bladder infections can cause bladder irritation which can increase your risk for bladder cancer.