Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.12.07
N. Miranda-Utrera, J. Medina-Polo, M. Pamplona-Casamayor, R. Díaz‐González
{"title":"Postangioplasty Infrequent Complication: A Page Kidney Case Report","authors":"N. Miranda-Utrera, J. Medina-Polo, M. Pamplona-Casamayor, R. Díaz‐González","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.12.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.12.07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86098263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.08.05
Joshua E. Logan, D. Staneck, Mary H. James, J. Lambert, R. Given, R. Lance, M. Fabrizio, S. Riggs
{"title":"Common Laboratory Values Are Unreliable in Identifying the Presence of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Liver and Bones","authors":"Joshua E. Logan, D. Staneck, Mary H. James, J. Lambert, R. Given, R. Lance, M. Fabrizio, S. Riggs","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.08.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.08.05","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83981619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.12.06
Amit Kumar, S. Vaddi, Chandra Mohan, V. Bhaskar, Vijay Kumar Vasanthu
{"title":"Nephron-Sparing Surgery in Renal-Cell Carcinoma in a Second Allografted Kidney: A Rare Case Report","authors":"Amit Kumar, S. Vaddi, Chandra Mohan, V. Bhaskar, Vijay Kumar Vasanthu","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.12.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.12.06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77185426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.04.13
T. Swellam, A. Zayed, Muhammad Ali, Ahmed I. Refaat, M. El-Mahdi, Muhammed M. Wishahy
{"title":"Bladder Tattooing in the Urological Armamentarium: An Experimental Study","authors":"T. Swellam, A. Zayed, Muhammad Ali, Ahmed I. Refaat, M. El-Mahdi, Muhammed M. Wishahy","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.04.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.04.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88795835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.04.04
I. Singh, A. Gupta, V. Agrawal, M. Joshi
{"title":"A Randomized Clinical Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Naftopidil Versus Tamsulosin in Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia","authors":"I. Singh, A. Gupta, V. Agrawal, M. Joshi","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.04.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2013.04.04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89888582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.08
Justius Kok Hui Teo, E. Goh, B. W. Teoh, Kah Ann Git
{"title":"Open ureterolithotomy in an era of endoscopic surgery for a patient with spina bifida: Was it an appropriate decision?","authors":"Justius Kok Hui Teo, E. Goh, B. W. Teoh, Kah Ann Git","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86900611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.10
K. Poh, Chee Kong Christopher Ho, Z. Zainuddin
Ketamine is an anesthetic drug that has been used in clinical settings since the 1960s. Unfortunately, this medication has been abused as a recreational drug among partygoers and youth over the last 30 years. Recently, a lot of evidence has shown the association between chronic ketamine abuse and urinary tract complications. However, not many are aware that chronic ketamine abuse may also be responsible for cholestasis and cholangitis. We report a case of urinary tract complication from chronic ketamine abuse in combination with cholestasis, cholangitis, and early liver cirrhosis related to the drug. Public awareness about ketamine abuse and its complications should be communicated. Physicians should have a high index of suspicion for ketamine abuse in someone presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms along with jaundice, abdominal pain, and abnormal liver function.
{"title":"Chronic Ketamine Abuse Associated with Cholestasis and Cholangitis: A Case Report","authors":"K. Poh, Chee Kong Christopher Ho, Z. Zainuddin","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.10","url":null,"abstract":"Ketamine is an anesthetic drug that has been used in clinical settings since the 1960s. Unfortunately, this medication has been abused as a recreational drug among partygoers and youth over the last 30 years. Recently, a lot of evidence has shown the association between chronic ketamine abuse and urinary tract complications. However, not many are aware that chronic ketamine abuse may also be responsible for cholestasis and cholangitis. We report a case of urinary tract complication from chronic ketamine abuse in combination with cholestasis, cholangitis, and early liver cirrhosis related to the drug. Public awareness about ketamine abuse and its complications should be communicated. Physicians should have a high index of suspicion for ketamine abuse in someone presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms along with jaundice, abdominal pain, and abnormal liver function.","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85656101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-10-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.06
P. Singam, B. Bahadzor, Azlina Abas, T. Hee, C. Ho, G. E. Hong, Z. Zainuddin
{"title":"Prostate cancer detection via transrectal ultrasound biopsy: Vienna nomogram versus sextant/octant biopsy methods","authors":"P. Singam, B. Bahadzor, Azlina Abas, T. Hee, C. Ho, G. E. Hong, Z. Zainuddin","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.10.06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88981758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-08-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.08.07
A. Safwat, N. Bissada, U. Kumar, M. Osman, T. Bakare, E. Eltahawy, S. Heshmat
{"title":"A multi-institutional study demonstrating the safety and efficacy of holmium laser ureterolithotripsy","authors":"A. Safwat, N. Bissada, U. Kumar, M. Osman, T. Bakare, E. Eltahawy, S. Heshmat","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.08.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.08.07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"112 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76538851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-08-01DOI: 10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.08.03
Sivaneswaran Lechmiannandan, E. Goh, B. W. Teoh, Kah Ann Git
{"title":"A Rare Case of Fungus Balls of the Urinary Bladder Due to Candida Tropicalis","authors":"Sivaneswaran Lechmiannandan, E. Goh, B. W. Teoh, Kah Ann Git","doi":"10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.08.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3834/UIJ.1944-5784.2012.08.03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23406,"journal":{"name":"Urotoday International Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75836777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}