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Does MRI help in the pre - operative evaluation of pelvic fracture urethral distraction defect? - a pilot study

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Objectives To study the usefulness of MRI in preoperative evaluation of PFUDD. Can MRI provide additional information on urethral distraction defect (UDD) and cause of erectile dysfunction (ED)? Materials and Methods In this prospective study, consecutive male patients presenting with PFUDD ...

Improvement of erectile dysfunction by the active pepide from urechis unicinctus by high temperature/pressure and ultra - wave assisted lysis in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Introduction: We investigate the effect of active peptide from Urechis unicinctus (UU) by high temperature/pressure and ultra-wave assisted lysis on erectile dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Materials and Methods: Forty 12-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this stud...

Severity of erectile dysfunction is highly correlated with the syntax score in patients undergoing coronariography

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the association between the severity of erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery disease (CAD) in men undergoing coronary angiography for angina or acute myocardial infarct (AMI). Material and Methods We studied 132 males who underwent coronary angiography for f...

Short hairpin RNA targeting insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 restores the bioavailability of insulin-like growth factor-1 in diabetic rats

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate whether intracavernosal injection of short hairpin RNA for IGFBP-3 could improve erectile function in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Materials and methods After 12 weeks of IGFBP-3 short hairpin RNA injection treatment, intracavernous pressure responses to elect...

Qualidade de vida em pacientes submetidos à prostatectomia radical

Rev. eletrônica enferm; 16 (3), 2014
Estudo transversal, com análise descritiva de 81 pacientes submetidos à prostatectomia radical (PR), cujo objetivo foi relacionar a qualidade de vida (QV), segundo o EORTC-QLQ C30, com a faixa etária e tempo pós-operatório. A média etária foi de 65,7 anos. A maioria procurou a urologia, assintomá...

La disfunción eréctil se asocia a elevada prevalencia de obesidad y síndrome metabólico

La disfunción eréctil (DE) afecta a un porcentaje importante de la población masculina y suele estar relacionada con enfermedades endocrino-metabólicas de las cuales la Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) es la que se asocia con mayor frecuencia, aún en pacientes con buen control glucémico. Estas observ...

Disfunción erectil I: epidemiología, factores de riesgo y principales causas
Erectil dysfunction I: epidemiology, risk factors and main causes

Rev. chil. urol; 63 (1), 1998
Se entiende por disfunción eréctil (DE) la incapacidad de alcanzar y mantener una erección de suficiente rigidez para un desempeño sexual satisfactorio. Esta definición, emitida por el panel de expertos en la conferencia de consenso para la impotencia del Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) de los Est...