Genitourinary fistulas of obstetric origin.

abstract：:Ureteroscopy is now in routine use for the diagnosis and treatment of various pathologies in the upper urinary tract. We report here on our experience in diagnostic and therapeutic applications of the 11.5 F rigid ureteroscope in 85 patients and 88 ureters. An overall success rate of 68.18% (60/88) was achieved when t...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ilker Y,Dillioğlugil O,Tarcan T,Türkeri L,Akdaş A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiloculated renal cell carcinoma and multilocular renal cyst with renal cell carcinoma are uncommon diseases. We report on 2 cases of multiloculated renal cell carcinoma. To our knowledge 16 cases of multiloculated renal cell carcinoma and multilocular renal cyst with renal cell carcinoma have been previously descr...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Koga S,Yamasaki A,Nishikido M,Matsuo R,Matsuya F,Yushita Y,Kanetake H,Saito Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthostatic hypotension is very common in the elderly. It increases morbidity and is an independant predictor of all cause mortality. It is defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure greater than 20 mm Hg or a fall in diastolic blood pressure greater than 10 mm Hg within 3 minutes of standing. Symptoms include light...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sahni M,Lowenthal DT,Meuleman J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether an elevated serum uric acid (SUA) level is an independent risk factor for rapid decline in renal function or new-onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a Chinese health checkup population. METHODS:A cohort study of 6495 Chinese individuals who underwent health checkups with normal estimat...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Cao X,Wu L,Chen Z

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:The advent of new diagnostic procedures has made it possible for urologists to detect chlamydial presence in genital infections. Many studies have shown chlamydial association with urethritis. However, its presence in prostatitis and epididymitis has not been clearly defined yet. In this study we investigated the pres...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tekgül S,Aktepe O,Sahin A,Ergen A,Remzi D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritonitis is a major complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and remains the most common cause of PD failure. Micrococci are catalase-positive, coagulase-negative, and gram-positive cocci that are spherical, often found in tetrad, and belong to the family Micrococcaceae. Micrococcus species are commonly found in th...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kao CC,Chiang CK,Huang JW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-bx) for the diagnosis and monitoring of small-volume prostate cancer (PCa) in patients on active surveillance (AS). METHODS:In a retrospective cross-sectional validation study, 100 patients on...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sahibzada I,Batura D,Hellawell G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the case of a patient with HCV, without previous evidence of nephropathy, who following two well-tolerated cycles of treatment with interferon alone developed nephrotic syndrome after a third attempt with ribavirin associated with peginterferon alfa 2b. The patient exhibited a total remission when...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tovar JL,Buti M,Segarra A,Majó J,Esteban R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first time in Scandinavia we present a case report of a pure primary low-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid tumor) of the prostate. Our patient is a 34-year-old male with a long history of symptomatic chronic prostatitis/prostatodynia. After developing severe obstructive uropathy, a transurethral resection ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Giordano S,Tolonen T,Tolonen T,Hirsimäki S,Kataja V

更新日期：2010-09-01 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: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：:Primary sclerosing lipogranuloma is an unusual benign condition of the genitalia typically presenting as a painless mass affecting the penis and scrotum. Its importance lies in differentiating it from malignancy to avoid extensive surgery. It is normally treated with total or partial excision. This is the first report...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Lawrentschuk N,Angus D,Bolton DM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether stone dimension is a restrictive factor for ureterorenoscopic procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A group of 416 patients who had undergone ureterorenoscopic pneumatic lithotripsy (URS-PL) for lower ureteral stones between January 1999 and June 2006 in our clinic had been evaluated retro...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tuğcu V,Taşci AI,Ozbek E,Aras B,Verim L,Gürkan L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-year old man with long-term arterial hypertension was diagnosed in 1998 with stage 3 chronic kidney disease due to hypertensive nephropathy. Since May 2004 the patient has been treated with intermittent hemodialysis. Since 1998 he has been hospitalized several times because of palpitations in the course of paroxy...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ratajewska AM,Banachowicz WW,Grzegorzewska AE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most encountered male health problem and sildenafil citrate is used worldwide for treatment of ED. Aim of the present study was to determine and evaluate hemodynamic effects of sildenafil citrate on segmental branches of bilateral renal arteries of cases with ED. PA...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ardicoglu A,Kocakoc E,Yuzgec V,Bozgeyik Z,Canatan H,Kiris A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight patients with urate calculi and 31 patients with other (non-urate) calculi were examined for total-body potassium by means of a total-body counter. The patients with urate calculosis were found to differ significantly in their total-body K from patients with other calculi as well as from normal subjects. T...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Frang D,Götz F,Nagy Z,Verebélyi A,Köves S,Tóth A,Keszthelyi B,Sarolta N

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Furosemide test is a simple and useful test of renal physiology used to evaluate the capability of the collecting ducts to secrete potassium under the effect of serum aldosterone. Its behaviour pattern has been established in children and young adults but not described in very old healthy people, which we ex...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Musso CG,Reynaldi J,Vilas M,De Miguel R,Imperiali N,Algranati L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of interactive voting systems in continuing education helps to evaluate the alteration in the audience's views after a presentation. This study was designed to evaluate whether urologists' attitude towards management of benign prostate hyperplasia can be changed, and to estimate objectively the achievem...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Mitropoulos D,Moutzouris G,Papadimitriou V,Perimenis P,Sofras F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hugely dilated kidneys can sometimes present as abdominal masses. These kidneys are invariably non-functioning and are managed by nephrectomy. We describe a case of massive kidney containing 12.5 litres on fluid which was managed by retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy. The patient was a 24-year-old male who presented wit...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hemal AK,Kumar M,Pawar RS,Talwar M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the therapeutic effects and adverse events (AE) of current first-line treatments of advanced RCC, including sorafenib, sunitinib, temsirolimus, and the combination of bevacizumab and IFN-α. METHODS:We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the effectiveness of the five treatmen...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Wang L,Ma L,Wang X,Li B,Guo S,Qiao Q

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 40-year-old lady who presented with severe headaches, persistent microscopic haematuria and hypertension requiring anti-hypertensive medication. Investigations for secondary hypertension were all normal except for a CT scan. This indicated a complex cystic lesion, measuring 2.4 x 5 x 10 cms , arising from ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Murugesan M,Courtauld E,Fisher C,Nathan S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Chronic renal failure is a risk factor for tuberculosis. In the past five years we have identified two cases of tuberculosis in our dialysis population. The first patient, showed chronic failure to thrive on hemodialysis. An enlarged cervical lymph node was biopsied and, although no acid fast bacilli (AFB) were seen, ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Lund RJ,Koch MJ,Oldemeyer JB,Meares AJ,Dunlay RW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-adherence (NA) to medication is a major contributor to treatment failure in hypertensive patients. Factors of the ecological model, at family/healthcare professional, service, and system levels, are rarely evaluated as correlates of NA in hypertensive patients. METHODS:This crossectional study assessed the...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Pinhati RR,Ferreira RE,Carminatti M,Tavares PL,Marsicano EO,Sertório ES,Colugnati FAB,de Paula RB,Sanders-Pinheiro H

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbances in purine metabolism with hyperuricaemia and/or hyperuricosuria are a risk factor in uric acid and Ca oxalate stone formation. By way of a competitive xanthine oxidase inhibition, the formation of uric acid is reduced by allopurinol. In investigations on two groups of patients, Milurit could be demonstrat...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Schneider HJ,Brundig P,Balogh A,Traeger A,Stein G,Fünfstück R

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sodium restriction is important for the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present study evaluated the factors impacting dietary sodium restriction in a cohort of Chinese patients with CKD. METHODS:A questionnaire on dietary sodium restriction was administered to patients with non-dialysis CKD who...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Wang Y,Yu F,Bao Y,Zhang L,Wang H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the ultrastructural features of 35 canine kidneys after hypothermic preservation in Rheomacrodex, Collins3 and Sacks II solutions, and subsequent autologous reperfusion for 2 to 3 hours is presented. Signs of irreversibility (intramitochondrial crista fragmentation, cell membrane rupture, detachment of ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Röth E,Szmolenszky T,Török E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The complete biological effects of chronic use of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), reported as a weak androgen, are not completely understood. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effects of chronic administration of DHEA on the spermatogenesis in rats. METHODS:Male Wistar rats, 4 months old, were selecte...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Gobbi D,Rhoden EL,Menti E,Lulhier F,Rhoden C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the economic burden and cost-utility analysis of the renal replacement therapies, including hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and allograft kidney transplantation (KT) among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients from Yunnan Province, China. METHODS:Multistage stratified random sampling ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Wu H,Li Q,Cai Y,Zhang J,Cui W,Zhou Z

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00