abstract：:In this study, 31 (30%) cases of urinary tract infection (UTI) of 103 patients with malnutrition, who were admitted to our hospital, were investigated prospectively. Our purpose was to determine the frequency of UTI, species of bacteria caused to infection and their antibiotic susceptibility in infants with malnutriti...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Caksen H,Cesur Y,Uner A,Arslan S,Sar S,Celebi V,Kuru M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:PSA is regarded as the best method in the follow-up of prostate carcinoma. After radical vesiculo-prostatectomy the prostate carcinoma seldom recurs at zero or nearly zero PSA levels. METHODS:The authors have used PSA since 1989 and they have found only one case where metastasis in the tibia came without an...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hübler J,Sükösd F,Czipri M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hugely dilated kidneys can sometimes present as abdominal masses. These kidneys are invariably non-functioning and are managed by nephrectomy. We describe a case of massive kidney containing 12.5 litres on fluid which was managed by retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy. The patient was a 24-year-old male who presented wit...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hemal AK,Kumar M,Pawar RS,Talwar M

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:The safety and histopathologic effects of polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) grafts in reconstruction of the urinary bladder were examined. Following partial excision of the bladder Gore-Tex was placed, and the rats were sacrificed at days 7, 14 and 30. Gore-Tex did not cause urine infection, and there was no peritoni...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Senel FM,Akman RY,Arikan AY,Gürdal M,Can C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the relationship between the effects of testicular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and testicular histology on infertile patients with the aid of xanthine oxidase system and testicular tissue malondialdehyde levels. Forty patients with idiopathic infertility constituted our ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Yaman,Soygür T,Yilmaz E,Elgün S,Keskineğe A,Göğüş O

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of ultrasonographic abnormalities with active Schistosoma haematobium infection in Yemeni patients. METHODS:As part of a cooperation between a private hospital and Schistosomiasis Control Project in Yemen, laboratory and ultrasonographic examinations were performed in 158 patients (8 females, 150 ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Salah MA,Böszörményi-Nagy G,Al Absi M,Nagi MA,Alsaaidi AA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of a 15-year-old male who presented with a characteristic clinical syndrome of testicular torsion one week prior to our observation, is reported. During our intervention the testicle was not removed but, on the contrary, restoration of a satisfactory testicular albugineal appearance was achieved. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Barbalias GA,Liatsikos EN

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present clinical and radiological findings in a case of collecting (Bellini) duct carcinoma (CDC). This is a rare and aggressive kidney cancer originating from the distal renal tubule. The patient underwent radical nephrectomy and the pathological report showed trabeculopapillary, partially solid adenocarcinoma inf...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Dobroński P,Czaplicki M,Koźmińska E,Pykało R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a reno-jejunal fistula following a Roux-en-Y cystojejunostomy for an incorrectly diagnosed pancreatic pseudocyst is described. Up to now, this is the second case of iatrogenic reno-jejunal fistula reported in literature. Reno-jejunal fistulas are exceedingly rare and are usually consequences of urol...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Aragona F,Norcen M,Battanello W,Oliva G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Early detection of prostate cancer has become a matter of vital importance in modern societies. Ultrasound guided transrectal biopsy is the current standard urological procedure to detect prostate cancer. In this study our intention was to confirm the high tolerance and low complication rate of this procedure...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Deliveliotis C,John V,Louras G,Andreas S,Alargof E,Sofras F,Goulandris N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the anti-inflammatory effectiveness of corticotherapy and nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), we examined 126 infertile men with infectious aetiology. Seventy-seven patients were on corticotherapy and antibiotherapy (thirty-eight patients on high-dose and thirty-nine patients on low-dose corticother...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Altay B,Girgin C,Cikili N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have documented the data of squamous metaplasia of the bladder in 14 patients who had undergone cystoscopies for different reasons. In two biopsies, there were marked keratinization and cellular atypia. One of these two subjects was diagnosed as squamous carcinoma of the prostate and transitional cell carcinoma of ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ozbey I,Aksoy Y,Polat O,Biçgi O,Demirel A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein Z (PZ) is a vitamin K-dependent protein isolated from human and bovine plasmas. Although the exact role of PZ in the haemostatic system is presently unknown, it is suggested that PZ deficiency may cause bleeding tendency. Haemostatic alterations in end-stage renal failure (ESRF) are certainly complex and invol...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Usalan C,Erdem Y,Altun B,Arici M,Haznedaroğlu IC,Yasavul U,Turgan C,Cağlar S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on our experience with a new surgical procedure of forming a pseudoneotesticle from indigenous tissues obtained from the existing scrotal contents. This procedure has been performed in 32 patients with a diagnosis of hormone dependent cancer of the prostate as a therapeutic manoeuvre, and in 3 children who h...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Barbalias GA,Liatsikos EN

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gleason score has been identified as an important variable to predict disease extent and biologic behaviour of prostate cancer. However, the correlation between Gleason score of needle biopsy and surgical specimen is often poor. We studied 72 patients who underwent needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy to correlate ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Cecchi M,Minervini R,Sepich CA,Ippolito C,Pagni GL,Summonti D,Di Benedetto A,Fiorentini L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric kidney transplantation has different aspects in adults in terms of underlying primary renal disease, surgical technique, perioperative care and graft prognosis. Significant urological problems are present in a high percentage of paediatric recipients. This study was undertaken to characterize paed...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Morita K,Seki T,Kakizaki H,Takeuchi I,Yamashita T,Chikaraishi T,Kanagawa K,Hirano T,Nonomura K,Koyanagi T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous renal biopsy is a fundamental diagnostic technique. Technical innovations had resulted in an increasing simplicity and safety of the procedure. In this study, 28 kidney biopsies were done using gauge 16 or 18 automated biopsy needle by inexperienced trainees, and patients were allowed full ambulation four...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Al-Wakeel JS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two young men with abacterial prostatitis underwent physical examination, semen analyses, rectal US (TRUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pelvis. Findings on TRUS showed no distinct differences like capsular irregularity, dilatation of the seminal vesicles and calcified foci in the prostate. In MRI ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Atilla MK,Sargin H,Odabaş O,Yilmaz Y,Aydin S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated low dose intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy following transurethral resection (TUR) in 80 patients with superficial bladder cancer. The patients were divided into two groups. Of the Connaught BCG strain 81 mg was given to 40 patients in Group 1 and 54 mg to the remainder of...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Yalçinkaya F,Kamiş L,Ozteke O,Günlüsoy B,Yigitbaşi O,Unal S

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Methylene blue (MB) alone, MB metabolites in the urine and the effect of MB plus alkalization on Candida species were determined. MB was used for the treatment of childhood renal candidiasis (CRC) in 3 patients as an irrigating solution. Besides irrigation, fluconazole 3 mg/kg/day intravenously and MB 0.2 mg/kg/day we...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Aktug T,Olguner M,Akgür FM,Aldirmaz C,Hoşgör M,Yulug N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate whether high peripheral and cavernosal plasma levels of apolipoprotein-(a) [Lp (a)] is an indicator for vasculogenic erectile dysfunction. We determined Lp (a), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels in peripheral and cavernosal blood in 39 patients ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Atahan O,Kayigil O,Hizel N,Metin A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic factors and role of nephrectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. We reviewed 62 cases of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) at presentation to document the factors influencing the survival and to evaluate the role of nephrectomy. Sex and age of the patie...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Uygur MC,Usubütün A,Ozen H,Ayhan A,Kendi S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH), testosterone, prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) and prostatic specific antigen (PSA) were measured in 16 patients with advanced prostatic cancer before and after treatment with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue. An initial rise of serum LH and testos...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sasagawa I,Kubota Y,Nakada T,Suzuki H,Hirano J,Sugano O,Kato H,Imamura A,Mastushita K,Onmura Y,Saito M,Adachi M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To suggest a different method for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in lieu of voiding cystourethrography (VCU), in order to prevent radiation exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty-two ureterorenal units of 26 patients were evaluated ultrasonographically for visualizing the renal collecting systems, both ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Balbay MD,Ozsan O,Ozbek E,Ozkan S,Güneş A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatid disease of the urinary tract is very rare. We report a case of pure renal hydatid cyst, with its clinical presentation and management. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Atan A,Cöl C,Dolapçi M,Hökelek M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term results of microsurgical shunts for idiopathic varicocele are reported in the present paper. Sixty-two patients with a total of 65 varicoceles (three were bilateral) were followed up for 1 to 8 years. Pre- and postoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of varicocele size was considered of great importance...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Flati G,Talarico C,Flati D,La Pinta M,Porowska B,Proposito D,Carboni M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period, hundreds of patients underwent ESWL treatment with the Dornier HM-3 and HM-4 lithotriptors operating at our institution. Our experience in 3,500 patients treated with the HM-4 bath-free lithotriptor is reported. Patients with radiolucent or cystine stones, stones larger than 3 cm or staghorn ca...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kostakopoulos A,Stavropoulos NI,Louras G,Deliveliotis C,Dimopoulos C

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyproterone acetate was given as monotherapy to 18 patients with advanced prostatic carcinoma at a weekly dose of 300 mg. Progression was observed in all of the patients; median time to progression was 35 months and median survival time was 48 months. Partial response, stabilization, progression and exitus rates by ye...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kayigil O,Atahan O,Metin A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis of the urinary tract is a relatively rare condition. Since clinical signs are not specific the diagnosis is difficult and the therapy is not well defined. Two cases and a review of the literature are presented. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sepich CA,Cecchi M,Pampaloni S,Notaro M,Ippolito C,Pagni GL,Fiorentini L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance (IR) and secondary hyperinsulinaemia are major risk factors of atherosclerosis and probably also of related glomerulosclerosis. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), while improving IR in essential hypertension, do not improve it in patients with chronic renal disease. Thus, the combinati...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Stefíková K,Spustová V,Gazdíková K,Krivosíková Z,Dzúrik R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the relative importance of clinicopathological factors potentially affecting the survival of individuals initially diagnosed as having metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), univariate and multivariate analyses using Cox's proportional hazards model were performed for 111 RCC patients who were admitted to f...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Takashi M,Kawai T,Murase T,Wakai K,Ohno Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infertility may occur in patients with unilateral testicular torsion whose contralateral testis is intact. Depending on this observation, the physicians have begun to examine the contralateral testis. In the present prospective study we aimed to examine the histopathologic alterations occurring in the contralateral te...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Koşar A,Sarica K,Küpeli B,Alçiğir G,Süzer O,Küpeli S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report serum apolipoprotein A I (Apo A I) and apolipoprotein B (Apo B) levels were determined in children with chronic renal disease (CRD) during metabolic acidosis, after the correction of metabolic acidosis and in healthy children to look for the effect of metabolic acidosis on Apo A I and B levels. It was f...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Bircan Z,Kaplan A,Soran M,Söker M,Kervancioğlu M,Sahin A,Kilinc M

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Immunosuppressed recipients of organ transplants have a higher incidence of carcinoma than the general population. A retrospective analysis was made at the Department of Urology of Bonn University, investigating 236 renal allograft recipients as to the incidence of neoplasms before and after transplantation. Eleven pa...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Winter P,Schoeneich G,Miersch WD,Klehr HU

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of 50 consecutive patients each, with distal ureteric calculi, were treated by ureteroscopy or in situ ESWL (Dornier HM-4 lithotriptor) in order to establish the effectiveness of ESWL at the distal portion of the ureter. In comparison to ureteroscopy, ESWL for distal ureteral calculi was performed on an out...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Deliveliotis C,Stavropoulos NI,Koutsokalis G,Kostakopoulos A,Dimopoulos C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 68 men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, we evaluated the association between obesity and prostatic enlargement, as well as changes in serum levels of oestradiol, testosterone, dihydroepiandrosterone and dihydroepiandrosterone sulphate. Despite the larger adenomas, no increase in the symptom score for BPH was obse...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Soygür T,Küpeli B,Aydos K,Küpeli S,Arikan N,Müftüoğlu YZ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the management of infertility, in case semen quality is found insufficient and could not be improved by medical means, handling the available spermatozoa in the most beneficial way has been aimed. Thus, artificial insemination with low quality semen has become a therapeutic alternative. In this study homologous art...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Aydin S,Inci O,Alagöl B,Hüseyin I,Kaya E,Dellaloğlu G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00