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Urethral Stricture Disease: Challenges and Ongoing Controversies [PDF]

Advances in Urology, 2016
Management of urethral stricture disease presents constant challenge for all reconstructive urologists. Urethral stricture disease is generally defined as stenoses that are typically long, involving broad areas of varying spongiofibrosis, and result from inflammation and/or infection, rather than trauma.
Miroslav L. Djordjevic, Francisco E. Martins, Vladimir Kojovic, Dmitry Kurbatov   +3 more
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Does salinity make a difference—Kidney anatomy of Saimaa (Pusa saimensis) and Baltic ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract As habitat salinity markedly differs between the endangered, freshwater‐dwelling Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa saimensis Nordquist, 1899) and the brackish water‐inhabiting Baltic ringed seal (Pusa hispida botnica Gmelin, 1788), we investigated whether this difference has resulted in morphological changes to their kidneys.
Heini Nihtilä, Juha Laakkonen
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Comparison of Effectiveness between Tension-Free Vaginal Tape (TVT) and Trans-Obturator Tape (TOT) in Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence and Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The aim of this study was to compare the two types of mid-urethral slings for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD).This retrospective study included patients who underwent tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure ...
Hyeong Gon Kim, Hyoung Keun Park, Sung Hyun Paick, Woo Suk Choi   +3 more
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Paediatric development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review focuses on the development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics for paediatric use. Nuclear medicine plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of various childhood conditions, including cancers, infections and brain disorders.
Justin L. Hay, Amandine Manon, Hunter Stephens, S. Y. Amy Cheung, Bart de Keizer, Erik T. te Beek   +5 more
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Experimental application of tissue engineered constructions for urethroplasty

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2021
Introduction. For diseases such as stricture and obliteration of the urethra, urethral hypospadias, reconstructive operations are required. The buccal mucosa is the material most commonly used for these operations.
A. A. Gorelova, A. N. Muraviov, T. I. Vinogradova, A. I. Gorelov, N. M. Yudintceva, Yu. A. Nashchekina, I. A. Samusenko, P. K. Yablonsky   +7 more
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Urethral stricture disease: Measuring success in treatment [PDF]

Canadian Urological Association Journal, 2012
Urethral stricture disease and its management are complex. The UREThRAL stricture score (USS) as described by Wiegand and Brandes is a novel method to describe and quantify urethral stricture disease.1 To develop the USS, they chose factors they believed to be important and assigned a point value to each domain.
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Learning with Patient Campaigners About a German Drug Scandal

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
The West German drug Duogynon is internationally marketed as a “hormone pregnancy test” (HPT) between the 1950s and 1980s. In the late 1960s, it comes under suspicion for inducing miscarriage, spina bifida, and a spectrum of birth defects similar to those caused by the sedative thalidomide.
Jesse Olszynko‐Gryn, Birgit Nemec, Anja Suter, Edmund Bolger   +3 more
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Surgical treatment of anterior urethral stricture diseases: brief overview

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2007
We performed an up-to-date review of the surgical techniques suggested for the treatment of anterior urethral strictures. References for this review were identified by searching PubMed and MEDLINE using the search terms "urethral stricture" or ...
Guido Barbagli, Massimo Lazzeri
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Autonomic Plexuses of the Female Sexual Organs Travel Within Pubocervical and Rectovaginal [Endopelvic] Fascia: A Rationale for ‘Nerve‐Aware’ Vaginal Prolapse Repair

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The connective tissue support of female pelvic viscera—endopelvic fascia—has been studied in fetal and immunohistochemical models to demonstrate its relationship with the autonomic nerves of the female pelvis. Due to a paucity of literature examining the gross anatomical relationships between endopelvic fascia and autonomic nerves in adult ...
Stephen Magliocchetti, Benjamin Laxer, Leyla Spennato, Norah Alturki, Queena Chou, Tyler S. Beveridge   +5 more
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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Colchicine, Pirfenidone and Prednisolone in Preventing Stricture Due to Inflammation as a Result of Urethral Mucosal Damage in Rats

Journal of Urological Surgery
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral use of drugs with anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties that are used in the treatment of many diseases in clinical practice in rats with stenosis caused by urethral damage. Materials and Methods:
Fatih Fırat, Kenan Yalçın, Fikret Erdemir, Fikret Gevrek   +3 more
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