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As you get older, the muscles in your bladder and urethra lose some of their strength. Changes with age reduce how much your bladder can hold and increase the ...
Your urinary system includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. The urinary system removes waste from the body through urine. The kidneys are located ...
Bladder catheters — slender tubes inserted through the urethra to help urine drain from your bladder — may cause bladder stones. So can objects that ...
Narrowing of the tube that carries urine from the body, called the urethra, can limit urine flow and cause a number of problems.
Highly skilled urologists at Mayo Clinic have vast experience in performing both minimally invasive and reconstructive surgical techniques to treat urethral ...
The membranous urethra is the section of the urethra that runs through the pelvic muscles. A narrowing at this location is known as a membranous urethral ...
A kidney infection is a type of urinary tract infection (UTI). A kidney infection may begin in the tube that carries urine from the body (urethra) or in the ...
How much of the urethra is preserved depends on the type urinary diversion the surgeon will create. After your bladder is removed, your surgeon creates a ...
Urine then leaves your body through the urethra. Bacterial cystitis. UTIs typically occur when bacteria outside the body enter the urinary tract through the ...
To test for incomplete or blocked urine flow, your provider inserts a small tube (catheter) through the urethra, injects dye into your bladder, and takes X-rays ...
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