Not sure what a ureter stone is? You’ve probably heard of kidney stones, or you may know someone who’s had a kidney stone. You may even have experienced one yourself. A ureter stone, also known as a ...

A ureteral obstruction is a blockage in your ureters. Your ureters are the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder. Many conditions, including kidney stones, cancer, and ureteral ...

The type of surgery that is needed depends upon the location of the scar, the cause and the length of the scar. This surgery is used when the stricture is close to the bladder. These strictures often ...

Kidney stones may sound like one of those “it won’t happen to me” problems… until it does. And trust us, anyone who’s had one ...

Transitional cells are in your urinary system. It’s the part of your body that includes the kidneys, the bladder and the tubes that connect them. These cells are able to change shape and stretch ...

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 ...

This is really 2 or 3 different questions. In the case of a short donor ureter, it is relatively straightforward to anastomose the transplant ureter to the native ureter, either end-to-side or ...

Scientists at Kumamoto University have made a major breakthrough in regenerative medicine by successfully creating functional ureter tissue—organoids resembling the urinary tract—from pluripotent stem ...

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 ...