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International Urology and Nephrology

Issue 2/2008

Content (50 Articles)

Original Article

The outcome of computed tomography in patients with acute renal colic from a low-volume hospital

L. Lund, U. L. Larsen, E. Andersen, N. T. Mikkelsen, G. Holt

Original Article

Supracostal access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: less morbid, more effective

Sudhir Sukumar, Balagopal Nair, P. Ginil Kumar, K. V. Sanjeevan, H. Sanjay Bhat

Original Article

Does stone dimension affect the effectiveness of ureteroscopic lithotripsy in distal ureteral stones?

Volkan Tuğcu, Ali İhsan Taşcı, Emin Özbek, Bekir Aras, Levent Verim, Levent Gürkan

Orignal Article

Impact of microwave tissue coagulation during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy on postoperative renal function

Takahiro Yasui, Yasunori Itoh, Yoshiyuki Kojima, Yukihiro Umemoto, Keiichi Tozawa, Shoichi Sasaki, Yutaro Hayashi, Kenjiro Kohri

Original Article

Renal cell carcinoma under 35 years of age: comparison of survival rates for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients

Vahudin Zugor, Swetlana Fridel, Berthold Lausen, Günter E. Schott, Reinhard Kühn, Apostolos P. Labanaris

Original Article

Cyclooxygenase-2 expression: Does it have a probable role in tumorigenesis mechanisms of renal cell carcinoma?

Sinan Sozen, Serhat Gurocak, Ozlem Erdem, Cenk Acar, Yakup Kordan, Gulen Akyol, Turgut Alkibay

Original Article

The effect of Darifenacin on overactive bladders in female and male rabbits

Robert M. Levin, Yung-Shun Juan, Catherine Whitbeck, Francisco C. Perez-Martinez, Wei-Yu Lin

Original Article

Urinary bladder leiomyosarcoma in adults

Apostolos P. Labanaris, Vahudin Zugor, Bernd Meyer, Reinhold Nützel, Stephan Helmus, Panagiotis G. Labanaris, Reinhard Kühn

Original Article

Latzko repair for vesicovaginal fistula revisited in the era of minimal-access surgery

Lalgudi Narayanan Dorairajan, Nikhil Khattar, Santosh Kumar, Bipin C. Pal

Original Article

Prognostic significance of Her2/neu overexpression in patients with muscle invasive urinary bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy

Surendra B. Kolla, Amlesh Seth, Manoj K. Singh, Narmada P. Gupta, Ashok K. Hemal, Prem N. Dogra, Rajeev Kumar

Letter to the Editor

Does ivabradine exhibit a role in the reduction of bladder overactivity?

K. Stamatiou, I. Heretis, E. Skoumbourdis

Original Article

Comparison of four different anesthesia methods for relief of all pain during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy

Gurdal Inal, Oztug Adsan, Ozgur Ugurlu, Onur Kaygısız, Murat Kosan, Mesut Cetinkaya

Original Paper

Screening for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen testing in Japanese men on hemodialysis

Toshifumi Kurahashi, Hideaki Miyake, Masashi Shinozaki, Nobutoshi Oka, Atsushi Takenaka, Isao Hara, Yosuke Matsumura, Masato Fujisawa

Original Article

Post-operative drain output as a predictor of bladder neck contracture following radical prostatectomy

Gregory R. Hanson, Erin Odom, Lester S. Borden Jr., Nancy Neil, John M. Corman

Original Article

Long-term control or possible cure? Treatment of stage D2 prostate cancer under chemotherapy using cisplatin and estramustine phosphate followed by maximal androgen blockade

Shinji Urakami, Hiroaki Shiina, Masahiro Sumura, Satoshi Honda, Koji Wake, Takeo Hiraoka, Shogo Inoue, Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Mikio Igawa

Original article

Transurethral resection of ejaculatory ducts in the treatment of complete ejaculatory duct obstruction

Talat Yurdakul, Gurhan Gokce, Ozcan Kilic, M. M. Piskin

Original Paper

Electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with organic erectile dysfunction: comparison with an age-matched control group

Husnu Tokgoz, Onder Yaman, Sadi Gulec, Sedat Soyupek, Savas Sahinli, Kadri Anafarta

Original Article

Circumcision with a new disposable clamp: Is it really easier and more reliable?

Mustafa Aldemir, Murat Çakan, Berk Burgu

Original article

Sperm motility changes after coincubation with various uropathogenic microorganisms: an in vitro experimental study

Mustafa Berktas, Sabahattin Aydin, Yuksel Yilmaz, Kursat Cecen, Hamza Bozkurt

Original Article

A prospective analysis of testicular androgenic function in recipients of a renal allograft

Rajiv Yadav, S. N. Mehta, A. Kumar, S. Guleria, V. Seenu, S. C. Tiwari

Editorial

The promising future of long-term peritoneal dialysis

Dimitrios Oreopoulos, Elias Thodis, Kosmas I. Paraskevas

Review

Metformin: effective and safe in renal disease?

William Guy Herrington, Jeremy B. Levy

Review

Vitamin D, the renin-angiotensin system, and insulin resistance

George Rammos, Paraskevi Tseke, Stavroula Ziakka

Review

Bone and mineral disorders in pre-dialysis CKD

Csaba P. Kovesdy, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

Erratum

Bone and mineral disorders in pre-dialysis CKD

Csaba P. Kovesdy, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

Nephrology - Review

Calciphylaxis: calcific uremic arteriolopathy and the emerging role of sodium thiosulfate

Melvin R. Hayden, David Goldsmith, James R. Sowers, Ramesh Khanna

Original article

Antioxidant and protective effects of silymarin on ischemia and reperfusion injury in the kidney tissues of rats

Faruk Turgut, Omer Bayrak, Ferhat Catal, Reyhan Bayrak, Ali Fuat Atmaca, Akif Koc, Ali Akbas, Ali Akcay, Dogan Unal

Original Article

Glomerulonephritis causing acute renal failure during the course of bacterial infections. Histological varieties, potential pathogenetic pathways and treatment

Jorge I. Zeledon, Robin L. McKelvey, Karen S. Servilla, Diedre Hofinger, Konstantin N. Konstantinov, Suzan Kellie, Yijuan Sun, Larry W. Massie, Michael F. Hartshorne, Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

Original article

Spectrum of renal involvement in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: report of three cases and a brief review of the literature

R. K. Nair, Ambar Khaira, Alok Sharma, Sandeep Mahajan, Amit K. Dinda

Original Paper

Haemodynamic, electrolyte and metabolic changes during percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Medha Mohta, Tarun Bhagchandani, Asha Tyagi, Milan Pendse, A. K. Sethi

original article

Should prevention of chronic kidney disease start before pregnancy?

Guido Filler, Meera S. Rayar, Orlando da Silva, Ilan Buffo, Dion Pepelassis, Ajay P. Sharma

Original Article

Central venous catheters as a vascular access modality for pediatric hemodialysis

Fatina Ibrahim Fadel, Hesham Nabil Abdel Mooty, Hafez Mahmoud Bazaraa, Samar Mohamed Sabry

Original Article

Relationship between aortic valve sclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy in chronic haemodialysis patients

Funda Turkmen, Ayse Emre, Ali Ozdemir, Can Sevinc, Emre Erisken, Kemal Yesilcimen

Original Article

The influence of atherosclerosis and plasma D-dimer concentration in patients with a functioning arteriovenous fistula for maintenance hemodialysis

Radojica V. Stolic, Goran Z. Trajkovic, Vladan M. Peric, Aleksandar N. Jovanovic, Snezana R. Markovic, Sasa R. Sovtic, Gordana Dj. Subaric-Gorgieva

Original Article

The relationship between arteriovenous fistula blood flow rate and pulmonary artery pressure in hemodialysis patients

Gursel Acarturk, Ramazan Albayrak, Mehmet Melek, Seref Yuksel, Ihsan Uslan, Huseyin Atli, Mehmet Colbay, Mehmet Unlu, Fatma Fidan, Zerrin Asci, Soner Cander, Ozcan Karaman, Murat Acar

Original Paper

Long-term evaluation of single bolus high dose ATG induction therapy for prophylaxis of rejection in live donor kidney transplantation

Hussein A. Sheashaa, Ahmed F. Hamdy, Mohamed A. Bakr, Sherif F. Abdelbaset, Mohamed A. Ghoneim

Original Article

Correlation between lipid abnormalities and immunosuppressive therapy in renal transplant recipients with stable renal function

Despina N. Perrea, Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Maria V. Poulakou, Ioannis S. Vlachos, Nikolaos Nikiteas, Alkiviadis Kostakis

Case report

Idiopathic infantile hypercalcemia and renal involvement

O. Sakallioglu, B. Hacihamdioglu, N. Balamtekin, S. Kalman, F. Gok

Case Report

De novo nephrotic syndrome following pegylated interferon alfa 2b/ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection

Jose L. Tovar, Maria Buti, Alfonso Segarra, Joaquim Majó, Rafael Esteban

Case Report

Psoas abscess in a dialysis patient with dialysis-related amyloidosis

Spiros Dovas, Vassilios Liakopoulos, Theodora Simopoulou, Myrto Giannopoulou, Angeliki Kanaki, Georgios Filippidis, Theodoros Eleftheriadis, Ioannis Stefanidis

Case Report

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) presenting as painful lymphocele 12 years after a cadaveric renal transplant

Mohammad S. Khan, Sami Ahmed, Ben Challacombe, David Goldsmith, Michael Steward

Case report

Pyelo-ureteral necrosis after renal transplantation

Goce B. Spasovski, Jelka Masin-Spasovska, Sotir Stavridis, Skender Saiti, Ljupco Lekovski

Letter to the editor

Retroperitoneal plasmacytoma causing renal obstruction

Lazaros C. Gionanlis, Gerasimos I. Bamichas, Christos V. Smias, Valasia N. Tzarou, Kostas I. Sombolos

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