ABSTRACT Objectives: To investigate the seasonal variations in urinary calcium, serum vitamin D, and urinary volume in patients with a history of nephrolithiasis. Materials and Methods: Patients included were those who completed a 24-hour urine metabolic evaluation on two occasions; one in summer (June...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the impact of the patient position on the outcomes of PCNL among patients with complex renal stones. Material and Methods: From July 2011 to July 2014, we collected prospective data of consecutive patients who underwent PCNL. We included all patients with complex stones (G...
Cálculos Renales/cirugía,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Nefrostomía Percutánea/efectos adversos,
Nefrostomía Percutánea/métodos,
Posicionamiento del Paciente/efectos adversos,
Posicionamiento del Paciente/métodos,
Posición Prona,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Posición Supina,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X,
Resultado del Tratamiento
La cistinuria es una enfermedad genética que se engloba dentro de alteraciones congénitas del transporte de aminoácidos con formación de cálculos en las vías urinarias, si bien es poco frecuente se caracteriza por su elevada recurrencia. En este trabajo presentamos el caso de una paciente de 34 añ...
ABSTRACT Background: Obesity is a worldwide challenging health problem. Weight loss through medical management of obesity has not always been successful, thus, giving rise to the need for surgical intervention. Bariatric surgery has been shown to be helpful for morbidly obese patients. However, studies h...
Cirugía Bariátrica/efectos adversos,
Oxalato de Calcio/metabolismo,
Disfunción Eréctil/fisiopatología,
Derivación Gástrica/efectos adversos,
Infertilidad Masculina/etiología,
Infertilidad Masculina/fisiopatología,
Cálculos Renales/etiología,
Cálculos Renales/fisiopatología,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Obesidad/fisiopatología,
Obesidad/terapia,
Erección Peniana/fisiología,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias/fisiopatología,
Factores de Riesgo
ABSTRACT Phyllanthus niruri (P.niruri) or stone breaker is a plant commonly used to reduce stone risk, however, clinical studies on this issue are lacking. Objective: To prospectively evaluate the effect of P. niruri on the urinary metabolic parameters of patients with urinary lithiasis. Materials and ...
Análisis de Varianza,
Calcio/sangre,
Calcio/orina,
Creatinina/sangre,
Creatinina/orina,
Cálculos Renales/diagnóstico por imagen,
Cálculos Renales/metabolismo,
Cálculos Renales/prevención & control,
Magnesio/orina,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Oxalatos/orina,
Phyllanthus/química,
Potasio/sangre,
Potasio/orina,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Sodio/sangre,
Sodio/orina,
Tés de Hierbas,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Urea/sangre,
Urea/orina,
Ácido Úrico/sangre,
Ácido Úrico/orina
ABSTRACT Purpose: Although the worldwide percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) practice pat- terns determined via a survey sent to members of the Endourological Society have been published, differences in PCNL practice patterns among Latin American urologists based on endourological or lithiasis training ...
Cálculos Renales/cirugía,
América Latina,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Nefrolitotomía Percutánea/educación,
Nefrolitotomía Percutánea/métodos,
Nefrolitotomía Percutánea/normas,
Nefrolitotomía Percutánea/estadística & datos numéricos,
Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina/normas,
Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina/estadística & datos numéricos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Urólogos/educación,
Urólogos/normas,
Urólogos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Urología/educación,
Urología/normas
ABSTRACT A rare condition in itself, acquired hemophilia A, seldom presents as isolated gross hematuria. It is a serious condition with a high mortality rate and thus clinical suspicion followed by prompt diagnosis is imperative (1). In fact, only 8 cases of such presentation of this condition have been ...
ABSTRACT Introduction To present the current practice patterns on percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in a developing country. Materials and Methods A survey was offered to Brazilian urologists during the II International Endourology Symposium held in Sao Paulo, in 2015. The first seven questions were ...
ABSTRACT Purpose To identify the role of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and flexible ureterorenoscopy (f-URS) on the stone recurrence, in the management of 10-20 millimeter lower pole stone (LPS) with medium follow-up outcomes. Materials and Methods The patients' charts which were treated with SWL or f-U...
