Issue 4/2008
Content (46 Articles)
Editorial note
VEGF, COX-2, and PCNA expression in renal cell carcinoma subtypes and their prognostic value
Ayhan Dirim, Asuman Nihan Haberal, Mehmet Resit Goren, Mehmet Ilteris Tekin, Levent Peskircioglu, Beyhan Demirhan, Hakan Ozkardes
Impairment of long-term graft function after kidney transplantation by intraoperative vascular complications
Guido Fechner, Carolin von Pezold, Stefan Hauser, Thomas Gerhardt, Hans-Ulrich Klehr, Stefan C. Müller
Transarterial glue embolization in iatrogenic renovascular injuries
Nuri Cagatay Cimsit, Feyyaz Baltacioglu, Ismet Cengic, İhsan Nuri Akpinar, Yalçın Ilker, Levent Turkeri
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in patients with previous open stone surgery
Volkan Tugcu, Fuat Ernis Su, Nadir Kalfazade, Selcuk Sahin, Bedi Ozbay, Ali Ihsan Tasci
Asymptomatic retained surgical gauze towel diagnosed 32 years after nephrectomy
Ibrahim Cevik, Ozdal Dillioglugil, Hakan Ozveri, Atif Akdas
Ovulatory dysuria: a bizarre presentation of crossed non-fused ectopic kidney with extra renal pelvis
Raja R. Gopaldas, Thomas B. Walden
Gender and age differences in blood utilization and length of stay in radical cystectomy: a population-based study
Marylou Cárdenas-Turanzas, Catherine Cooksley, Ashish M. Kamat, Curtis A. Pettaway, Linda S. Elting
Genito-urinary polyps: summary of the 10-year experiences of a single institute
Abhay Kumar, Suren K. Das, Sameer Trivedi, Udai S. Dwivedi, Pratap B. Singh
Metabolic syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa: “smaller twin” of a region’s prostatic diseases?
Chukwunonso E. C. C. Ejike, Lawrence U. S. Ezeanyika
Prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia in a population-based study in Iranian men 40 years old or older
Mohammad Reza Safarinejad
The relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), diagnostic indicators of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and erectile dysfunction in patients with moderate to severely symptomatic BPH
Asim Ozayar, Ali Ersin Zumrutbas, Onder Yaman
Transurethral ethanol ablation of the prostate (TEAP): an effective minimally invasive treatment alternative to traditional surgery for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in high-risk comorbidity patients
Carlo Magno, Giuseppe Mucciardi, Alessandro Galì, Giuseppina Anastasi, Antonino Inferrera, Giuseppe Morgia
Further evidence for null association of phenol sulfotransferase SULT1A1 polymorphism with prostate cancer risk: a case–control study of familial prostate cancer in a Japanese population
Hidekazu Koike, Haruki Nakazato, Nobuaki Ohtake, Hiroshi Matsui, Hironobu Okugi, Yasuhiro Shibata, Seiji Nakata, Hidetoshi Yamanaka, Kazuhiro Suzuki
Expression of p27(Kip1), cyclin D3 and Ki67 in BPH, prostate cancer and hormone-treated prostate cancer cells
David Nikoleishvili, Ambrosi Pertia, Omar Trsintsadze, Nino Gogokhia, Laurent Managadze, Archil Chkhotua
Endobronchial metastasis from prostate cancer
Irini Gerogianni, Stavros Gravas, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Anastassios Terzis, Maria Nakou, Vassilios Tzortzis, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, Michael D. Melekos
Impact of preoperative antiandrogen medication and nerve-sparing surgery on the outcome of radical prostatectomy
J. Hodzic, P. Jedrusik, T. Reckwitz, H.-J. Knopf, K. Golka
Erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease in patient with retroperitoenal fibrosis
Cem Akbal, Yılören Tanıdır, Mahir Bülent Özgen, Ferruh Şimşek
Evaluation of preoperative testicular volume in Japanese children with unilateral cryptorchidism
Hideyuki Kamisawa, Yoshiyuki Kojima, Yutaro Hayashi, Makoto Imura, Kentaro Mizuno, Kenjiro Kohri
Is the presence of venous reflux really significant in the diagnosis of varicocele?
Ali E. Zumrutbas, Berkan Resorlu, Mesut Yesil, Onder Yaman
Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade on apoptotic changes in contralateral testis following unilateral testicular torsion
Gokhan Gokce, Hasan Karboga, Esin Yildiz, Semih Ayan, Yener Gultekin
The clinical features of Fournier’s gangrene and the predictivity of the Fournier’s Gangrene Severity Index on the outcomes
Sahin Kabay, Mehmet Yucel, Faik Yaylak, Mustafa C. Algin, Alper Hacioglu, Burhan Kabay, Ahmet Y. Muslumanoglu
Sertoli cell tumor of the testis: a case with late metastasis
Cuneyt Adayener, Ilker Akyol, Bulent Sen, Ferhat Ates, Abdullah Haholu, Hasan Soydan, Bulent Karagoz
Calcium and the saga of the binders: accumulating controversy, or building consensus?
David J. A. Goldsmith, Adrian Covic
Inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system and chronic kidney disease
Kostas C. Siamopoulos, Rigas G. Kalaitzidis
Challenges in pediatric peritoneal dialysis in Turkey
Mesiha Ekim, Sevcan A. Bakkaloglu, Nejat Aksu, Sema Akman, Aytul Noyan, Lale Sever
Adrenal vein sampling may not be a gold-standard diagnostic test in primary aldosteronism: final diagnosis depends upon which interpretation rule is used
Gregory A. Kline, Adrian Harvey, Charlotte Jones, Michael H. Hill, Benny So, Nairne Scott-Douglas, Janice L. Pasieka
Electronic microarray screening of podocin mutations: a single-center study
Onur Sakallioglu, Faysal Gok, Suleyman Kalman, Davut Gul, Hande Barutcu, Nurcan Cengız, Esra Baskin
Establishing a renal management clinic in China: initiative, challenges, and opportunities
Ai-Hua Zhang, Hui Zhong, Wen Tang, Shao-Yan Chen, Lian He, Song Wang, Chun Yan Su, Xin-Hong Lu, Tao Wang
Comparison of methods for determination of glomerular filtration rate: low and high-dose Tc-99m-DTPA renography, predicted creatinine clearance method, and plasma sample method
Majid Assadi, Mohammad Eftekhari, Mehrdad Hozhabrosadati, Mohsen Saghari, Abdolali Ebrahimi, Iraj Nabipour, Mohammad Zaki Abbasi, Darab Moshtaghi, Moloud Abbaszadeh, Sakineh Assadi
Plasma levels of fibroblast growth factor-23 and mineral metabolism in diabetic and non-diabetic patients on chronic hemodialysis
Fumiko Kojima, Keiko Uchida, Tetsuya Ogawa, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kosaku Nitta
Magnesium supplementation helps to improve carotid intima media thickness in patients on hemodialysis
Faruk Turgut, Mehmet Kanbay, Melike Rusen Metin, Ebru Uz, Ali Akcay, Adrian Covic
Advantages of peritoneal dialysis in comparison to hemodialysis, in cardiac allograft recipients with end stage renal disease
Mufazzal Ahmad, Richardson Robert, Joanne M. Bargman, Dimitrios Oreopoulos
Lymphoma after living donor kidney transplantation: an Iranian multicenter experience
Vahid Pourfarziani, Saeed Taheri, Mahboob Lessan-Pezeshki, Mohammad Hossein Nourbala, Naser Simforoosh, Eghlim Nemati, Khadijeh Makhdoomi, Ali Ghafari, Pedram Ahmadpour, Mohsen Nafar, Behzad Einollahi
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) induced by cyclosporine use in a patient with collapsing focal glomeruloesclerosis
Rodrigo Alves de Oliveira, Lílian Magalhães Fechine, Francisco Costa Neto, José Marcílio Nicodemus, Geraldo B. Silva Jr., Leila S. V. Silva
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Mustafa Altay, Faruk Turgut, Feridun Karakurt, Rustu Kaya, Zafer Ecemis, Namik Gonen, Ali Akcay, Murat Duranay
Spontaneous and simultaneous rupture of both Achilles tendons and pathological fracture of the femur neck in a patient receiving long-term hemodialysis
Kemal Üreten, Mehmet Akif Öztürk, Mustafa Özbek, Selman Unverdi
Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery: a rare complication of Hickman line insertion
Glykeria Petrocheilou, Constantinos Kokkinis, Sotiria Stathopoulou, Loukia Fragopoulou, Petros Mihos, Paraskevi J. Papadaki, Marianna Vlychou
Xanthine oxidase and the beneficial effect of allopurinol on blood pressure and renal function
Xu Duan
Erectile dysfunction in stroke patients: a multifactorial problem with important psychosocial consequences
Kosmas I. Paraskevas, Nikolaos Bessias, Polyvios Pavlidis, Dimitrios Maras, Theofanis T. Papas, Christos D. Gekas, Vassilios Andrikopoulos
Aliskiren: a rapidly, expanding role in the management of recalcitrant hypertension and renal disease
Shailendra Kapoor
Dialysis or not in the very elderly ESRD patient
Mihaela Busuioc, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, Adrian Covic
Vascular access in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease
Nikolaos Bessias, Kosmas I. Paraskevas, Effie Tziviskou, Vassilios Andrikopoulos
Assisted peritoneal dialysis as a method of choice for elderly with end-stage renal disease
Nada Dimkovic, Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos
Promoting functioning and well-being in older CKD patients: review of recent evidence
Nancy G. Kutner