What Is a Kidney Cyst ... During the procedure, the surgeon will insert a thin, lighted viewing tube called a laparoscope and other instruments to drain the fluid from the cyst and remove or ...
Mullins left with ureteral stent — a thin tube that helps the kidney drain urine after kidney stone surgery, according to the Urology Care Foundation — placed inside her body. She took it out ...
The RELIEF ureteral stent, the brainchild of Dr. Lee Ponksy, chairman of UH’s Urology Institute, has been cleared by the U.S.