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Long-term Outcomes of Augmentation Enterocystoplasty in Patients With End-Stage Bladder Diseases: A Single-Institute Experience Involving 102 Patients [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Neurourology Journal, 2017
Purpose Augmentation enterocystoplasty (AE) has been shown to improve clinical symptoms in patients with end-stage bladder disease (ESBD). Herein, we report the long-term outcomes of a series of patients with different etiologies of ESBD who received AE.
Shu-Yu Wu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic urethrocystoscopy: A five-year review of indications and findings in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

open access: yesIbom Medical Journal, 2022
Background: Urethrocystoscopy is defined as endoscopic visualization of the urethra and the urinary bladder for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of diseases of the lower urinary tract.
Abdullahi M, Alhassan SU
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic Value of Combination of MicroRNA-192 in Urinary Sediment and B-Ultrasound for Bladder Cancer

open access: yesTechnology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2020
Objective: We aimed to explore the diagnostic value of microRNA-192 expression in urinary sediment combined with B-ultrasound in the diagnosis of bladder cancer.
Fuquan Jiang PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS AS A PLAUSIBLE CAUSE OF OVERACTIVE BLADDER IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: A HYPOTHESIS

open access: yesCentral Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, 2022
Patients with chronic inflammatory disease of the bladder, known as interstitial cystitis (IC), tend to have autoimmune diseases, such as Sjogren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis and, rarely, systemic sclerosis (SSc ...
Neslihan Gokcen
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal management of urinary tract infections in older people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in older people. Unfortunately, UTI is commonly overdiagnosed and overtreated on the basis of nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms.
Beveridge, Louise A.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Host and bacterial proteases influence biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of enterococcal catheter-associated urinary tract infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Urinary tract infections: targeting enzymes might help Identifying bacterial and host enzymes that support biofilm formation may help prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters.
Caparon, Michael G   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Neurogenic Bladder

open access: yesAdvances in Urology, 2012
Congenital anomalies such as meningomyelocele and diseases/damage of the central, peripheral, or autonomic nervous systems may produce neurogenic bladder dysfunction, which untreated can result in progressive renal damage, adverse physical effects ...
Peter T. Dorsher, Peter M. McIntosh
doaj   +1 more source

Congenital Disorders of the Human Urinary Tract: Recent Insights From Genetic and Molecular Studies

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
The urinary tract comprises the renal pelvis, the ureter, the urinary bladder, and the urethra. The tract acts as a functional unit, first propelling urine from the kidney to the bladder, then storing it at low pressure inside the bladder which ...
Adrian S. Woolf   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vitamin D-deficient mice have more invasive urinary tract infection. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem with consequences not limited to bone and calcium hemostasis. Low levels have also been linked to tuberculosis and other respiratory infections as well as autoimmune diseases.
Olof Hertting   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Man With Urinary Retention by Fecaloma: A Case Report

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2022
Fecaloma is a very hard stool often located in the rectum of the sigmoid colon. A 63-year-old man with abdominal distention and urinary retention was admitted to an emergency department. Abdominal CT scans showed a urinary bladder displaced by fecaloma.
Hamed Aminiahidashti   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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