Healthcare-Associated Infections after Lower Urinary Tract Endoscopic Surgery: Analysis of Risk Factors, Associated Microorganisms and Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance.

abstract：:Controversies abound in relation to the treatment of every stage of prostate cancer and its natural history. We critically evaluate the controversies and information that exist. An ongoing autopsy project at Wayne State University aims to: define the prevalence of incidental cancer in subjects between 20 and 70 years ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Pontes JE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to assess the impact of a virtual reality trainer in improving percutaneous renal access skills of urological trainees. METHODS:A total of 36 urology trainees participated in this prospective study. Initially, they were taken through the exercise of gaining access to the lower pole calyceal ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Papatsoris AG,Shaikh T,Patel D,Bourdoumis A,Bach C,Buchholz N,Masood J,Junaid I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to verify the tolerability and the preliminary clinical results of intensive intravesical instillations of a mitomycin C (MMC) regimen. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From September 2007 to November 2009, 40 consecutive evaluable patients with pathologically confirmed intermediate-risk non-mus...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Racioppi M,Volpe A,Cappa E,D'Agostino D,Pinto F,D'Addessi A,Sacco E,Bassi P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With this letter to the editor we present for the first time a study on CHEK2 expression in normal urothelium of healthy male smokers, former smokers and non-smokers. We could show a statistically significant downregulation of this DNA repair gene in current smokers compared to non-smokers, suggesting that smoking dow...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Breyer J,Denzinger S,Hartmann A,Otto W

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the spontaneous passage of distal ureteral stones and ureteral jet flow measurement. METHODS:The study included 74 patients with acute renal colic between June 2015 and June 2016, and distal ureteral stones of 10 mm or less in a non-contrast CT were co...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Ongun S,Teken A,Yılmaz O,Süleyman S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of residents' participation in flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) on intra- and postoperative outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Intra- and postoperative parameters were compared in a retrospective monocentric setting between 3 groups: "resident group" (47 cases) ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Ozimek T,Kramer MW,Hupe MC,Laturnus JM,Struck JP,Hennig MJP,Merseburger AS,Cordes J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both under physiologic conditions and after short-term ischemia (1-3 min) kallikrein and locally synthesized prostaglandins contribute to control renal blood flow. In the present experiment the antiproteases aprotinin and gabexate-mesilate were administered to rabbits in an attempt to show whether the hemodynamic chan...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Pflüger H,Maier M,Binder BR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Partial unilateral ureteral obstruction (PUUO) is the type of obstruction that is most often encountered in pediatric clinical practice. The majority of our knowledge on PUUO has been derived from experimental studies and the effects of PUUO on the kidney have still been a source of continual investigation...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Topcu SO,Erbagci A,Erturhan S,Yagci F,Ucak R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a considerable lack of consensus regarding indications and long-term efficacy of the many techniques for treating urinary stress incontinence. We report the long-term results of a modified pubovaginal sling procedure. METHODS:From 1989 to 1998, 129 consecutive patients underwent a pubovaginal sling...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Reichelt O,Weirich T,Wunderlich H,Schubert J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine the safety and feasibility of catheter removal on the first morning after transurethral prostatectomy. METHODS:Fifty-four patients who underwent transurethral prostatectomy were included in a prospective study. The decision to remove the catheters on the first morning after surgery w...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Aslan G,Celebi I,Arslan D,Esen AA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To present the incidence of bacterial colonization on ureteral double J stents (DJS); isolate the uropathogens; define the rate of multi-resistant bacteria strains (MRBS) and present their clinical importance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The whole body of 105 DJSs was examined for the pr...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kozyrakis D,Perikleous S,Chatzistamou SE,Kateris D,Soukias G,Karatzas A,Dimitriadis I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the familial occurrence of congenital bulbar urethral stricture in 2 brothers. Embryological mechanisms are briefly discussed and the literature reviewed. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Aragona F,Maio G,Oliva G,Calabrò A,Ostardo E,Artibani W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is a lack of data regarding the appropriateness of transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches for right-sided laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is any difference between right-sided transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (TLA) and retroperitoneal...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Chiang PH,Yu CJ,Lee WC,Wang HJ,Hsu WC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Interest in the regulation of nerve growth factor (NGF) production in the urinary tract derives from its probable involvement in obstructive, inflammatory and developmental disorders. Our aim was to investigate the presence of low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (LNGFR) in the vesical urothelium of p...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Eryildirim B,Tarhan F,Gül AE,Erbay E,Kuyumcuoğlu U

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic renal tumors are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Cystic nephroma (CN), cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma (CPDN) and cystic Wilms' tumor (CWT) are a spectrum with CN at the benign end, CWT at the malignant end and CPDN in the intermediate position. CN and stage 1 CPDN are often tre...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： van den Hoek J,de Krijger R,van de Ven K,Lequin M,van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blind-ending bifid ureter in a woman with urinary tract infection and a duplicated renal pelvis in her twin sister are reported. The blind-ending bifid ureter terminated as a fibrous cord with a terminal mass of immature renal tissue. This type of ureter may be a transitional form between histologically blind-ending b...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Bergman B,Hansson G,Nilson AE

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 64 consecutive cases of transvesical prostatectomies it is shown that the use of a purse-string suture at the bladder neck significantly reduces the postoperative blood loss. A follow-up 3 months after operation has shown that the suture did not increase the number of either bladder neck stenoses, urina...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Overgaard Nielsen H,Højsgaard A,Larsen A,Gravgaard E,Holm-Møller S

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We aimed to evaluate the predictive factors in a holistic manner for ureterorenoscopy (URS) outcomes in proximal ureteral stones by a multicenter study. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The data of patients who underwent URS for proximal ureteral stones between the years 2015 and 2018 in eight centers were recorded ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Sen V,Irer B,Erbatu O,Yildiz A,Ongun Ş,Cinar O,Cihan A,Sahin M,Sahin MO,Ucer O,Kizilay F,Bozkurt O,Aegean Study Group of the Society of Urological Surgery.

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a case of gas-forming infection of the urinary tract in a diabetic patient. Plain film and computed tomography scans of the abdomen greatly facilitated clarification of the entire inflammatory process. The patient was cured by early nephrectomy conducted following unsuccessful treatment by percutan...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Egawa S,Utsunomiya T,Uchida T,Mashimo S,Koshiba K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of a new sclerotization technique with pure ethanol in the treatment of symptomatic renal cysts. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fourteen patients having renal cysts with a meant diameter of 10 (range 5-15) cm were treated. Our technique includes: ultrasound-guided percutaneous puncture with an 18-ga...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Gasparini D,Sponza M,Valotto C,Marzio A,Luciani LG,Zattoni F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to describe a novel negative-pressure laser lithotripsy device to overcome the deficiencies of the conventional procedure. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between August 2018 and March 2019, 78 patients with a single ureteral stone underwent retrograde ureteroscopy with a Wolf 8F/9.8F rigid u...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Wu ZH,Liu TZ,Wang XH,Wang YZ,Zheng H,Zhang YG,Zhang XH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (TESE-ICSI) is a frequently used therapeutic option in azoospermic males. Genetic imprinting is a mechanism of gene regulation - mediated by the methylation of deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) - by which only one of the parental copies of a gene is expressed...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Manning M,Lissens W,Weidner W,Liebaers I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an experimental canine model, topical application of phenylephrine hydrochloride (Neo-Synephrine) to the urethral mucosa was demonstrated to cause a rise of intraurethral pressure which persisted for over 2 h without any rise of arterial pressure. There was no intraurethral pressure change after the topical applica...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Tulloch AG,Rossier AB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study assesses the differences in the presentations, complications and metabolic abnormalities of children with renal calyceal microlithiasis (RCM) and overt urolithiasis in different pediatric ages. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 465 children with urolithiasis were investigated retrospectively. Pa...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Fahimi D,Habibi Zoham M,Sheikh M,Salabati M,Ghazanfari A,Firouzi M,Honarmand M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By transforming uroflowmetrograms from curves of flow rate versus time into curves of flow rate versus instantaneous bladder volume, additional information about the variation of the flow rate during voiding is obtained. These curves show that, within a certain volume range, the maximum flow rate is more or less indep...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Rollema HJ,Griffiths DJ,van Duyl WA,van den Berg J,de Haan R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the reliability of the physician-assisted International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). PATIENTS AND METHODS:374 patients who applied to our clinic with erectile dysfunction problems were asked to complete the IIEF questionnaire; 225 patients who visited the clinic again within 1-3 days com...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Bayraktar Z,Atun AI

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small group of patients with nephrolithiasis who forms mixed (calcium oxalate and uric acid) calculi presents particular problems in their clinical management. In 3,158 stones analyzed in our laboratory, we found 158 mixed calculi in 86 of the patients. In this work, the clinical and biochemical results obtained fro...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Alvarez Arroyo MV,Traba ML,Rapado A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the effects of standard oral anticholinergic treatment with tolterodine in children with neurogenic bladder over a 5-year follow-up period and focused on treatment satisfaction, patient compliance and urodynamic parameters. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The follow-up consisted of regular visits and...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Christoph F,Moschkowitsch A,Kempkensteffen C,Schostak M,Miller K,Schrader M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations of phosphate, oxalate, and calcium ions in urine may cause formation of mineral deposits, i.e., urolithiasis. This is prevented in healthy individuals by substances present in trace quantities. However, there is no recognizable difference between normals and stone formers in urinary substance conte...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Sarig S,Azoury R,Garti N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the relationship between posterior vault prolapse and overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms or detrusor overactivity (DO) and their changes after surgical repair. METHODS:Forty-three patients with vault prolapse and prevalent posterior compartment prolapse underwent pelvic organ prolapse repai...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Costantini E,Lazzeri M,Zucchi A,Mearini L,Fragalà E,Del Zingaro M,Bini V,Porena M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00