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Perineal urethrostomy: A single-stage viable option for complex anterior urethral strictures
Introduction: Perineal urethrostomy (PU) is a valid single stage option with maximum success to manage complex anterior urethral strictures. Aims: To evaluate the functional outcome of permanent PU using the Blandy technique in older patients or PU with ...
Mukesh Chandra Arya+6 more
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Gas-Containing Kidney Stones: A Case Report [PDF]
Gas-containing kidney stones are rare cases. The available literature about gas in the kidneys, usually only discusses and distinguishes between two things, namely emphysematous pyelonephritis and emphysematous pyelitis, after getting rid of recent upper
Ayusta, I Made Dwijaputra+2 more
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Generalized and Transferable Patient Language Representation for Phenotyping with Limited Data [PDF]
The paradigm of representation learning through transfer learning has the potential to greatly enhance clinical natural language processing. In this work, we propose a multi-task pre-training and fine-tuning approach for learning generalized and transferable patient representations from medical language.
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Genomic copy number variation association study in Caucasian patients with nonsyndromic cryptorchidism [PDF]
Copy number variation (CNV) is a potential contributing factor to many genetic diseases. Here we investigated the potential association of CNV with nonsyndromic cryptorchidism, the most common male congenital genitourinary defect, in a Caucasian ...
Abrams, Debra J.+17 more
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Experimental Prophylaxis of Antibiotics in Urological Patients [PDF]
This article provides an analysis of the main provisions of the methods of antibacterial prevention before surgery and the basic requirements for antibacterial prevention drugs. Approaches to empirical antibiotic prophylaxis in operations on the kidneys,
Farkhodovich , Rakhimov Farrukh+1 more
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Background Haemodialysis can negatively impact quality of life and mental health. Arts-based interventions used successfully in other settings to improve health and well-being, could help address the impact of haemodialysis.
Claire Carswell+18 more
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Accommodating heterogeneous missing data patterns for prostate cancer risk prediction [PDF]
Objective: We compared six commonly used logistic regression methods for accommodating missing risk factor data from multiple heterogeneous cohorts, in which some cohorts do not collect some risk factors at all, and developed an online risk prediction tool that accommodates missing risk factors from the end-user.
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IN THE ORIGINS OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC UROLOGY
The article notes that the problems of urology of the first half of the XX century were worked out by joint efforts of surgeons and urologists who distinguished their discipline as a narrow specialty from clinical surgery.
T. Sh. Morgoshiia
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Phytotherapy and treatment of cystitis: current trends
The treatment of lower urinary tract infections, in particular cystitis, remains an urgent problem of modern medicine. The high prevalence of the disease, formation of resistant strains of causative microorganisms, a change in microbiota, and a limited ...
D.D. Ivanov
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Chlamydia control activities in Europe: cross-sectional survey [PDF]
Background: Chlamydia is the most commonly reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection in Europe. The objective of the Screening for Chlamydia in Europe (SCREen) project was to describe current and planned chlamydia control activities in Europe.
A. Martin Hilber+23 more
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