All patients who underwent a nephrostomy between the 1st of January 2001 and the 31st of October 2004 were retrospectively identified from the radiology department appointment system. All but one ...

Q: How can I know I need to seek treatment? A: If you have any change in urinary patterns such as difficulty urinating, dribbling, urge to urinate at night (nocturia) or blood in the urine (hematuria) ...

Background A 19-year-old mentally retarded man with failed exstrophy repair and ureterosigmoidostomy urinary diversion presented with high fever, vomiting and right-flank pain of 2 days' duration.

Posterior urethral valve: An obstructing membrane in the posterior male urethra as a result of abnormal in utero development. Stenting: A procedure in which a stent (a metal or plastic tube) is ...

"The five factors with the highest odds of developing APN included obstructive and reflux uropathy, presentation to an acute care facility, urinary retention, history of UTI, and renal comorbidities.

Frontometaphyseal dysplasia, or Gorlin-Cohen syndrome, is an X-linked disorder primarily characterized by skeletal dysplasia, such as hyperostosis of the skull and abnormalities of tubular bone ...

A 72-year-old widowed, childless woman (P.B.B.H. 4R478) was admitted to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for the 1st time, on October 18, 1960, because of shortness of breath of about 4 months' ...