A bladder stone the size of a baseball—and with growth rings inside it just like a tree trunk—was spotted inside a 72-year-old woman. The woman, who has been paralyzed from the chest down for 30 years ...
The system is inserted into the bladder using a co-packaged urinary placement catheter in an outpatient setting and without the need for anesthesia. The FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy ...
IC/BPS is often mistaken for a urinary tract infection (UTI), but ... substances in urine to penetrate and inflame the bladder wall. Some researchers suggest that IC might be related to an ...
Certain conditions that are common in older adults — including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and diabetes — may lead to urinary retention or neurogenic bladder, increasing the ...
Notably—as always occurs with this technique—the procedure resulted in the bowel changing direction as it traversed the abdominal wall (figures 1, 2). Postoperatively, the patient was well; the ...
Westend61 / Getty Images A Chinese Wall is an ethical concept of separation between groups, departments, or individuals within the same organization—a virtual barrier that prohibits ...