Urinary System Procedures

a physician specializing the kidneys

looking into the urinary bladder with a fiberoptic instrument

• special x-ray showing the drainage pattern of the kidneys
• a dye opaque to x-rays is injected into a vein, after a waiting period for the blood and dye to pass through the kidneys the x-ray is taken of the collecting system of the kidney, ureter and bladder

dye opaque to x-rays is flushed backwards up the urethra and bladder and up the ureters into the kidney

after retrograde pyelogram urination

procedure for cleansing the blood of waste products in individuals with decreased function/no function/ or nephrectomy to remove waste products

crushing kidney stones via soundwaves