If urography fails to demonstrate ureteral obstrution, then
there's nothing blocking the ureters. The study didn't give you a
diagnosis, but it ruled out a diagnosis.
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Most diseases of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder will yield
information to this procedure, which actually has two phases.
First, it requires a functioning kidney to filter the dye out of
the blood into the urine.
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Antegrade pyelography differentiates this procedure from
"retrograde pyelography," which injects dye into the lower end of
the system, therefore flowing backward or "retrograde." Retrograde
pyelography is better able to.