Retrograde pyelogram — is a urologic procedure where the physician injects contrast into the ureter in order to visualize the ureter and kidney. The flow of contrast (up from the bladder to the kidney) is opposite the usual flow of urine, hence the retrograde name.… … Wikipedia
retrograde pyelogram — n a radiograph of the kidney made by retrograde pyelography … Medical dictionary
pyelography — Radiologic study of the kidney, ureters, and usually the bladder, performed with the aid of a contrast agent injected either intravenously, or directly through a ureteral or nephrostomy catheter, or percutaneously. SYN: pelviureterography, pyelou … Medical dictionary
pyelography — n. X ray examination of the pelvis of the kidney using radiopaque contrast material. Anterograde pyelography is performed by puncturing the renal pelvis directly with a needle through the skin and injecting contrast material. Intravenous… … The new mediacal dictionary
retrograde — adj. going backwards, or moving in the opposite direction to the normal. (See (retrograde) pyelography.) Retrograde amnesia is a failure to remember events immediately preceding an illness or injury … The new mediacal dictionary
retrograde — 1. Moving backward. 2. Degenerating; reversing the normal order of growth and development. [L. retrogradus, fr. retro + gradior, to go] * * * ret·ro·grade re trə .grād adj 1) characterized by retrogression 2) affecting a period immediately prior… … Medical dictionary
retrograde pyelogram — noun : a roentgenogram of the kidney made after injection of opaque material through the ureter compare pyelography … Useful english dictionary
Пиелография (Pyelography), Урография (Urography) — рентгенологическое исследование почек с помощью рентгеноконтрастного вещества. В случае внутривенной пиелографии (intravenous pyelography) (или экскреторной урографии (excretion urography)) контрастное вещество вводится в вену больного, оно… … Медицинские термины
ascending pyelography — retrograde p … Medical dictionary
RGP — retrograde pyelography … Medical dictionary