Transobturator tape in the management of female stress incontinence: clinical outcomes at medium term follow-up.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate biopsy (PBx) techniques have changed significantly since the original Hodge's scheme, with an increase in the number and location of cores. These improvements have been realized in part because of the introduction of different local anaesthesia techniques. We critically analysed the literature discu...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Maccagnano C,Scattoni V,Roscigno M,Raber M,Angiolilli D,Montorsi F,Rigatti P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) and laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) for adrenal masses in the light of changing laparoscopic surgical techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seventy-three patients were analyzed retrospectively. There were 2 groups; group 1 included patients who had co...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Arslan M,Akin Y,Ates M,Degirmenci T,Kozacioglu Z,Ors B,Gunlusoy B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelolipomas of the adrenal gland were first described in 1905. They are rare cortical, nonfunctioning, benign neoplasms, generally unilateral, usually discovered by accident or at autopsy. Thus they are often classified as 'incidentaloma'. These tumors are more frequent in males 40-60 years old. Most adrenal myelolip...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Appetecchia M,Chilelli M,Sciarretta F,Anzà M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of ureteral wall thickness (UWT) and stone-related parameters for medical expulsive therapy (MET) success with an alpha blocker in pediatric upper ureteral stones. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 35 children receiving MET ureteral stones (<10 mm) were evaluate...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Tuerxun A,Batuer A,Erturhan S,Eryildirim B,Camur E,Sarica K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared the results of holmium laser and pneumatic intracorporeal lithotripsy for large ureteric calculi in terms of efficacy, safety and complications. METHODS:The study was conducted between April 2009 and October 2010. 80 patients divided into two equally matched groups were included in a prospective ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kassem A,Elfayoumy H,Elsaied W,Elgammal M,Bedair A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and experimental investigations seem to underline the important role of fatty acids in the pathogenesis of hypercalciuria, a well-known risk factor for lithogenesis. To evaluate the relationships between the previously reported increase in plasma phospholipid arachidonic acid level and the factors responsible...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Baggio B,Budakovic A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 75-year-old female with pheochromocytoma of the bladder. Clinical evaluation included ultrasonography, intravenous pyelography, CT scan, I-MIBG scintiscan. A transurethral resection was performed for a exophytic tumor of 2 cm diameter. The histological result indicated the diagnosis of bladder ph...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Baima C,Casetta G,Vella R,Tizzani A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Male infertility caused by azoospermia due to non-reconstructable obstruction or non-obstructive azoospermia can be treated by microsurgical epididymal aspiration (MESA) or testicular sperm extraction (TESE) followed by an intracytoplasmatic spermatozoa injection (ICSI). MATERIAL AND METHODS:From 9/93 to ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Schwarzer JU,Fiedler K,v Hertwig I,Krüsmann G,Würfel W,Schleyer M,Mühlen B,Pickl U,Löchner-Ernst D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injuries of the penis are uncommon but represent urological emergencies. We report 3 cases of penile trauma illustrating the diversity of penile injury presentation. Radiological investigations are only mandatory if there is any suspicion of a urethral injury. Primary surgical approach is recommended in cases of penil...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Maruschke M,Lehr C,Hakenberg OW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to document the types of meatal occlusive disease (MOD) in adult males in terms of its clinical presentation, management and prognosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Eighty-six adult males with MOD were assessed during the study period. The patients were divided into Group 1, having meatal opening tha...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Dalela D,Gupta P,Dalela D,Bansal A,Govil T,Goel A,Sankhwar SN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal anomalies may be a reason for male infertility. To find out whether this is true mitotic chromosome studies were performed on 41 males with azoospermia and 61 males with oligozoospermia. A constitutional chromosomal abnormality was diagnosed in 14 (34.1%) azoospermic patients and in 2 (3.3%) oligozoospermi...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Gündüz G,Lüleci G,Baykara M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The goal of the study was to define treatment rules for the uncommon, rarely (10%) malignant and chemorefractory Leydig cell tumors (LCT) of the testis. METHODS:The main clinical data of patients treated in centers affiliated to the GUONE (North-Eastern Uro-Oncological Group, Italy) were reviewed. We cons...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Di Tonno F,Tavolini IM,Belmonte P,Bertoldin R,Cossaro E,Curti P,D'Incà G,Fandella A,Guaitoli P,Guazzieri S,Mazzariol C,North-Eastern Uro-Oncological Group, Italy.

更新日期：2009-01-01 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:To compare the semen quality score and the seminal oxidative stress reactive oxygen species (ROS) and total antioxidant capacity (ROS-TAC score) in men with idiopathic infertility with normal donors and to a known group of fertile and infertile men. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Principal component analysis was ap...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Pasqualotto FF,Sharma RK,Pasqualotto EB,Agarwal A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of massive bilateral staghorn calculi in a spinal cord injury patient with significant renal compromise. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy to achieve a stone-free status. The various options of treatment are discussed with special attention to the technical as...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Issa MM,McNamara DE,Myrick SE,Hansen MH,Gong M,Perkash I

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to examine clinical/pathological characteristics, prognosis and tendency to metastasis of mixed germ cell tumours (MGCTs) that contain a seminoma component. METHODS:A total of 111 MGCT cases between 2008 and 2018 were retrospectively enrolled. The patients were divided into 2 group...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Akan S,Ediz C,Tavukcu HH,Ozgun A,Yilmaz O

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed sonography in 7 males with membranous and posterior urethral calculi. Sonography demonstrated the urethral calculi in all 7 patients. These findings suggest that sonography is useful as a noninvasive screening technique for urethral calculi. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Koga S,Shiraishi K,Saito Y,Arakaki Y,Matsuoka M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anterior nutcracker syndrome is defined by the compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and superior mesenteric artery, usually related to the occurrence of hematuria. We report the case of an uncommon complication of the nutcracker syndrome. A 75-year-old woman was referred to our institution for left...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Di Carlo M,Gaudiano C,Busato F,Pucci S,Schiavina R,Vagnoni V,Golfieri R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer is a prominent form of cancer diagnosed in men living in developed countries, for which radical prostatectomy is a common frontline treatment. The aim of this systematic review was to determine whether robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is more effective in the treatment...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Allan C,Ilic D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the fragility of Ca-oxalate monohydrate stones in terms of high energy shock wave effectivity, we measured the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content of the organic stone matrix of 35 patients who had undergone extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment for renal pelvic stones. The patients were class...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Sarica K,Türkölmez K,Küpeli B,Akpoyraz M,Durak I,Küpeli S,Koşar A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The short-term effects of intravesical chemoimmunotherapy with epirubicin and bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) administered repeatedly for prophylaxis of recurrence of superficial bladder cancer (pTa, pT1) were investigated in 24 patients aged a median of 70 years between March 1996 and February 1999, and were co...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Tozawa K,Okamura T,Sasaki S,Kawai N,Ito Y,Hayashi Y,Kohri K

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Here we describe the clinical, radiologic, histopathological and immunohistochemical features of a rare spontaneous rupture of renal angiosarcoma detected in the left kidney of a 55-year-old male. Due to the rarity of this neoplasm (less than 15 cases have been reported), there is no unanimous consensus for therapy fo...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Aksoy Y,Gürsan N,Ozbey I,Biçgi O,Keleş M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of human prostate carcinoma (PC 3, DU 145), bladder (647 V, J 82) carcinoma and melanoma (RPMI-8252) cell lines to plastic and bovine endothelial monolayers (BEM) was tested in the presence of 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 20 IU of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), unfractionated heparin (UFH) or saline as a control. Cu...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Lersch C,Gericke D,Classen M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nearly 80% of the patients suffering from advanced stages of prostate cancer in Germany are treated currently with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analogs alone or in combination with androgen receptor antagonists. The aim of this study was to assess whether the prescription practice for LH-R...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Rohde V,Diemer T,Hauck E,Bestmann B,Miller J,Schröder H,Weidner W,Katalinic A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The study aimed to present our experience of surgical treatment for urorectal fistulas (URF) that develop after cancer surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fourteen patients with URF who were treated at our institution from 2005 through 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Among these, 7 patients had previous su...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Sakai Y,Komai Y,Saito N,Ito M,Sakuraba M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether or not the age of spontaneous resolution of monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE) was familial. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A questionnaire was administered to more than 1,500 people, and 100 appropriate participants were identified from four referral hospitals. We included the participants ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Oguz U,Aykac A,Demirelli E,Sancak EB,Resorlu B,Sarikaya S,Damar E,Bozkurt OF,Ogreden E,Yalcin O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the association between dyslipidemia and nephrolithiasis risk in a Chinese population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fasting plasma lipid profiles were measured in a case-control study of 540 nephrolithiasis cases and 656 kidney stone-free controls. RESULTS:Triglycerides (TG) levels were significantly hig...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Ding Q,Ouyang J,Fan B,Cao C,Fan Z,Ding L,Li F,Tu W,Jin X,Wang J,Shi Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder carcinoma with transitional cells is the most frequent neoplasia in the urinary system, but it is quite rare in patients under 40 years of age (0.4-2%). An analysis of 21 patients under 40 and a review of other reports show that tumors in patients under 20 years old have little tendency to recur and to progres...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Iori F,De Dominicis C,Liberti M,Frioni D,Vahedi M,Leonardo C,De Nunzio C,Laurenti C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contractile responses of urinary bladder muscle strips to prostaglandin (PG) E1, E2 and F2 alpha were compared in young and old rabbits. All PGs tested caused an increase in contractile force of urinary bladder muscle strips from young (3 weeks) and old (greater than 2 years) rabbits. The contractile response was most...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Morita T,Wheeler MA,Weiss RM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00