Nonfunctional adrenal cortical carcinoma. Report of a case and review of the literature.

abstract：BACKGROUND:B cell-targeted immunosuppression with rituximab as primary treatment or when conventional therapy is contraindicated or unsuccessful can induce remission in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). We explored the efficacy and safety of rituximab therapy in an adult population with IMN and other primary glo...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kong WY,Swaminathan R,Irish A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal oncocytoma represents a special category of renal tumours and accounts for 3-5% of renal neoplasms. Usually they are incidental findings. Most reports have demonstrated their benign nature but a few cases of high-grade oncocytomas were reported to have metastasized. In Poland, between 1971 and 1991, 7 patients (...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Dutkiewicz S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:TNF-α -308G/A polymorphism has been implicated in the susceptibility of diabetic nephropathy, but studies have reported inconclusive results. The present study investigated the relationship between -308G/A polymorphism in the TNF-α gene and diabetic nephropathy risk by meta-analysis. METHODS:Data from PubMed, ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Zhao Y,Yang J,Zhang L,Li Z,Yang Y,Tang Y,Fu P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of robotic assisted kidney transplantation in graft with multiple vessels. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eighteen patients underwent RAKT with grafts with multiple vessels (GMVs) from living donor performed by a single surgeon in single institution. The retrospe...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kishore TA,Kuriakose MJ,Pathrose G,Raveendran V,Kumar KV,Unni VN

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of our study is to carry out a Bayesian network meta-analysis comparing the efficacy of different antimicrobial lock solutions (ALS) for prevention of catheter-related infections (CRI) in patients with hemodialysis (HD) and ranking these ALS for practical consideration. METHODS:We searched six elec...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Zhang J,Wang B,Li R,Ge L,Chen KH,Tian J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In low and middle- income countries, due to lack of financial resources, the number of patients receiving one or two hemodialysis (HD) sessions a week has increased, leading to a large number of complications. Protein-energy wasting (PEW) and overhydration (OH) are common complications; nevertheless, the eviden...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nieves-Anaya I,Várgas MB,Mayorga H,García OP,Colín-Ramírez E,Atilano-Carsi X

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sleep disturbance is significantly associated with overall morbidity, mortality, and quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients. Although it was reported that the prevalence of poor sleep quality was 41-83% in hemodialysis patients, sleep disturbance was not well understood in peritoneal dialysis (PD) ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Li J,Guo Q,Ye X,Lin J,Yi C,Mao H,Yang X,Yu X

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are presenting a 68-year-old female patient who was diagnosed to have a complete ureteral duplication and adenocarcinoma in the ureter which drained the upper moiety of the right kidney. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Unsal A,Cimentepe E,Koc A,Akbulut Z,Balbay MD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hippocampus plays an important role in spatial learning and memory. Ghrelin, a brain-gut peptide, participates in the mnestic functions of hippocampus through its receptor growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) distributed in hippocampus. This study was to investigate whether there was a correlation betwe...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Lv Z,Gao J,Wang L,Chen Z,Yuan H,Ma X,Lu J,Lv J,Wu X,Zhang L,Wei L,Xue R,Fu R,Ma L

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasing worldwide with the continuous increase in obesity prevalence. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is also a major public health problem, but there is controversy over whether baseline MetS is a predictor of decreased renal function among Japanese community-dwelling middle-aged a...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kawamoto R,Akase T,Ninomiya D,Kumagi T,Kikuchi A

更新日期：2019-12-01 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: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：:A 40-year-old man was referred to our hospital with gynecomastia and painless swelling of the right scrotum. Ultrasonography revealed a 15 x 10 mm mass with low echogenicity of the right testis. We performed right high orchiectomy. Histologically, Reinke's crystals and capsular invasion by tumor cells were found. Fina...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sugimoto K,Matsumoto S,Nose K,Kurita T,Uemura H,Park YC,Hanai J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced peritoneal clearances of creatinine and urate were demonstrated repeatedly in a patient with scleroderma and a patient with diabetes mellitus. Urea clearances were not significantly different from usual values. The findings suggest decreased peritoneal membrane permeability and/or area (if urea clearance is fl...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nolph KD,Miller L,Husted FC,Hirszel P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present four cases of operatively confirmed anorchism. The plasma levels of testosterone and 11-deoxy-17-ketosteroids and dehydroisoandrosterone in urine were low in all cases. After stimulation with HCG, plasma testosterone levels increased in two cases and did not change in another two. The levels of 11-...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Bablok L,Janczewski Z,Czaplicki M,Kwiatkowska Z

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with nephrotic syndrome (NS) are at risk for sinovenous and arterial thrombosis, uncommon but serious complications of the nephrotic syndrome. Multiple factors are involved in the hypercoagulable state of patients with NS, for instance, enhanced platelet reactivity and deficiency of antithrombin III due to ur...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Zaffanello M,Brugnara M,Fanos V,Franchini M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of stepwise extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the treatment of upper urinary stones in childhood. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between August 1998 and August 2003, 31 patients were treated for renal or ureteric stones. All treatments were performed with Dornier Compact Delta lithot...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Demirci D,Altiok E,Gülmez I,Ekmekçioğlu O,Poyrazoğlu HM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a urothelial carcinoma with trophoblastic differentiation of the bladder that occured in a 23-year-old man. The patient presented with hematuria. Multiple papillary masses were resected transurethrally. Histopathologically, grade III urothelial cell carcinoma contained giant cells that were positiv...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tuna B,Yörükoğlu K,Mungan U,Kirkali Z

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of anemia on the risk of developing contrast-induced nephropathy after percutaneous coronary angioplasty. METHODS:Serum creatinine values were measured before and within 48 h after the administration of contrast agents. Contrast-induced nephropathy (C...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Li WH,Li DY,Han F,Xu TD,Zhang YB,Zhu H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise determination of the extent of lymph node involvement is of decisive importance for therapy of prostatic cancer. For this reason staging pelvic lymphadenectomy is fully indicated. Some authors expect from pelvic lymphadenectomy a therapeutic effect, too. The procedure is performed as a part of radical prostate...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Morávek P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the possible renoprotective effect of sildenafil against renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and its effect on the expression of some antioxidant, antiapoptotic gene and proinflammatory cytokine genes in rat model of renal I/R injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred and twenty male Sprague Da...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Zahran MH,Hussein AM,Barakat N,Awadalla A,Khater S,Harraz A,Shokeir AA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 49-year-old woman with exstrophy of the bladder. Our living case constitutes a rare example of bladder exstrophy cases, who lived about 50 years without any severe complication or intervention. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ozdiler E,Sarica K,Baltaci S,Işikay L,Koşar A,Yaman O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies were aimed at the evaluation of the usefulness of non-invasive diagnostic methods including inquiry, clinical examination, transabdominal ultrasonography, cytologic examination of the urinary sediment, determination of blood serum concentrations of certain neoplastic markers, and urinalysis for early detec...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Majek A,Miekoś E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine subpreputial bacteriology and to compare it with the urine cultures of healthy male children. Seventy-two male children were divided into two groups as A and B according to age. In both groups preputial sac and urine cultures were taken simultaneously. Gram (+) enteric cocci...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Savaş C,Cakmak M,Yorgancigil B,Bezir M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the impact of radical tumour surgery in prostate and renal cell cancer patients on quality of life (QOL). METHODS:In 38 male patients suffering from organ-confined prostate or renal cell cancer, a prospective study was performed. For the evaluation of QOL, we used the EMPK (Erfassung multipler psyc...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Pannek J,Hallner D,Kugler J,Haupt G,Krüskemper GM,Senge T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous nephrolithotomy provides an attractive alternative to the surgical removal of renal stones as it is associated with reduced patient morbidity and shortened hospital stay. The advantages of this procedure may, however, be overshadowed by complications like bleeding, extravasation of irrigant fluid and infe...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ghai B,Dureja GP,Arvind P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum concentrations of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PICP) and carboxyterminal parathyroid hormone (C-PTH) were measured in 33 haemodialysis patients. Serum levels of PICP and C-PTH in the haemodialysis group were significantly higher than those in the controls. Although there was no correlation b...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sawamura T,Sasagawa I,Kubota Y,Ishigooka M,Nakada T,Adachi M,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different methods are available in the diagnosis and treatment of urethral strictures. True diagnosis is necessary for choosing the most suitable method of treatment and to inform the patient about the method, complications, recurrence rate and costs. In this study we aimed to compare the efficiency, complications and...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Bircan MK,Sahin H,Korkmaz K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prostatitis syndrome is a multifactorial condition of largely unknown etiology. This study is to analyze the relationship between cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) with the chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (CNBP). METHODS:A total of 172 CNBP patients and 151 healthy males were recruite...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Yuan Z,Liu X,Deng W,Lai X,Yan Z,Zheng R

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) containing free oxygen radicals has been identified as one of the causes of male infertility. Lycopene is a component of human redox defence mechanism against free radicals. It is found in high concentrations in the testes and seminal plasma and decreased levels ha...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Gupta NP,Kumar R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00