Urinary tract imaging

Urinary tract imaging

The bladder is connected to the kidneys by the ureters.  The kidneys and bladder work closely together.  Bladder conditions can impact the kidneys and vice versa.  There are times when I need a...

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What’s a cystoscopy?

What’s a cystoscopy?

Any word that ends with “oscopy” means that we are looking at something.  A colonoscopy is looking in the colon.  A microscopy is looking at small things.  And words with “cysto” in them generally...

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What’s a standing cough test?

What’s a standing cough test?

Sometimes I think medicine seems like a foreign world to people.  It feels strange and maybe full of weird words and testing that doesn’t make sense.  I spend so much time thinking about the bladder...

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What is urodynamics?

What is urodynamics?

Why is it done? Urodynamics (also known as a UDS, CMG or cystometrogram) is a procedure done in a doctor’s office to evaluate the bladder.  This test is usually done to determine why you are leaking...

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