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To Your Good Health: Lack of bladder drainage might cause kidney failure

Q: My primary-care doctor sent me for a blood test and said my prostate-specific antigen number was too high, then sent me to a urologist. The urologist said I am retaining urine in the bladder. After ...
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Continuous low-flow ascites drainage and sequential non-invasive tumor-cell sampling through the urinary bladder via the alfa-pump closed system in platinum-resistant ovarian ...

Validation of urinary HE4 as a biomarker for ovarian cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.
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What is the difference between a urostomy and a nephrostomy?

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 ...
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What’s the Difference Between a Urostomy Bag and a Catheter?

A urostomy bag and a catheter are two different devices that can help drain and collect urine from your body. A urostomy is often permanent, whereas a catheter is not. If you have certain medical ...