Deflux administration lengthens and bulks the ureter-bladder junction to prevent urine from flowing backward from the bladder through the ureters. Deflux has been used in more than 400,000 VUR ...

and is used as a tissue bulking agent that is injected around the ureteral opening to prevent urine from flowing back up from the bladder through the ureters. About Deflux Deflux is a minimally ...

It is injected just below the malfunctioning valve. The Deflux creates a new ball valve that lets urine flow into the bladder, but not back up to the kidneys. If the Deflux dissolves, the body ...

Urine for a breakthrough — in a true medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant. Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of ...

October 9, 2006 — Endoscopic injection with a dextranomer/hyaluronic acid (Dx/HA) copolymer (Deflux) appears to reduce the number of urinary tract infections (UTIs ...

The procedure - to correct a bladder aberration known as vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) that lets urine flow backwards into the kidneys - involves injecting a new drug called Deflux via keyhole surgery.

Surgeons in California have performed the first ever human bladder transplant — and the recipient is now off dialysis after a procedure that could revolutionize treatment for people whose own ...

Oscar Larrainzar, the recipient of the first-ever bladder transplant, waited to be discharged from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday.Credit...Kyle Grillot for The New York Times ...

Since receiving FDA approval in 2001, Deflux has enabled thousands of children to receive a highly effective, minimally invasive, same-day treatment for VUR. Deflux has revolutionized the ...