Kidney Ureter Bladder Procedure. Ureters are the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. To place the stent your doctor will first insert a cystoscope thin flexible tube with a camera through your urethra the small tube that carries urine from your bladder to outside your body and into your bladder.
A kub study is a safe and relatively harmless procedure that can give you and your doctor a look at your kidneys ureters and bladder. The stent keeps the ureter open. The incision or incisions are closed with sutures staples surgical glue or strips of surgical tape.
A kidney ureter and bladder kub x ray may be performed to assess the abdominal area for causes of abdominal pain or to assess the organs and structures of the urinary and or gastrointestinal gi system.
First the ureter where it enters the bladder is freed using a specially designed cystoscope. Next four to five small cylindrical tubes called trocars are placed into the abdominal cavity. The stent keeps the ureter open. The room is usually dark so the images can be seen clearly on the computer screen.