A woman’s months-long pain led to a rare case of ureterohydronephrosis — caused by an ill-positioned menstrual cup.

Discover the 6 telltale signs of kidney stones that send half a million Americans to emergency rooms yearly, plus prevention ...

No left-sided ureteral orifice was found along the trigone, bladder neck, or urethra. The bladder was otherwise normal. Laparoscopy revealed a bicornuate uterus. No kidney was identified in the ...

If you have kidney stones, the stones also travel through these tiny tubes, causing excruciating pain. During RAT surgery, surgeons can shorten the length of your ureter. Normal ureters are about 20 ...

For kidney stones that have lodged in the ureters, a ureteroscope may be used. No incision is made in this procedure. Instead, the surgeon passes a small fiberoptic instrument through the urethra and ...

Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction is a condition where the part of the ...