The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a convertible stent that allows an interventional radiologist to treat ureteral obstructions in a single procedure. The ConvertX nephroureteral ...

Metal mesh stents are a viable option for long-term decompression of the upper urinary tract in select patients with malignant ureteral obstruction. So say Evangelos Liatsikos and colleagues from the ...

The unusual features of this case can be summarized by the following questions. Firstly, why did it take more than 48 hours after bladder catheter placement to see the initial improvement in kidney ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The nephrotoxicity of the cephalosporin antibiotics is closely related to their secretory transport into the proximal tubular cell at the ...

THE occurrence of extravesical urinary-tract complications of regional ileitis has not been adequately appreciated by urologists and gastroenterologists. It is the purpose of this report to call ...

Decision making for older adults with advanced cancer: Patient and family member perspectives. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium. This ...

Radiographic predictors of pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with high-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Prospective trial of adjuvant ...

Background A 33-year-old woman was referred to the renal outpatient clinic with a headache caused by severe hypertension. She had given birth 3 months previously by emergency caesarean section after a ...

Dr. Hamilton is a fellowship-trained endourologist with extensive clinical experience in the minimally invasive surgical management of urologic diseases. His primary interest is minimally invasive ...

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 ...

In a patient with hypertension temporally related to unilateral hydronephrosis the kidney disorder appeared to be a complication of abdominal pregnancy. Renal arterial disease and urinary-tract ...

A 10-yr-old, captive, intact male Asian small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus) with a history of bilateral nephrolithiasis was presented for acute-onset lethargy and inappetance of 5 days duration. On ...