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... The authors concluded that ESWL with the Siemens Lithostar-plus is the most effective and cost-efficient in morbidly obese patients with pelvic stones sized between 6 and 20 mm. The incr[r] ... See full document

... The authors concluded the late arterial phase images obtained at 25 sec adequately demonstrated renal arteries and the right and left renal veins in all subjects, but in 7% and 16% of th[r] ... See full document

... 2. Matsuda T, Yasumoto R, Tsujino T: Laparoscopic treat- ment of a retrocaval ureter. Eur Urol. 1996; 29: 115-8. 3. Salomon L, Hoznek A, Balian C, Gasman D, Chopin DK, Abbou CC: Retroperitoneal laparoscopy of a ... See full document

... Conclusions: This statistically validated functional voiding problems symptom score may provide accurate, objective and scientific bases to grade the symptoms in comparative research, di[r] ... See full document

... After three years of follow-up, the authors noted that estrogen was found to be associated with a statistically greater increase of urinary incontinence in women with prior hysterectomy [r] ... See full document

... Overall 47% of darifenacin treated subjects compared with 20% receiving placebo achieved a 30% increase or greater in mean warning time (OR 5.6, p = 0.009). Median and minimum warning ti[r] ... See full document

... Purpose: We primarily compared the effectiveness of combined pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and duloxetine with imitation PFMT and placebo for 12 weeks in women with stress urinary [r] ... See full document

... After extensive investigation in animals, the authors transposed to clinical setting their experience with a new approach to create left continent colonic access to shorten the duration [r] ... See full document

... The authors clearly give the most important cause: sampling more extensively on the initial biopsy (extended biopsy) detects many associated cancers, such that when only high-grade intra[r] ... See full document

... Methods: The authors reviewed the medical records of 1,856 patients with abdominal gunshot wounds (1,405 anterior, 451 posterior) admitted during an 8-year period in a busy academic leve[r] ... See full document

... Other investigators have likewise demonstrated that SWL treatment of patients with high grade or complete obstruction is associated with acceptable stone free rates and results in resolu[r] ... See full document

... Other investigators have likewise demonstrated that SWL treatment of patients with high grade or complete obstruction is associated with acceptable stone free rates and results in resolu[r] ... See full document

... Figure 4 – A) The dotted line shows the incision site of the upper pole; B) The incised upper pole; C) Internal view of the upper pole, showing the incision site; D) Internal view of [r] ... See full document

... The physical examination showed a poly- poid lesion measuring approximately 4 cm at its longer length originating from the distal third of the urethra and exteriorizing through the exter[r] ... See full document

... However, only 1% of patients with renal cell carci- noma have metastases confined only to the head and neck, and solitary cervical metastatic mass, as in our patient, is rare. Usually, t[r] ... See full document

... We report on one case where the patient had a recurring mass located in the vesicouterine space that caused irritative urinary symptoms, which was confirmed as uterine cervix neurofibrom[r] ... See full document

... Whether to use the ureteral catheter or not is a controversial issue in urinary stone surgery (16). The presence of a double-J stent makes identifica- tion of the ureter in the retroperitoneum easier, how- ever it ... See full document

... Intraoperatively, a laparoscopic flexible ul- trasound color Doppler probe is introduced through a 10/12 mm port and positioned in direct contact with the surface of the kidney. Information regarding tu- mor size, depth ... See full document

... ESWL should not be considered as the first line of treatment in the morbidly obese patients with low caliceal stones where the stone was positioned more than 1 cm from the focal point on[r] ... See full document

... Patients under 52 years of age and patients with neoplasia of the uterine cervix benefited most from the percutaneous nephrostomy when com- pared to patients with hormone therapy-refract[r] ... See full document