Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD A bladder ultrasound is a noninvasive imaging technique used to check for ...

Pat O'Neal underwent radiation therapy when his prostate cancer spread. However, the radiation damaged his ureters (tubes that move urine from the kidneys to the bladder). He soon experienced urinary.

Generally, yes. If a stone gets stuck in one of your ureters, then it will cause a lot of pain. Your ureters are very narrow, only 3-4 millimeters (about 1/8 inch) wide. A big stone is more likely ...

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are a common health concern, especially for women. Understanding the causes, symptoms, and ...

The little girl was diagnosed in the womb with bladder exstrophy, where the bladder grows on the outside of the body ...

Butbecause of George's narrow ureters, waste could not flow freely out. Instead,it began to flow backward, slowly poisoning his kidneys and inching them closerto kidney failure. Though he never ...

Typical diagnosis of upper urinary tract cancers requires removal of suspicious tissue with forceps, a technically ...

The kidneys produce urine and this helps maintain water balance. The urine is taken from the kidneys to the bladder by the ureters. The bladder stores the urine until it is convenient to expel it ...

These include mobilization of the bladder from the vaginal wall, identification of the ureters, closure of the bladder wall, placing a graft between the bladder and the vagina, and closing the ...

Unlike most other animals, snakes do not have limbs to help them get from one place to another. Instead, they slither — but there's a little more to snake anatomy than how they move. Finely tuned for ...