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Interstitial cystitis ( IC ), a type of bladder pain syndrome ( BPS ), is chronic pain in the bladder and pelvic floor of unknown cause. [1] It is the urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome of women. [2] Symptoms include feeling the need to urinate right away, needing to urinate often, and pain with sex. [1]
Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate. Transurethral needle ablation (also called TUNA or transurethral radiofrequency ablation) is a technique that uses low energy radio frequency delivered through two needles to ablate excess prostate tissue.
Ureteral cancer is cancer of the ureters, muscular tubes that propel urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. It is also known as ureter cancer, [1] renal pelvic cancer, [1] and rarely ureteric cancer or uretal cancer. Cancer in this location is rare. [1] [2] Ureteral cancer becomes more likely in older adults, usually ages 70–80, who ...
The Society for Basic Urologic Research (SBUR) is a US-based basic urological researcher's society with ~600 active members in the US, Europe and Asia, including laboratory and physician scientists (Ph.D.'s, M.D.'s, M.D.-Ph.D.'s, and trainees) in academia, industry and the government.
May 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM. NEW YORK (AP) — A New York-area doctor was convicted Wednesday in the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple patients, including four children. Darius A. Paduch of North ...
Urology: Symptoms: Frequent feeling of needing to urinate, incontinence: Complications: UTIs, anxiety: Usual onset: More common with age: Duration: Chronic: Types: Age-related, or Secondary to other illness: Causes: Old age; detrusor muscle injury; over-consumption of water and caffeine; UTI; pelvic injury: Risk factors: Old age, obesity ...
200,000 (2018) [3] Bladder cancer is any of several types of cancer arising from the tissues of the urinary bladder. [1] Symptoms include blood in the urine, pain with urination, and low back pain. [1] It is caused when epithelial cells that line the bladder become malignant.
Urinary tract obstruction is a urologic disease consisting of a decrease in the free passage of urine through one or both ureters and/or the urethra. It is a cause of urinary retention. Complete obstruction of the urinary tract requires prompt treatment for renal preservation. [32]
The Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, is a clinical and research center for urological care. [2] It is known for being the first institute to implement robotic surgery as a type of treatment for patients with prostate cancer.
Urachal cancer. Micrograph of urachal carcinoma (right of image) and non-malignant urothelium (left of image). H&E stain. Urachal cancer is a very rare type of cancer arising from the urachus or its remnants. [1] The disease might arise from metaplastic glandular epithelium or embryonic epithelial remnants originating from the cloaca region.