Rare case of non-refluxing non-obstructive megaureter in an adult.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fatigue and depressed mood are considered main impediments to physical activity in haemodialysis (HD) patients. A better understanding of their interrelationships is crucial to develop effective therapies. Moreover, measurement of daily physical activity (DPA) in HD patients is tricky, as it is usually assess...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Brys ADH,Bossola M,Lenaert B,Biamonte F,Gambaro G,Di Stasio E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with metastatic prostate cancer respond to androgen withdrawal therapy, but progression to androgen independence is frequently observed. To clarify the predictor of response to endocrine therapy, the role of PSA changes and the prognosis of the patients were evaluated in 115 Japanese cases of prostate cancer ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Furuya Y,Akakura K,Tobe T,Ichikawa T,Igarashi T,Ito H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 3 cases of benign retroperitoneal schwannoma, of whom one presented with flank pain with hematuria, one presented with headache and secondary hypertension and one presented with recurrent renal colicky pain. Two patients were treated by open surgical excision of the tumor with nephrectomy of the correspondin...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Singh V,Kapoor R

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:According to current guidelines, radical cystectomy (RC) should be combined with an extended pelvic lymphadenectomy (PLND) as therapeutic and staging instrument. Objective of this study was to analyze the influence of PLND on survival rates and complication rates in a selected group of elderly patients with ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Grabbert M,Grimm T,Buchner A,Kretschmer A,Apfelbeck M,Schulz G,Jokisch F,Schneevoigt BS,Stief CG,Karl A

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:A male with a severe form of congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (diuresis 10 l per day) had megaureters, megavesica, large residuum and a history of three traumatic ruptures of the megavesica and a recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI). Hemodialysis was introduced at 41 years of age. At age of 42, he underwe...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hora M,Reischig T,Hes O,Ferda J,Klecka J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the anti-inflammatory effectiveness of corticotherapy and nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), we examined 126 infertile men with infectious aetiology. Seventy-seven patients were on corticotherapy and antibiotherapy (thirty-eight patients on high-dose and thirty-nine patients on low-dose corticother...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Altay B,Girgin C,Cikili N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim of this work is to determine the long-term therapeutic benefit(s) of daclizumab induction therapy with triple immunosuppressive protocols including prednisolone, cyclosporine microemulsion (CsA), and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in the living related donor kidney transplantation. METHODS:Twenty-...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sheashaa HA,Bakr MA,Fouda MA,El-Dahshan KF,Ismail AM,Sobh MA,Ghoneim MA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of smoking status, cumulative smoking exposure and smoking cessation on the outcomes of patient with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). METHODS:We collected smoking data from 484 patients with NMIBC who were treated with transurethral resection (TUR); smoking status was cat...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Li HM,Azhati B,Rexiati M,Wang WG,Li XD,Liu Q,Wang YJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To introduce a novel surgical technique for the reconstruction of distal urethral strictures using buccal mucosal graft (BMG) through a transurethral approach. METHODS:A retrospective institution chart review was conducted of all the patients who underwent a transurethral ventral BMG inlay urethroplasty fro...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nikolavsky D,Abouelleil M,Daneshvar M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral PRA was examined in 11 patients with graft artery stenosis after the onset and throughout the course of hypertension. In the acute stage PRA was elevated in 9 patients and decreased to normal in the later stage of hypertension in all but 1 patient with malignant hypertension. The findings suggest that the d...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Zabka J,Stríbrná J,Kocandrle V,Rotnáglová Z

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uremic pruritus (UP) is a highly prevalent and disturbing problem in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, treatment of UP is largely unsatisfactory. The present study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of mirtazapine, an atypical antidepressant agent with potent antagonist...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Gholyaf M,Sheikh V,Yasrebifar F,Mohammadi Y,Mirjalili M,Mehrpooya M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Control of hydration status is an important constituent of adequate and efficient hemodialysis (HD) treatment. Nevertheless, there are no precise clinical indices for early recognition of small changes in fluid status of patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis therapy. This study aimed to evaluate and compare ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Alexiadis G,Panagoutsos S,Roumeliotis S,Stibiris I,Markos A,Kantartzi K,Passadakis P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Skin test anergy is common in patients with uremia and during maintenance hemodialysis treatment. However, up to date only one study concerning skin test in peritoneal dialysis patients has focused on the issue. Our cross-sectional controlled study was conducted to analyze the correlation of purified protein deriva...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Usta M,Ersoy A,Ayar Y,Budak F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To remove multiple calyceal stones percutaneously is not a simple task. During the act of dilating the pierced channel the stones are apt to drift away towards other parts of the renal cavitary system. For avoidance we recommend the use of Pyeloform, a bicomponent synthetic compound in which chemical reaction between ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nagy Z,Bulyovszky I,Székely J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Varicocele is among the leading causes of male infertility. Despite decades of research, its pathogenesis is still unclear. S100A12 is a member of the S100 family of calcium-binding proteins with principal extracellular activities. It is secreted by activated neutrophils and interacts with the multiligand recep...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Bagheri V,Hassanshahi G,Zeinali M,Abedinzadeh M,Khorramdelazad H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe and report two cases of bilateral symptomatic ureterocele with calculi in two young adult women. They were successfully managed endoscopically by a transverse meatotomy and stone extraction done bilaterally in a single operative session. The 6th month postoperative voiding cystourethrogram showed no reflux...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Singh I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ageing is characterised by a decline in renal function and by a higher susceptibility to renal diseases. This has been defined by Fliser as the "myth of the inexorable decline of renal function with senescence" and is a consequence of multiple factors that predispose to renal damage. These include physiological factor...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Presta P,Lucisano G,Fuiano L,Fuiano G

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：PURPOSE:We sought to evaluate the effects of oral testosterone undecanoate treatment based on the temporary growth of penis and the complications of surgery in children with microphallic hypospadias. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 72 randomized consecutive children with microphallic hypospadias were included in the ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Chen C,Gong CX,Zhang WP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cardiovascular calcifications (CVC) are present in up to 70% of non-diabetic dialysis patients. Sparse data are available on predictors of very long-term outcomes of such patients. The Belgrade Aachen Study on Calcification in Hemodialysis patients (BASCH study) aimed to study this using a comprehensive CVC ass...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Dimkovic N,Schlieper G,Jankovic A,Djuric Z,Ketteler M,Damjanovic T,Djuric P,Marinkovic J,Radojcic Z,Markovic N,Floege J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of α-lipoic acid (α-LA) in the prevention and treatment of ethylene glycol-induced calcium oxalate deposition in a rat model and preliminary exploration of the mechanism. METHODS:Sixty male Wistar rats were divided randomly and equally into six groups including two α-LA prevention g...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Wang Z,Bai Y,Wang J,Wang J

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:A 67-year-old Saudi man with poorly controlled diabetes-mellitus underwent orchiectomy for a painful left testicular swelling that did not respond to antibiotics. Clinical diagnosis was testicular malignancy. Histologic workup demonstrated extensive involvement of the testis and epididymis by diffuse infiltrate of lar...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Mannan AA,Kahvic M,Singh NG,Abu Sara Y,Bharati C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In mouse models of prostate cancer, increased epinephrine levels accelerated tumor growth via the beta2-adrenoreceptor/PKA signaling pathway. It is unknown, however, whether men experience increased epinephrine levels sufficient to activate the beta2-adrenoreceptor/PKA pathway in the prostate gland. We measured...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hassan S,Karpova Y,Flores A,D'Agostino R Jr,Danhauer SC,Hemal A,Kulik G

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Androgen replacement therapy is a widely accepted form of treatment worldwide for aging men with late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) syndrome. Urologists have been concerned with the use of androgen supplements due to the possibility of enhancing prostate growth. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Cui Y,Zong H,Yang C,Yan H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effectiveness of Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device in the postoperative wound care for Fournier's gangrene METHODS: We performed a systematic review in the following databases: Medline (Ovid), EMBASE, and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), from inception to nowadays. We ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Franco-Buenaventura D,García-Perdomo HA

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study is to assess whether the haemostatic markers D-dimer, factor VIII (FVIII) and von Willebrand factor (VWF) are predictive of non-dipping status in treated hypertensive patients; so, as easy available laboratory data can predict non-dipping pattern and help with the selection of the patients who...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Agorasti A,Trivellas T,Mourvati E,Papadopoulos V,Tsatalas K,Vargemezis V,Passadakis P

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of ureteral duplication with blind-ending branch are described. Clinical observations are supplemented with a survey of the literature pertaining to the statistics, embryology, method of diagnosis and treatment of this urological developmental anomaly. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Gomuła A,Borkowski A,Czaplicki M,Hartel-Ulkowska N

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00