Emphysematous pyelonephritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intracavernosal injection of vasodilating agents has been a mainstay in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Recently, a transurethral delivery system (MUSE) for alprostadil (prostaglandin E1) was introduced as an alternative form of pharmacotherapy. METHODS:One hundred consecutive patients with erectile ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Werthman P,Rajfer J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original concept of external compression on the urethra to provide urinary continence in the male has undergone significant modifications since the original work of Berry fifteen years ago. The technique used at George Washington University is a successful extension of Berry's concept. This article presents a very...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Yarbrough WJ,Semerjian HS,Miller HC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the initial report of renal hemangiopericytoma in 1955, only 39 cases of this rare vascular neoplasm, involving the renal capsule, parenchyma, or sinus have been described in the world literature. Herein we describe a case of a 15-year-old adolescent boy with this tumor arising from right renal pelvis. A radical...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chaudhary A,Seenu V,Sedain G,Ray R,Sharma S,Agarwal S,Mehta S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penile ischemia, a rare complication of diabetic end-stage renal disease, is usually treated by penectomy once conservative measures fail. We present a patient with diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease with penile ischemia that was successfully treated with an arteriovenous interposition bypass graft between ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tu D,Rashid M,Orihuela E,Hunter GC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital anorchism is a rare condition. Bilateral impa-pable undescended testes are relatively common by comparison. Surgical exploration has been regarded as the final arbiter between anorchism and bilateral cryptorchism. Exploration has not proved completely reliable in making this differentiation. Endocrine studi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Levitt SB,Kogan SJ,Schneider KM,Becker JM,Sobel EH,Mortimer RH,Engel RM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man with a history of bilateral deep vein thromboses and recurrent penile ischemic episodes presented for distal penile amputation and skin graft. Despite suspicion, serologies indicated no hypercoagulable disorder. After surgery, the patient was bridged from enoxaparin to warfarin. Nine days after initi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Talbert M,Wood H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To elucidate the prognostic significance of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in patients with upper tract transitional cell carcinoma. METHODS:Of 86 patients with upper tract transitional cell carcinoma who underwent nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff (95%) or parenchymal-sparing (5%) surgery from 1991 to 20...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hong B,Park S,Hong JH,Kim CS,Ro JY,Ahn H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify differentially expressed genes in tumor cells of patients with prostate cancer by means of tissue microdissection and targeted differential display. METHODS:RNA was recovered from pure populations of microdissected normal epithelium and invasive tumor from frozen tissue sections of a radical pro...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chuaqui RF,Englert CR,Strup SE,Vocke CD,Zhuang Z,Duray PH,Bostwick DG,Linehan WM,Liotta LA,Emmert-Buck MR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether serum beta 2 microglobulin could be useful as a tumor marker in patients with testicular cancers, sera stored in our serum bank from 23 patients were assayed by radioimmunoassay for beta 2 microglobulin levels. Sera were selected from 12 preorchiectomy patients, 8 patients who had undergone orchie...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Johnson H Jr,Flye MW,Javadpour N

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the rates of decline in health-related quality of life during the year before death in men with prostate cancer. METHODS:We studied men in a subset analysis within a longitudinal, observational cohort of patients with metastatic prostate cancer at the University of California, Los Angeles, Cente...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Melmed GY,Kwan L,Reid K,Litwin MS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Population studies have revealed that black Americans with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have a shorter survival than do white Americans. Differences in socioeconomic status and treatment are frequently cited as the reasons for this disparity. The effect of these social obstacles may be reduced by studying a pa...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tripathi RT,Heilbrun LK,Jain V,Vaishampayan UN

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of invasive cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the native ureter of a patient 7 years after liver-kidney transplantation. Previous reports of CMV ureteritis in transplant patients have involved only the allograft ureter, usually within 3 months of transplantation. The common characteristics of these p...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mateo R,Vivas C,Shapiro R,Rhandawa P,Kusne S,Scantlebury V,Udupa D,Jordan M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urethral strictures secondary to trauma have been a frequent cause of obstruction in the male population residing in Saudi Arabia. This study of 59 patients presenting with urethral strictures covers a two-year period. Patients were asked to return for the initial follow-up one month after treatment and were asked abo...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Youssef AM,Cockett AT,Mee AD

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the frequency of bone metastases, their association with serum alkaline phosphatase (AP), and prognostic capabilities of AP in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), using bone scan as the reference standard for diagnosis. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective review of patients with metastati...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Seaman E,Goluboff ET,Ross S,Sawczuk IS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The charts of all patients receiving radical surgery and radiation therapy for cancer localized to the prostate in the years 1950 to 1977 in the State of Connecticut were reviewed. Long-term survival rates at ten and fifteen years were considerably better in those patients treated with radical surgery. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Conant JK,Flannery JT,Graydon RJ,Ely MG 3rd,Berlin BB

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Closed suprapubic cystostomy is an expeditious procedure for a variety of clinical conditions requiring urinary drainage. Its benignity is reflected by a low complication rate of 1.6 per cent and no deaths in this series of 244 consecutive patients. Nevertheless, major complications can occur if proper technique is no...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Flock WD,Litvak AS,McRoberts JW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the feasibility of robot-assisted laparoscopic ureterolithotomy for large (>2 cm) or impacted lower ureteral stones and the immediate outcome measures such as the stone-free rate and occurrence of intra- and postoperative complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS:From April 2010 to August 2012, 52 roboti...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Dogra PN,Regmi SK,Singh P,Saini AK,Nayak B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the bladder of unknown etiology. We tested the hypothesis that a microorganism would be found at higher prevalence in urine or bladder tissue from women with IC than from control women. METHODS:Urine and bladder tissue were obtained at cystos...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Keay S,Schwalbe RS,Trifillis AL,Lovchik JC,Jacobs S,Warren JW

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the changes in urine composition associated with increasing severity of diabetes, we analyzed urine composition relative to glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and treatment strategy in a largely minority population. METHODS:Patients treated for kidney stones between 2001 and 2013 at a single tertiar...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fram EB,Moazami S,Stern JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, increasing numbers of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) have been performed at many centers. During urethrovesical anastomosis in RALP, surgeons commonly use Large Needle Driver (Intuitive Surgical, Mountain View, Calif). In this study, we report a rare case with intraperitoneal brea...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Park SY,Cho KS,Lee SW,Soh BH,Rha KH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with protracted benign hematuria underwent silver nitrate instillation of the upper collecting system. The doses varied from 10 ml. of 0.25 per cent silver nitrate to 14 ml. of 1 per cent silver nitrate. In all 4 cases the hematuria resolved within four days without significant complications. At follow-u...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Diamond DA,Jeffs RD,Marshall FF

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence of upper tract abnormalities on renal ultrasonography in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) referred for urologic evaluation, as well as to identify any risk factors present on the basis of the historical information and urodynamic findings. METHODS:Data were derived from all p...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lemack GE,Hawker K,Frohman E

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was made of 200 patients undergoing transurethral prostatectomy. Half of these patients received bilateral vasectomies. The vasectomized patients had a 5-percent incidence of epididymitis as compared with a 2-percent incidence in the nonvasectomized patients. Vasectomy failed to provide adequate ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Whitlock NW,McAninch JW,Stutzman RE

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The need for innovation in the delivery of quality teaching and learning for undergraduates in urology is driven by a number of factors. An increasing proportion of care is delivered in ambulatory settings, hospital inpatients are increasingly unwell, and the National Health Service staff must find a balance...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Owen LE,Byrne DJ,Ker JS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if same day catheter removal is feasible in a select population after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP). METHODS:We performed an analysis of patients undergoing HoLEP at our institution who underwent same-day catheter removal after HoLEP. All HoLEPs were performed with Moses 2.0 ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Agarwal DK,Rivera ME,Nottingham CU,Large T,Krambeck AE

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of prostate cancer presenting with malignant ascites as the sole clinical manifestation is reported. The clinical course simulated occult gastrointestinal malignancy. At the histologic level, the tumor had a signet-ring morphology. Detailed immunocytochemical and ultrastructural studies, however, confirmed the ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Catton PA,Hartwick RW,Srigley JR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine what slice thickness provides optimal curved planar reformation (CPR) images of the urinary tract. METHODS:A total of 75 consecutive patients with acute flank pain were included in a retrospective pilot study and underwent unenhanced multislice computed tomography (MSCT) (collimation 3.75 mm, p...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Wehrschuetz M,Gallé G,Wehrschuetz E,Sorantin E,Schaffler G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of testicular vessel division on testicular volume during laparoscopic staged Fowler Stephens orchiopexy (LSFSO). METHODS:Testicular dimensions were prospectively measured intraoperatively at both first (S1) and second stages (S2) of LSFSO, and with scrotal ultrasound 3-12 months postoper...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Abdelhalim A,Chamberlin JD,Young I,Fahim M,Chuang KW,McAleer IM,Wehbi E,Stephany HA,Khoury AE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether coloepiploic mobilization (CEM) is indicated to reduce the incidence of iatrogenic splenectomy during left radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. The incidence of iatrogenic splenectomy during a left nephrectomy is estimated to be between 1.4% and 24%. In a recent study, we report...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mejean A,Chretien Y,Vogt B,Cazin S,Balian C,Thiounn N,Dufour B

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of bilateral hydronephrosis secondary to ureteropelvic junction obstruction, diagnosed at thirty-six weeks of gestation when ultrasound was performed on the mother for polyhydramnios. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Martin JJ,Taylor ES Jr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00