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| ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA (OR AV SHUNT) |
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| SURGICAL CREATION OF VASCULAR ACCESS FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS. |
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| BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) |
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| NONMALIGNANT ENLARGEMENT OF THE PEOSTATE GLAND, WHICH OCCURS MAINLY IN MEN OVER AGE 40. |
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| STONES CAUSED BY THE PRECIPITATION OF MINERALS, SUCH AS CALCIUM, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FROM THE URINE OR KIDNEY FILTRATE. |
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| REMOVAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE PREPUCE (FORESKIN) OF THE PENIS. |
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| A FIBEROPTIC INSTRUMENT USED TO ASSESS THE LOWER GENITOURINARY TRACT AND IN TRANSURETHRAL SURGERY. |
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| THE REMOVAL OF TISSUE OR AN ORGAN WITHOUT PREVIOUS FRAGMENTATION OR DISSECTION. |
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| A RARE CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY IN WHICH THE OPENING OF THE URETHRA IS ON THE DORSUM OF THE PENIS. |
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| EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE LITHOTRIPSY (ESWL) |
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| A PROCEDURE IN WHICH ULTRASONIC SOUND WAVES ARE USED TO PULVERIZE KIDNEY OR GALLBLADDER STONES. |
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| THE ABSORPTION OF IRRIGATION FLUIDS INTO THE VASCULAR SYSTEM, WHICH CAUSES FLUID OVERLOAD AND CAN RESULT IN CARDIAC ARREST. |
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| GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (GFR) |
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| AN INDICATION OF KIDNEY FUNCTION IN WHICH SERUM CREATINUM (NORMALLY FILTERED BY THE KIDNEY) IS MEASURED. |
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| DISTENSION OF THE RENAL PELVIS AND PROXIMAL URETER CAUSED BY AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE URETER AND REFLUX OF KIDNEY FILTRATE. |
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| A CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY IN WHICH THE URETHRA OPENS INFERIOR TO ITS NORMAL LOCATION. |
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| AN ABNORMALLY LOW CORE BODY TEMPERATURE. |
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| A URETHRAL OR URETERAL CATHETER THAT IS LEFT IN PLACE. |
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| A PROCEDURE IN WHICH STONES ARE CRUSHED WITHIN A BODY CAVITY, SUCH AS THE BLADDER. |
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| A PROCEDURE IN WHICH A SMALL INCISION IS MADE IN THE URETHRAL MEATUS TO RELIEVE A STRICTURE. |
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| NONCUNDUCTIVE, NONELECTROLYTIC SOLUTIONS MUST BE USED FOR BLADDER DISTENTION OR CONTINUOUS IRRIGATION WHENEVER THE ESU IS USED. |
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| RECONSTRUCTION OF THE URETER IN THE RENAL PELVIS. |
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| BACKWARD FLOW OF A BODY FLUID. |
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| A CUTTING INSTRUMENT USED TO REMOVE AND COAGULATE TISSUE PIECE BY PIECE. |
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| IMAGING STUDIES OF THE RENAL PELVIS IN WHICH A CONTRAST MEDIUM IS INSTILLED THROUGH A TRANSURETHRAL CATHETER. |
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| A LARGE, JAGGED KIDNEY STONE THAT FORMS IN THE RENAL PELVIS. |
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| A SUPPORTIVE CATHETER THAT IS PLACED IN A DUCT OR TUBE TO ALLOW FLUIDS TO PASS THROUGH WHILE THE DUCT HEALS. |
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| AN INSTRUMENT OR OTHER DEVICE THAT PUTS PRESSURE ON TISSUE, USUALLY TO STOP BLEEDING. |
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| TWISTING OF AN ORGAN OR A STRUCTURE ON ITSELF. |
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| A SMALL INCISION MADE IN THE URETHRA TO REDUCE SCARING OR RELIEVE A STRICTURE. |
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