Objectives: To describe Magnetic Resonance Urography (MRU) appearances of the circumcaval ureter, a rare congenital cause of hydronephrosis. Materials and Methods: Seven cases of circumcaval ureter, suspected on intravenous urography (IVU), underwent ...
Prakash Muthusami+1 more
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Laparoscopic Image-Guided System Based on Multispectral Imaging for the Ureter Detection
The iatrogenic ureter injury is a common medical negligence in the gynecology, abdominal, and urinary surgeries. Anatomically, the ureter is covered by peritoneum and connective tissue, and the doctor cannot observe it directly in surgery.
Feng Yu+4 more
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The kidneys and ureters are retroperitoneal structures in the upper part of the paravertebral gutters, tilted against the structures on the sides of the lowest two thoracic and upper three lumbar vertebrae, so that their anterior and posterior surfaces ...
Kusum Gandhi, Judith Jaison, Eti Mantri
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Ex vivo renal perfusion and autotransplantation in treatment of calculous disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm. [PDF]
Two more indications are described for temporary ex vivo perfusion of kidneys with revascularization of these organs as autografts to orthotopic or heterotopic locations. One of the patients had staghorn calculi which were removed from a solitary kidney.
Belzer+17 more
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STRICTURE OF THE URETER. [PDF]
It is not a little strange that although enough has been written about strictures of the urethra to fill volumes, practically nothing, and next to nothing practical, has been said of strictures of the ureters. A stricture of the urethra is the occasion of a damming up of the urine in the natural vesical reservoir, and as soon as such an accumulation ...
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Purinergic mechanosensory transduction and visceral pain [PDF]
In this review, evidence is presented to support the hypothesis that mechanosensory transduction occurs in tubes and sacs and can initiate visceral pain.
Burnstock, G
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Retrocaval Ureter: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review
Retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital anomaly in which the ureter passes behind, and is compressed by, the inferior vena cava. Its etiology is assumed to be abnormal embryologic development of the inferior vena cava as a result of atrophy failure of the
Hung-Yu Lin+4 more
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Urolithiasis in Post Renal Transplant Recipients: Case series [PDF]
Renal transplantation represents the optimal management option for end-stage renal disease. it is associated with favourable outcome. Urolithiasis after renal transplant is an extremely rare condition, with an incidence less than 1% after renal ...
Nabeel Kuwaijo+3 more
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Use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalized adults (SUSPEND), a multicentre, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a calcium-channel blocker (nifedipine) and an α-blocker (tamsulosin) : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
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Anson, Ken+12 more
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Ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of cats with ureteral obstruction [PDF]
This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of cats with azotaemia (serum creatinine >180 μmol/l) that had ultrasonography of the urinary tract, ultrasound images available for review and received treatment for azotaemia. Cats with pre-renal azotaemia
Cortellini, S, Halfacree, Z J, Lamb, C R
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