For example: Doctors typically use a hydronephrosis ultrasound scan to diagnose the condition. This type of scan uses sound waves to see the organs inside the body, allowing a doctor to see ...

This is called antenatal hydronephrosis, as antenatal means “before birth.” If you’re pregnant, your doctor might notice it when you get your 20-week ultrasound. These symptoms depend on ...

43 For patients with bilateral SFU grade 2 hydronephrosis, repeat RUS is recommended at 1 month after the initial postnatal ultrasound scan. Increases in the degree of hydronephrosis between the ...

Hydronephrosis in newborns is usually discovered in pregnancy, often during a prenatal ultrasound. If discovered early, doctors will examine how urine is draining from the fetus’ kidneys and ...

A renal punch proved to be negative. Clinicians performed a bedside ultrasound, which revealed moderate hydronephrosis affecting her right kidney. A CT intravenous pyelogram showed a lobulated ...

Hydronephrosis is a common congenital anomaly that is increasingly identified during prenatal ultrasound. Although ultrasound is also the first-line test to screen for hydronephrosis in infants ...

An ultrasound scan showed a markedly hydronephrotic ... hospital admission for management of the severe pain from her giant hydronephrosis. She was jointly managed by the urology and obstetric ...

An abnormal retention of urine can lead to kidney swelling and damage Hydronephrosis, or swollen kidney, occurs when urine backs up into one or both of the kidneys. Usually, urine flows from the ...

The investigators believe routine renal ultrasound should be required after every ureteroscopy to prevent renal function deterioration in cases of undetected hydronephrosis. “As a department ...

Antenatal hydronephrosis can be detected in a fetus by ultrasound as early as the first trimester of pregnancy, doctors said. Dr Shandip Kumar Sinha, the director of pediatric surgery and ...