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Ureteral orifice involvement by urothelial carcinoma: long term oncologic and functional outcomes

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: Bladder cancer (BC) may involve the ureteral orifice, and the resection of the orifice has oncological and functional consequences such as development of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), vesicoureteral reflux or ureteral stenosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the on...

Abobotulinum - a toxin injection in patients with refractory idiopathic detrusor overactivity: injections in detrusor, trigone and bladder neck or prostatic urethra, versus detrusor - only injections

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate if the injections of abobotulinum-A toxin in trigone and bladder neck/prostatic urethra in addition to detrusor provides better symptoms relief and urodynamic findings in patients with idiopathic detrusor overactivity (IDO) refractory to medical treatment. Materials and Me...

Open radical prostatectomy reproducing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Involving antegrade nerve sparing and continuous anastomosis

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To present modified RRP using the same method as RALP and compare its surgical outcomes with RALP. Materials and Methods: Demographics, perioperative and functional outcomes of the 322 patients that underwent RRP (N=99) or RALP (N=223) at our institution from January 2011 through June...

What is the quickest scoring system to predict percutaneous nephrolithotomy outcomes? A comparative study among S. T. O. N. E score, guy's stone ccore and croes nomogram

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the application time and the capacity of the nomograms to predict the success of Guy's Stone Score (GSS), S.T.O.N.E. Nephrolithometry (STONE) and Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society nephrolithometric nomogram (CROES) of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL...

Nephrometry scores and perioperative outcomes following robotic partial nephrectomy

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Objectives: Based on imaging features, nephrometry scoring systems have been conceived to create a standardized and reproducible way to characterize renal tumor anatomy. However, less is known about which of these individual measures are important with regard to clinically relevant perioperativ...

A case of retroperitoneal fibrosis responding to steroid therapy

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT A 69-year-old man presented at the hospital with complaints of prolonged stomach pain extending from the week prior. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a low density area in the retroperitoneal space. A radiologist diagnosed the patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis. One week later, an e...

Malformación arteriovenosa pancreática como causa de pancreatitis aguda tratada por vía endovascular
Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation as cause of acute pancreatitis treated by endovascular access

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (6), 2017
La malformación arterio-venosa (MAV) en el páncreas es una anomalía anatómica poco frecuente que puede ser causa de pancreatitis aguda. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 46 años cuyo diagnóstico se sospechó por los hallazgos de la tomografía computarizada con contraste endovenoso y por resona...

Trasplante cardíaco en paciente infectado con el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana
Heart transplantation in an HIV-infected patient

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (6), 2017
Hasta la consolidación del tratamiento antirretroviral combinado, la infección por HIV constituía, debido a su mal pronóstico, una contraindicación para el trasplante de órganos sólidos. El tratamiento antirretroviral combinado prolongó la expectativa de vida de estos pacientes, pero también per...

Sofosbuvir and daclatasvir combination therapy for current hepatitis C virus genotype 4 achieves SVR: a case report of HCV genotype 4 from the Amazon

Abstract Hepatitis C is a worldwide endemic disease. However, hepatitis C virus genotype 4 (HCV GT-4) has rarely been reported in Brazil. HCV GT-4 demonstrates high sustained virological response (SVR). Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old HCV GT-4 positive woman complaining of a headache, nausea, a...

The left atrial appendage revised

Abstract Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is associated with a 4- to 5-fold strokes increase and may be responsible for 15% to 20% of all strokes in the elderly. In this scenario, the left atrial appendage thrombus would be the associated with 90% of cases. The use of anticoagulants, percutaneous devices,...