AUA and EAU release new guidelines on ureteral stone management
LINTHICUM, MD. The American Urological Association (AUA) is pleased to announce the release of a new Guideline for the Management of Ureteral Calculi prepared as a collaborative effort with the European Association of Urology (EAU). This is the first international guideline on this topic, and the ...Robotic approach to urothelial cancer of the kidney proves to be beneficial for patients
...urologic cases using minimally invasive surgery. Standard treatment for ureteral cancer is surgical resection of the tumor, called a distal ureterectomy, or...ing the robotic distal ureterectomy on a 73-year-old man with a distal left ureteral tumor. She explains, "The patient presented with stage 3 chronic kidney dis...Robot improves suture proficiency more rapidly for surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques
...fter the procedure by measuring the amount of collagen III deposited on the ureteral wall. Only those sutures performed by the surgeon with limited laparoscopic...emonstrated that there was significantly less collagen III deposited on the ureteral walls of the RALS group compared with the freehand laparoscopy and open ope...AUA 2008: Uric acid stones may indicate arteriosclerotic diseases
...to develop uric acid stones (rather than calcium, struvite or cystine stones). By retrospectively reviewing the charts of 467 patients whose renal and ureteral stones were analyzed, researchers discovered a strong association between metabolic syndrome and urinary stone disease and concluded that arterioscler...World Firsts by Cleveland Clinic Urologists
...(entire kidney removal), bilateral pyeloplasty (uretero-pelvic junction repair), ileal ureter replacement, and psoas hitch uretero- neocystostomy (for ureteral obstruction). Urologic surgeon Mihir Desai, MD, head of endourology, performed these surgeries, each a world first, trans- umbilically by inserting al...Different method of evaluating the urinary tract system reduces radiation dose
...s with possible urinary tract abnormalities who underwent split-bolus CT urography. CT urography identified 100% of pathologically confirmed renal and ureteral malignancies. Fourteen of 19 confirmed cases of uroepithelial neoplasms involving the bladder were found. We believe that the use of CT urography ...DEFLUX(R) Significantly Reduces Urinary Tract Infections in Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux
...ildren with VUR grades II - IV. The most frequent adverse event seen in clinical trials was urinary tract infections. Other adverse events reported -- ureteral dilatation, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain -- occurred in approximately 1-3% of patients. Rare cases of postoperative dilatation of the upper uri...UroPass® Open Tip Ureteral Stents
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... Obstructive uropathy - unilateral - acute ; ureteral obstruction. Definition Return to top ... Acute ... Obstructive uropathy - unilateral - acute ; ureteral obstruction. Causes ... Acute unilateral obst... Obstructive uropathy - unilateral - acute ; ureteral ... Acute unilateral is a sudden blockage ...China Medical Technologies Receives SFDA Approval for Its Bladder Cancer FISH Probe
...China have applied the Probe for diagnosing patients with hematuria and have diagnosed patients with early-stage bladder cancer as well as early-stage ureteral cancer, which caused hematuria in these patients. About China Medical Technologies, Inc. China Medical Technologies is a leading China-...