Your kidneys are part of your urinary system and work to produce urine. Normally, the urine that is produced flows from the kidneys into a tube called a ureter. The ureter connects your kidneys to ...

This male patient sustained tetraplegia in a motor bike accident when he was 18 years old. He underwent right percutaneous nephrostolithotomy twice (14 and 16 years after the initial accident). Right ...

Tumor expression of cyclooxygenese-2 (COX-2) and vascular expression growth factor (VEGF) expression to predict survival outcome in locally advanced cervical cancer.

Symptomatic hypermobile kidney is treated with nephropexy, a surgical procedure through which the floating kidney is fixed to the retroperitoneum. Although both open and endoscopic procedures have a ...

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I’m looking forward to when my cancer is entirely gone, the nephrostomy is no longer needed, and I can pee like the rest of humanity again. My worst medical nightmare nearly came true. When I wrote ...

Team reports an 85% rPCN success rate. WASHINGTON D.C.—The placement of transileal retrograde nephrostomy catheters (rPCN) is a safe and effective treatment for post-surgical ureteral obstruction ...

Outpatient percutaneous nephrostomy may be preferable for patients capable of self-care who want fewer urinary symptoms. Urinary decompression is comparable with percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) vs JJ ...

My worst medical nightmare nearly came true. When I wrote “How not to save a kidney” a few weeks back, I described how my transformed, now aggressive lymphoma had compromised the functionality of my ...