abstract：INTRODUCTION:To demonstrate the relationship between testicular microlithiasis and testicular tumor development. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 1996 and March 2004, bilateral testicular microlithiasis was found in 40 of the 5,263 patients who underwent scrotal ultrasonography yielding a prevalence of 0.76%. Of t...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Pourbagher MA,Kilinc F,Guvel S,Pourbagher A,Egilmez T,Ozkardes H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of entrapped nephrostomy tube in a 61-year-old woman who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy and subsequent multiple ESWL for a left staghorn stone is presented. A nephrostomy track was created alongside the Malecot catheter and the overgrown tissue which was bridging the wings of the tube was incised with a...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Tasca A,Cacciola A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To evaluate the role of serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) in the prognosis and follow-up evaluation of patients with urothelial carcinoma, the authors studied the association of the serum level and positive rate with clinical features such as infiltration and metastasis in 164 patients admitted to t...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Sashide K,Isobe H,Wakumoto Y,Hanazawa K,Fujita K,Fujime M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition plays a major role in the pathogenesis of the most widespread forms of nephrolithiasis, i.e. calcium (calcium oxalate and phosphate) and uric acid stone disease. For this reason, dietary measures are the first level of intervention in primary prevention, as well as in secondary prevention of recurrences. An ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Meschi T,Schianchi T,Ridolo E,Adorni G,Allegri F,Guerra A,Novarini A,Borghi L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paragangliomas or extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas account for approximately 15% of all pheochromocytomas. They are usually found in an intradiaphragmatic location. Paragangliomas of the urinary bladder are infrequent and represent 6% of the paragangliomas and 0.06% of all bladder tumors. We describe 2 cases of urinary...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Pastor-Guzmán JM,López-García S,Giménez-Bachs JM,Ruíz-Mondejar R,Cañamares-Pabolaza L,Atiénzar-Tobarra M,Casado-Moragón L,Virseda-Rodriguez JA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Etiology of serum anti-p53 antibodies in bladder cancer patients is still unknown. In this study we evaluated the relationship between serum anti-p53 antibodies and microvessel density in bladder cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seventy-six patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bl...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Gumus E,Erdamar S,Demirel G,Horasanli K,Ozmen G,Miroglu C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed four living related kidney transplantations from donors with double inferior vena cava (D-IVC), in which the left kidney was selected in two cases and the right in two cases. By dissecting the right internal iliac vein and isolating the right external iliac vein, the surgical procedure of the recipient si...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Nakatani T,Kim T,Naganuma T,Uchida J,Takemoto Y,Sugimura K

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Silicone has been the standard prosthesis material for the last three decades but new materials are being searched because of the known disadvantages of silicone such as migration and high cost. We wanted to test in rats whether or not polymethylmethacrylate could be an alternative to silicone. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Karademir K,Senkul T,Demir S,Erden D,Iseri C,Baykal K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stricture of the vesicourethral anastomosis remains a well-documented complication after radical retropubic prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We performed a retrospective study of 294 patients with prostate cancer who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy. Possible correlations between anastomotic st...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kostakopoulos A,Argiropoulos V,Protogerou V,Tekerlekis P,Melekos M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This present study was undertaken to determine the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO) and total antioxidant status (TAS) in testes of adolescent rats with experimental bilateral varicocele and to determine the effects of oxidative stress on testis produced by varicocele. METHODS:6-week-old, m...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Ozdamar AS,Soylu AG,Culha M,Ozden M,Gökalp A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Urethral valves can be of enormous clinical importance. Both the prognosis for an affected fetus and the indication for a prenatal therapeutic intervention depend to a high degree on the accuracy of the prenatal diagnosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The sonographic findings and the results of the postnatal diag...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Eckoldt F,Heling KS,Woderich R,Wolke S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual case of condylomata acuminata arising in the transplanted skin of a neovagina in a male-to-female transsexual. The neovagina had been constructed using a penile and a scrotal skin flap. Resection of the larger condylomata was performed; then all visible lesions were ablated by electrovaporization...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Liguori G,Trombetta C,Bucci S,De Seta F,De Santo D,Siracusano S,Belgrano E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the status of erectile function and urinary continence after radical prostatectomy to investigate a possible relation between them and then determined whether the status of postoperative urinary continence affected erectile function. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Seventy-six patients who had no sym...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Tsujimura A,Matsumiya K,Miyagawa Y,Takaha N,Nishimura K,Nonomura N,Mori N,Hara T,Yamaguchi S,Takahara S,Okuyama A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aims of this study were to establish the prevalence of enuresis, to determine accompanying factors, and to identify common methods in the management of enuresis in Turkish children aged between 6 and 11 years living in eastern Anatolia. METHODS:The parents of 3,527 schoolchildren aged between 6 and 11...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Ozkan KU,Garipardic M,Toktamis A,Karabiber H,Sahinkanat T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phytate as sodium salt has been used at high doses to treat stone-former patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria. The experimental and clinical hypocalciuric effects of dietary fiber have also been assigned to the presence of phytate as calcium-magnesium salt (phytin). As a consequence of the additional inte...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Grases F,Perelló J,Simonet BM,Prieto RM,García-Raja A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of neoadjuvant hormone treatment before radical prostatectomy on: tumor/prostate volume, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and testosterone levels, surgical margin status and tumor stage, and the ease of surgery following treatment. METHODS:Patients with clinically localized prostatic car...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Prezioso D,Lotti T,Polito M,Montironi R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to examine the ability of the Snap-Gauge band to differentiate organic from psychogenic erectile dysfunction (ED). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nocturnal penile tumescence testing was performed on 12 patients using a Snap-Gauge band and RigiScan Plus. A total of 29 nightly exami...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Mizuno I,Fuse H,Fujiuchi Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectopia of the vas deferens (EVD) combined with agenesis of the seminal vesicle, is a rare congenital abnormality. We describe a case of EVD with agenesis of the ipsilateral seminal vesicle, presenting with pneumaturia and frequent urinary tract infection. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Magno C,Galì A,Inferrera A,Macrì A,Carmignani A,Famulari C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:To describe the technique, results and follow-up of dynamic rectus abdominis tendon colposuspension (DRTC) in the management of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighteen patients with SUI were studied prospectively from 1998 to 1999 who underwent DRTC. Type I and type I...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Goel MC,Roberts JG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Urolithiasis in children is recognized with an increasing frequency, while exact etiological factors remain to be determined. The aim of this study is to compare the metabolic risk factors and saturation of urine in pediatric and adult calcium oxalate (Ca-Ox) stone formers. METHODS:A total of 33 pediatric (...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Tefekli A,Esen T,Ziylan O,Erol B,Armagan A,Ander H,Akinci M

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Human infestation with Dioctophyma renale is presented. Clinical signs and diagnostic findings are unspecific. They are discussed and a conservative therapeutic approach is suggested. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Ignjatovic I,Stojkovic I,Kutlesic C,Tasic S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Augmentation cystoplasty is an effective approach to the detrusor hyperreflexia which is refractory to conservative treatment. Sporadic data have been published in patients with progressive diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Augmentation ileocystoplasty (Goodwin 'cup-patch') w...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Zachoval R,Pitha J,Medova E,Heracek J,Lukes M,Zalesky M,Urban M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old male with an incisional hernia following suprapubic trocar cystostomy for a failed traumatic perurethral catheterization is presented. This is only the 2nd case reported in the literature. Pathophysiology and management of this rare complication are discussed. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Nabi G,Aron M,Gupta NP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of cadaveric pediatric kidneys has been suggested as a means to overcome organ shortage, but is debated because of technical complications and an increased incidence of functional allograft impairment. METHODS:We experienced 2 cases of cadaveric renal transplantation from a non-heart-beating pedia...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Nakatani T,Uchida J,Yamazaki T,Iwai T,Naganuma T,Kim T,Sugimura K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the accurate Fas antigenic expression in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) cells and and compare its synergistic modulation on adriamycin cytotoxicity with alpha-tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha). METHODS:The expression of Fas antigen in normal urothelium and TCC cell lines was measured by flow cy...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Yu DS,Hsieh DS,Chen HI,Chang SY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We have investigated the volume of nerve fibers in the rat urinary bladder following systematic exposure to cold-restraint stress and capsaicin treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Adult Wistar albino rats were either exposed to cold-restraint stress (vehicle group) or treated with capsaicin before exposure t...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Ercan F,Cetinel S,Erin N,Aydin H,Hürdağ C,Parker T,Parker K,Mayhew T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Polytraumatized patients often present with urological injuries. After hemodynamic stability is maintained urologists are consulted to evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. The following article describes how to handle the work-up of patients with injuries to specific urogenital organs: the impo...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Herbst A,Schmelz HU,Sparwasser C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrarenal calyces are an extremely rare entity and only a few cases have been reported worldwide. We report a case with extrarenal calyces and give a brief review of the literature. Awareness of this rare entity can prevent inadvertent injury to the pelvicalyceal system during surgery. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Garg P,Godara R,Karwasra RK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We present a large series of eosinophilic cystitis including 8 cases; 3 of them had tumor-like lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The archives of pathology clinic of Inonu University Medical Faculty were reviewed from 1988 to 2002. The characteristics of patients and their diseases were recorded. Data obtained fro...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kiliç S,Erguvan R,Ipek D,Gökçe H,Güneş A,Aydin NE,Baydinç C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear cell adenocarcinoma arising in the lower urinary tract is unusual. We report a case of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder in a 54-year-old male. Cystoscopic examination revealed a tumour arising from the dome of the urinary bladder. Histologically, the tumour was chiefly composed of tubulocystic and papill...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Signori G,Tonini G,Aulenti V,Taher B,Rad FK,Tosana M,Ungari M,Zorzi F

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Recent interest has focused on natural killer T (NKT) cells as effector cells in a possible new form of immunotherapy. NKT cells express T cell and natural killer cell receptors. They are CD1d-dependent and can be stimulated by alpha-galactosylceramide. We have studied peripheral blood levels of NKT cells simultaneous...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Schwemmer B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was performed to look for an improvement of therapeutic strategies with regard to the treatment of infectious urinary stones using artificial stones made of struvite and apatite ('Bon(n) stones') which are comparable to their natural counterparts. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using an experimental arran...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Heimbach D,Jacobs D,Müller SC,Hesse A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immunotherapy effectively treats advanced renal cell carcinoma in only a limited number of patients. However, the predicted prognosis for each patient in relation to immune status and response to immunotherapy remains problematic. We analyzed tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) subsets to determine whether...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Igarashi T,Takahashi H,Tobe T,Suzuki H,Mizoguchi K,Nakatsu HO,Ito H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe a case of cystic dysplasia of the testis (CDT), an uncommon cause of scrotal swelling in the pediatric patient. Clinic, therapy, fertility, and radiographic and pathologic findings are discussed and the 30 previously reported cases are reviewed. METHODS:A 9-year-old boy presented with asymptomat...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Eberli D,Gretener H,Dommann-Scherrer C,Pestalozzi D,Fehr JL

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility, problems and results of Nd-YAG laser core through urethrotomy in the management of failed urethroplasty for posttraumatic bulbomembranous urethral strictures. MATERIAL AND METHODS:61 patients with obliterative posttraumatic urethral strictures were treated by Nd-YAG laser core thro...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Dogra PN,Nabi G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intravesical epirubicin is a widely used agent for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer. A direct relationship between dose and activity has been reported: unfortunately the dose increase also increased the frequency and the intensity of treatment-related side effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A phase...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Bassi P,Spinadin R,Longo F,Saraeb S,Pappagallo GL,Zattoni F,Pagano F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00