© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Pasquale Martino and Andrea B. Galosi (eds.)Atlas of Ultrasonography in Urology, Andrology, and Nephrology10.1007/978-3-319-40782-1_19 19. Interventional Ultrasound-Guided Treatment of Urinary Incontinence: Insertion of ProACT Andrea Gregori1 , Virginia Varca1 and Andrea Benelli1 (1) Department…
Fig. 15.1 Acute hemorrhage after ultrasound-guided puncture of simple renal cysts (power Doppler) As regards the technique used to treat simple renal cysts, the method most commonly adopted is the…
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 4.1 Introduction Renal tumors are rare in children, with some of them being highly treatable and usually curable. The type of…
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 1.1 Introduction The urinary system is comprised of two kidneys, two ureters, a bladder and a urethra. The kidneys contains the…
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 21.1 Introduction The term hypospadias is derived from the Greek words hypo (below, too little) and Spadone (crack, gutter). Hypospadias is…
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 22.1 Introduction Male circumcision is derived from Latin circumcidere, meaning “to cut around”. It is defined as the surgical removal of…
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 31.1 Introduction The birth of a new baby is one of the most dramatic events in a family, and the first…
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 13.1 Introduction Bladder exstrophy (also known as Ectopia vesicae) is a congenital anomaly that exists as part of the exstrophy-epispadias complex….
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 8.1 Introduction Normally urine travels antegrade in one direction from the kidneys to the bladder via the ureters to the urinary…
(1) Pediatric Surgery, AlSadik Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 2.1 Introduction The word “hydro” represents “water” and “nephro” represents “kidney”. Hydronephrosis means “water inside the kidney”. Hydronephrosis is defined as…
