Ultrasonography and renal obstruction.

Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of renal obstruction.

115 - Emergency Renal Ultrasonography

Computed tomography (CT) currently has the greatest sensitivity and specificity of imaging modalities used for the diagnosis of renal colic. When compared with ultrasound, non–contrast-enhanced CT is more sensitive in identifying obstructing ureteral stones and more accurate in measuring stone size. CT also more consistently locates the specific site of obstruction along the course of the urete...

Unilateral Renal Arterial Obstruction

Breviscapine prevents downregulation of renal water and sodium transport proteins in response to unilateral ureteral obstruction

Objective(s):Our recent report indicates that breviscapine play a protective role of the kidney by down-regulating transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1), α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and alleviating interstitial fibrosis following unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). In this study, we investigate the effect of breviscapine on changes of renal water and sodium transport proteins in response t...

The comparison between ultrasonography and 99mTc-DMSA renal scan in estimation of kidney size

Introduction: Renal length measurement is an important diagnostic clue in several urinary tract abnormalities. Although ultra sonography is the most frequent used modality for renal size estimation, renal diameter assessment by 99mTc-DMSA scintigraphy is of great value. By now, pointing to the renal size in the 99mTc-DMSA scintigraphy report has not been recommended by gui...