The type of surgery that is needed depends upon the location of the scar, the cause and the length of the scar. This surgery is used when the stricture is close to the bladder. These strictures often ...

Traumatic injuries that affect the urinary tract and its organs or the male genitalia can be treated very effectively by our reconstructive urologists. If you have experienced a traumatic accident or ...

Bladder trabeculation happens when the walls of the bladder thicken, making them harder to contract. When that happens, it’s harder for people to completely empty their bladder when they urinate.

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a condition of reverse urine flow. It can improve with time, but some people do require urinary reflux surgery. Your kidneys filter your blood and send urine to your ...

Vesicoureteral reflux is when urine flows backward from the bladder into the ureters and kidneys. It boosts the risk of urinary tract infections and kidney damage. It can be treated with observation, ...

A urologist specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the urinary tract in both males and females. This can include treating problems relating to the kidneys, ureters, and bladder. Patients ...

New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) medical oncologist Dean Bajorin, MD, and colleagues found that patients who received nivolumab (Opdivo®) after bladder cancer surgery ...

A urostomy is an abdominal wall opening that allows urine to leave the body through a stoma. A nephrostomy is a temporary tube to drain urine directly from one or both kidneys. A urostomy takes the ...

MSK medical oncologist Dean Bajorin says the immunotherapy drug nivolumab proved effective at preventing bladder cancer from returning after surgery. Photo from 2018. Update: On August 19, 2021, the ...

Lurking half-hidden behind the lower edge of the liver, the pear-shaped gall bladder serves as a storehouse for an essential substance—the thick, greenish bile (or gall) that the liver manufactures to ...