The use of polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) grafts in reconstruction of the urinary bladder.

abstract：PURPOSE:No safe ultrasound (US) parameters have been established to differentiate the causes of graft dysfunction. OBJECTIVES:To define US parameters and identify the predictors of normal graft evolution, delayed graft function (DGF), and rejection at the early period after kidney transplantation. METHODS:Between Jun...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Contti MM,Garcia PD,Kojima CA,Nga HS,de Carvalho MF,de Andrade LG

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The follow-up study has been performed in 4 male patients with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus lasting for 4 to 15 years. Hydronephrosis or hydroureter appeared to be caused by polyuria with or without urinary tract obstruction. The efficacy of drainage operation is emphasized when polyuria surpasses the transporting a...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nakada T,Miyauchi T,Sumiya H,Shimazaki J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a high incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We assessed the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on renal function in patients with CKD and OSA. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, 42 patients with Stage 3-5 CKD and OSA were stratif...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Puckrin R,Iqbal S,Zidulka A,Vasilevsky M,Barre P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess whether conservative treatment of pediatric patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) results in lower bladder pressure and increased expected bladder volume (EBV), we investigated the clinical and urodynamic effects of long-term intravesical oxybutynin instillation compared with a stand...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Lehnert T,Weisser M,Till H,Rolle U

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The natural history and optimal management strategy for men with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and prostate cancer remain to be definitively characterized. This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of HIV-seropositive men treated with robotic-assisted radical laparoscop...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Izadmehr S,Leapman M,Hobbs AR,Katsigeorgis M,Nabizada-Pace F,Jazayeri SB,Samadi DB

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Obstructive pyelonephritis is a common urologic emergency that requires prompt decompression of the collecting system. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed patient flow and healthcare strategies at numerous emergency departments across Brazil with still unknown consequences for the population. This study sought to...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Silva AB,Freschi G,Carrera RV,Astolfi RH,Berti FF,Gattas N,Meller A

更新日期：2020-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Residual diuresis progressively decreases with longer dialysis vintage, and higher incidence of renal and urinary tract cancers was often observed in hemodialyzed patients compared to the general population so we hypothesized that patients without preserved residual diuresis have higher risk of renal and urinar...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Premuzic V,Gamulin M,Coric M,Jelakovic B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bone metabolism disorder is often associated with cardiovascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Sclerostin, a novel candidate protein, has been identified to be involved in the bone-vascular axis. The aims of the current investigation were to assess vessel sclerostin expression and...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Zhou H,Yang M,Li M,Cui L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the expression of thymidine phosphorylase (TP) in bladder carcinomas and assessed its prognostic significance in superficial bladder cancer samples. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied 142 primary bladder cancer samples immunohistochemically for nuclear thymidine phosphorylase (TPN), cytoplasmic ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Stavropoulos NE,Bouropoulos C,Ioachim E,Michael M,Hastazeris K,Tsimaris I,Kalogeras D,Liamis Z,Kafarakis V,Stefanaki S,Malamou-Mitsi V

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between microvessel density (MVD), positive and negative angiogenic factors, and established prognostic factors in prostate cancer (PC), and, to clarify the effect of angiogenic factors to angiogenesis. The vascularization of neoplastic, non-neoplastic prostate...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kaygusuz G,Tulunay O,Baltaci S,Gogus O

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cognitive dysfunction (CO/DY) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients has long been recognized. Hypertension is also associated with CO/DY. The study describes associated factors with CO/DY in CKD patients compared to hypertensive subjects. METHODS:Ninety-six hypertensive subjects without CKD, 19 patients wit...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kalaitzidis RG,Karasavvidou D,Tatsioni A,Balafa O,Pappas K,Spanos G,Pelidou SH,Siamopoulos KC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate cancer involvement of internal female genitalia of patients undergoing anterior exenteration for clinically organ confined transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, and identify potential preoperative risk factors. Charts and anterior exenteration specimens from 54 women with clinically organ confined tr...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Varkarakis IM,Pinggera G,Antoniou N,Constantinides K,Chrisofos M,Deliveliotis C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease is independently associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events; however, the relationship between the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients undergoing coronary angiography has yet to be fully elucidated. METHODS:This retrospective stu...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Davoodi G,Mehrabi Pari S,Rezvanfard M,Sheikh Fathollahi M,Amini M,Hakki E,Kazemisaeid A,Yaminisharif A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous renal biopsy is a fundamental diagnostic technique. Technical innovations had resulted in an increasing simplicity and safety of the procedure. In this study, 28 kidney biopsies were done using gauge 16 or 18 automated biopsy needle by inexperienced trainees, and patients were allowed full ambulation four...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Al-Wakeel JS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of a disinterment of an ancient Avar burial place at Székkutas-Kápolna near Hódmezövásárhely, Hungary, the archaeologist conducting the excavations, Miss Katalin B. Nagy, noticed a lithoid body of oval shape in the pelvis of a skeleton. The find was identified on morphological and chemo-analytical ground...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Szalai F,Jávor E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem worldwide, due to its epidemic proportions and to its association with high cardiovascular risk. Therefore, screening for CKD is an increasingly important concept, aiming for early detection and prevention of progression and complications of thi...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Cepoi V,Onofriescu M,Segall L,Covic A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The association between crescents and renal outcomes was inconsistent in a Chinese IgA nephropathy (IgAN) cohort, and limited research has investigated the prognosis of IgAN patients with crescents. METHODS:Between January 2008 and January 2013, 169 consecutive IgAN patients with crescents in the Xijing Hospit...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ma F,Liu L,Dong R,Yang X,Wei L,Li L,Bai M,Sun S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum renin concentration (SRC) was determined in 97 hypertensive patients under basal conditions and during stimulation of renin secretion. Renin secretion was stimulated by upright posture and by either of the following means: (a) diet containing 20 mEq Na/24 hours for 3 days; (b) 300 mg i.v. diazoxide injections; (...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Traub YM,Nemes LM,Aloof S,Rosenfeld JB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine symptomatology and microbiology of infected lymphocele (LC) post-robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) and to assess for potential predictors for LC fluid culture positivity. Secondly, to provide general recommendations about use of select antimicrobial the...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hamada A,Hwang C,Fleisher J,Tuerk I

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the usage of unidirectional barbed suture and its related implications in various surgeon-controlled robotic reconstructive urologic surgeries. METHODS:From March 2010 to March 2011, all patients undergoing various surgeon-controlled robotic reconstructive urologic surgeries utilizing barbed suture...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Shah HN,Nayyar R,Rajamahanty S,Hemal AK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a view of the knowledge the authors have gathered during 11 years of work with radioisotope examinations of the kidneys and ureteral urine passage performed in 34 children. As an important indication field they consider the conditions where excretory urography or separate functional examination, re...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Buchanec J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Aim of the study is to evaluate the long-term results of tunica albuginea plication in patients with congenital curvature of the penis and to compare them with those obtained with the Nesbit technique. METHODS:Overall, 62 patients underwent surgical correction of congenital curvature of the p...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Leonardo C,De Nunzio C,Michetti P,Tartaglia N,Tubaro A,De Dominicis C,Franco G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HGPIN) has been recognized as the most likely precursor of invasive carcinoma of the prostate. Close surveillance and follow-up are indicated if subsequent procedures fail to identify carcinoma. There is still considerable controversy about the natural history of high gr...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Woderich R,McLoughlin J,Deen S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five characteristics of neonate renal physiology, namely glomerular hypofiltration, low renal blood flow and alterations in water, sodium and potassium management, disappear during the first year of life but reoccur during senescence. However, the underlying mechanisms are different during the two periods. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Musso CG,Ghezzi L,Ferraris J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the antibiotic prophylaxis based on quinolone administered orally with a combination of cephalosporin administered periprostatically and a fluoroquinolone orally, in terms of post-prostate bioptic infectious complication rates in those men undergoing transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRU...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Pace G,Carmignani L,Marenghi C,Mombelli G,Bozzini G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide health problem, and promotion of the World Kidney Day has improved general population education and awareness of renal illnesses aimed at ameliorating disease prevention. The Kidney Day was also an opportunity for us to investigate risk factors for CKD in an Italia...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Fabbian F,Bedani PL,Rizzioli E,Molino C,Pala M,De Giorgi A,Longhini C,Portaluppi F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose was to evaluate the efficacy of the addition of short-term desmopressin to enuretic alarm in patients with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 58 [corrected] children with PMNE were included in this study. The patients were randomized into two group...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ozden C,Ozdal OL,Aktas BK,Ozelci A,Altinova S,Memis A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic response to ephedrine sulphate were studied in a patient on maintenance hemodialysis therapy with chronic renal failure due to renal amyloidosis. The evaluation (including cardiac catheterization studies) and estimation of responses to Valsalva maneuvers before and after ephedrine administration docume...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hirszel P,Martin RH,Mizell MW,Nolph KD

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the association of shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) for kidney stones and hypertension or diabetes. METHODS:Patients with urolithiasis treated by SWL were retrospectively identified. To assess whether shock-wave application to the kidney is associated with long-term adverse effects, patients after SWL ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Fankhauser CD,Mohebbi N,Grogg J,Holenstein A,Zhong Q,Hermanns T,Sulser T,Steurer J,Cédric P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Ergobromocriptine treatment on serum testosterone and prolactin levels in 15 patients with prostatic carcinoma and 15 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia was examined. The prolactin levels which were elevated in patients with prostatic carcinoma showed a significant decrease after suppression with...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Taşar C,Akdaş A,Kirkali Z

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00