Preservation of the kidney may be accomplished by nephrostomy, skin ureterostomy or transplantation of the ureter into the bowel or bladder. The technic of such transplantation will be discussed ...

Teresa Tiano was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2011. Now she's helping others Canadians with "the orphan cancer." ...

Me in hospital, and me and my family Supplied. Curling up on the bed in my school’s sick bay, I gripped my stomach in agony and waited for my mum, Toni, to pick me up. Since starting my period at 13, ...

Anything that can't be broken down, digested, or absorbed is excreted in bowel movements. The urinary system includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. These organs work together to filter ...

Microwave ablation is an effective treatment modality for T1a and selected T1b renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Independent of the type ...

Urine is formed in the kidneys and then it flows down through the ureters to the urinary bladder ... It may occur as a result of an obstruction such as due to constipation; a mass/tumour in any of the ...

Constipation is another common cause of belly button pain ... If the infection spreads to the ureters and kidneys, pain may shift to the middle and upper abdomen, including around the belly button.

Kidney stone pain often starts suddenly. As the stone moves, the pain changes location and intensity. Pain often comes and goes in waves, which is made worse by the ureter contracting as it tries ...