Urinary-tract abnormalities comprise a complex syndrome of malformations that include some of the most common birth defects in humans 1,2. In many cases, renal malformations occur in conjunction with ...

kidney stones, measurement, stone, AUA 2017, urology, nephrology Alpha blocker treatment resulted in a higher stone expulsion rate versus placebo in patients with distal ureteral stones larger than 5 ...

Meta-analysis reveals a significantly increased risk only in male patients. The rate of stone passage was about 23% higher with silodosin compared with placebo. Silodosin may aid the passage of a ...

To compare the safety and efficacy of ureteroscopic lithotripsy and ESWL for the treatment of distal ureteral calculi in children. Children with distal ureteral calculi (between the inferior aspect of ...

Surgeons are recommending two different techniques for removing single kidney stones that have become lodged in the ureter, based on results from 273 patients. Noninvasive shockwaves worked best for ...

Changes Clinical Practice: All patients with distal stones treated medically should be treated with alpha-blockers in order to benefit from this enhancement of quality of life. These findings will ...

Laparoscopic interventions with the application of vesico-psoas hitch and Boari flap methods for the reconstruction of pronounced ureter defects require considerable physical skill and competence.

The analysis of prostaglandin receptor expression profiles in obstructed human ureters plays an important role in the attempt to implement new therapy strategies with better efficiency and reduced ...

A number of lab studies can aid in assessing a patient’s risk of stone formation. Urinalysis: Routine urinalysis and culture should be performed in all stone formers and those at risk. Whereas urine ...

“OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of sexual intercourse on spontaneous passage of distal ureteral stones. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The patients were randomly divided into 3 groups with random number ...

IN the course of caring for a number of patients before and after operation for Hirschsprung's disease it became evident that some had defects in bladder function. To eliminate this as a postoperative ...