Children suffering from bladder or bowel dysfunction also have an increased risk of UTI. Children with congenital or acquired ...

PURPOSE: Report and review the literature on ureteral avulsion as a rare complication of ureteroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed 3 cases of ureteral avulsion in a series of 4,645 ...

Ouch: each year, more than 500,000 Americans seek care for kidney stones. Here's the story of one man's second—and how he's ...

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a widely used, non-invasive nephrolithiasis treatment that is considered safe, with minimal side effects. However, Georg Prange and colleagues from ...

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is the surgical standard of care for patients with localized prostate cancer. Although uncommon, the procedure involves a potential risk of injury to ...

1. Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey, USA 2. New Jersey Urology, L.L.C., Voorhees, USA Ureteral fistulas are a rare occurrence that can arise from iatrogenic ...

Uropathy, or obstructive uropathy, is a blockage in your urinary tract. As a result, you have trouble urinating (peeing). In the short term, the condition can cause discomfort. If left untreated, it ...

1 Department of General Surgery of the “Mother Child” Hospital Luxembourg, Bamako, Mali. 2 General Surgery Department of Gabriel TOURE Hospital, Bamako, Mali. 3 Urology Department of Point-G Hospital, ...

"CPT codes 50080 and 50081 describe the antegrade approach to stone removal requiring lithotripsy through a nephrostomy tract, with 50080 being reported for stones less than 2 cm in size in a single ...

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