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| to surgically reattach, fix in normal position |
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| a noninflammatory disease of the kidneys |
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| inflammation of the urethra, the final pathway for urine in both sexes, and the common pathway for urine and semen in the male. |
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| involuntary release of urine, most often in reference to "bedwetting". |
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| physician specializing in kidney diseases |
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| a physician specializing in diseases of the lower urinary tract, that is, the bladder and urethra. Also, urology is the profession that takes care of problems of the male reproductive system, sort of the male equivalent of a gynecologist. |
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| looking into the urinary bladder with a fiberoptic instrument |
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| special X-rays showing the drainage pattern of the kidneys. A dye opaque to X-rays is injected into a vein. After a waiting period for the blood and dye to pass through the kidneys, X-rays can be taken of the collecting system of the kidney, ureter and bladder. |
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| a dye opaque to X-rays is flushed backwards up the urethra and bladder and up the ureters to the kidneys. |
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| an imaging technique (X-ray) displaying the urethra and bladder while urinating |
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| a procedure for cleansing the blood of waste products in individuals with complete kidney failure or who have had kidneys removed by surgery. With the in-hospital procedure, the patient's blood is circulated through a machine that removes waste products. The blood is recirculated back into the patient. |
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| Crushing kidney stones with sound waves. Unlike cholelithotripsy (crushing of gallstones), which is no longer done, the sludge from crushing kidney stones has an easy direct pathway out of the body (down the ureter to the bladder and out the urethra). Nephrolithotripsy is an elective procedure that may spare a patient surgery. |
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