Ureteropelvic junction obstruction is a condition where urine flow from the kidney to the bladder is blocked. This blockage is often present at birth and can lead to kidney damage and swelling.

Recently 3 patients were observed who exhibited paroxysmal elevation of blood pressure with many features suggesting catecholamine release. Despite intensive investigation no evidence for ...

What is a retrograde pyelogram? A retrograde pyelogram is an imaging test that uses X-rays to look at your bladder, ureters, and kidneys. The ureters are the long tubes that connect your kidneys to ...

A urologist is a specialist physician who treats problems with the urinary tract and male reproductive organs. Urologists have extensive medical training, including four years each of college and ...

One hundred and twenty-one subjects randomly selected from all patients referred for intravenous urography during a six-month period constituted the control group, which was divided into 61 ...

What is an antegrade pyelogram? An antegrade pyelogram is an imaging test to find a blockage in the upper urinary tract. Your urinary tract includes the kidneys, ureters, and bladder. The ureters are ...

A retrograde pyelogram is a diagnostic test that looks inside your kidneys, bladder, and ureters with an X-ray. Ureters are tubes connecting your bladder and the kidneys. Typically, a retrograde ...

Abdominal pain refers to discomfort or other uncomfortable sensations that you feel in your belly area. Just about everybody, at one time or another, will get a bellyache. Most causes of abdominal ...

Stage 3 bladder cancer refers to a tumor that reaches outside the bladder. It may have spread into nearby lymph nodes and other tissue. Like all cancers, doctors use stages for bladder cancer. Staging ...

1 Department of Urology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University (The First People’s Hospital of Zunyi), Zunyi, China 2 Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of ...