After years of debilitating bladder pain and unsuccessful treatments, Keeley Hellberg found lasting relief through a colon ...

The humble bladder is now the world’s first bioengineered internal organ to work in people. Several years after surgery, seven young patients who received lab-grown bladders are doing just fine, ...

DUARTE, Calif. (KABC) -- Bladder cancer affects 75,000 Americans every year. The most-telling symptom is usually blood in the urine. Even large tumors are curable, but the treatment can mean a drastic ...

Staged reconstruction repair of bladder exstrophy results in hydronephrosis or renal scarring in 15–25% of patients. A cosmetically acceptable and functional phallus can be achieved in 85% of patients ...

A vesicovaginal fistula is an irregular opening between your bladder and vagina. This causes urine to leak out of your vagina. Usually, urine should only exit your body through your urethra (tube at ...

A bladder biopsy is a diagnostic surgical procedure in which a doctor removes cells or tissue from your bladder to be tested in a laboratory. This typically involves inserting a tube with a camera and ...

Who Needs Bladder Suspension Surgery? Your doctor may recommend bladder suspension surgery if you have moderate to severe stress incontinence that does not get better with non-invasive treatments such ...

A cystoscopy is a test to check the health of your urethra and bladder. You might also hear it called a cystourethroscopy or, more simply, a bladder scope. It’s an outpatient test, which means you can ...

A long-time surgical standard for pelvic organ prolapse repair prevailed in a comparison against a newer technique that currently predominates in some parts of the world. Sacrospinous hysteropexy ...