The images also may show that your kidney, bladder, or ureter isn’t working as well as it should. Near the end of the exam, you’ll be asked to pee. This lets your radiologist get a picture of ...

In a ureteral re-implant the ureter is cut where the stricture ends and the ureter is reattached to the top of the bladder. Several things can be done to bridge the gap between the ureter and the ...

The ureter is the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder. It’s about the same width as a small vein. It’s the most common location for a kidney stone to become lodged and to cause pain.

Your ureters are the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder. Many conditions, including kidney stones, cancer, and ureteral strictures can cause an obstruction. Ureteral strictures ...

Obstructive uropathy is when your urine can’t flow (either partially or completely) through your ureter, bladder, or urethra due to some type of obstruction. Instead of flowing from your kidneys ...

Kidney and ureteral stones: Small, hard deposits made from mineral and acid salts form in the kidneys but can pass through into the ureters. They can affect urination and cause pain, nausea and ...

The kidneys collect urine in the renal pelvis and then drain it through the ureter into the bladder. From there, it exits your body through your urethra (where you pee). Types of Transitional Cell ...

Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) kidney cancer is a type of cancer in the lining of the kidney or the ureters. The ureters are the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.

"This condition, which is known as functional obstruction, impairs the ureter’s ability to pump urine from the kidney to the bladder," says senior author Wojciech Swat, Ph.D., assistant ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 76-year-old male who was recently diagnosed with transitional cell carcinoma of the ureter, but I had no history of smoking or occupational exposure to chemicals, plastics ...

The kidneys and ureters. The kidneys are two bean shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are near the middle of your back, one on either side of your spine. They are part of the body’s ...