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 ...

Results of two large randomized controlled trials have challenged the use of medical expulsive therapy for the management of ureteral calculi. A new trial now shows that tamsulosin is effective in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 33-year-old woman presented to the renal outpatient clinic with a headache. She had given birth 3 months previously at 42 weeks' gestation by emergency caesarean section, after a labor complicated ...

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.

Although a variety of techniques have been used to manage the distal ureter during laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (LNU), a consensus has not yet been established. Recently, some authors have ...

“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 ...

ACCIDENTAL injury of a ureter is the most frequent serious complication of gynecologic pelvic operations. This fact was brought to our attention by the occurrence of 7 ureteral injuries in 590 total ...