Issue 1/2012
Content (44 Articles)
Change in Editorship
Management of multiple stones in a single session using minimally invasive methods in infants with renal failure: renal salvage
Ahmet Ozturk, Selcuk Guven, Mesut Piskin, Mehmet Kilinc, Jale Celik, Mehmet Arslan
Changes in interstitial cell of Cajal-like cells density in congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction
Piotr Koleda, Wojciech Apoznanski, Zdzislaw Wozniak, Leslaw Rusiecki, Tomasz Szydelko, Witold Pilecki, Marcin Polok, Dariusz Kalka, Artur Pupka
Complex renal cystic masses: current standards and controversies
Peter Weibl, Tobias Klatte, Matthias Waldert, Mesut Remzi
Fluoroquinolone-resistant acute prostatitis requiring hospitalization after transrectal prostate biopsy: effect of previous fluoroquinolone use as prophylaxis or long-term treatment
Sinan Ekici, Melahat Cengiz, Güven Turan, Esra Ergün Alış
Size of the transrectal ultrasound probe makes no difference in pain perception during TRUS-Bx under adequate local anesthesia
Sefik Koprulu, Ibrahim Cevik, Nuri Unlu, Ozdal Dillioglugil
Urodynamically diagnosed detrusor hypocontractility: should transurethral resection of the prostate be contraindicated?
Rubiao Ou, Chaojie Pan, Hui Chen, Suishan Wu, Xinghua Wei, Xiangrong Deng, Ping Tang, Keji Xie
Concomitant urethral triplication, bladder, and colon duplication
Ali Tourchi, Abdol-Mohammad Kajbafzadeh, Mahshid Khakpour, Payam Mohammadi Nejad, Amir-Abbas Mousavian, Mahdi Kalantary
Metastatic Crohn’s disease of the penis: two cases
Ross Vint, Ehab Husain, Fawad Hussain, Samuel McClinton, Anthony Ormerod
Change of semen quality after foreign travel: a rare presentation of genital schistosomiasis
Amr Hawary, Richard Taylor, Anne McEwans, Richard Napier-Hemy
Plication corporoplasty versus Nesbit operation for the correction of congenital penile curvature. A long-term follow-up
C. Leonardo, C. De Nunzio, P. Michetti, N. Tartaglia, A. Tubaro, C. De Dominicis, G. Franco
Importance of hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy in current urologic practice: a review
Wayne J. G. Hellstrom, Darius Paduch, Craig F. Donatucci
Predictors for spontaneous stone passage in patients with renal colic secondary to ureteral calculi
Stavros Sfoungaristos, Adamantios Kavouras, Petros Perimenis
Role of botulinum toxin-A in refractory idiopathic overactive bladder patients without detrusor overactivity
Prashanth Kanagarajah, Rajinikanth Ayyathurai, Daniel J. Caruso, Christopher Gomez, Angelo E. Gousse
Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: current status, techniques, and future directions
Paurush Babbar, Ashok K. Hemal
Promoter methylation of H-cadherin is a potential biomarker in patients with bladder transitional cell carcinoma
Ying-Li Lin, Xiao-Qiang Liu, Wen-Ping Li, Guang Sun, Chun-Ting Zhang
Significance of smoking status regarding outcomes after radical prostatectomy
Jong Jin Oh, Sung Kyu Hong, Chang Wook Jeong, Seok-Soo Byun, Sang Eun Lee
Impact of newer unidirectional and bidirectional barbed suture on vesicourethral anastomosis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and its comparison with polyglecaprone-25 suture: an initial experience
Ashok K. Hemal, Mayank Mohan Agarwal, P. Babbar
Leydig cell tumor in two brothers with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11-β hydroxylase deficiency: a case report
Pegah Entezari, Abdol Mohammad Kajbafzadeh, Fatemeh Mahjoub, Mohammad Vasei
Diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer in renal-transplant recipients
Saleh Binsaleh
Live donor kidney transplantation: attitudes of patients and health care professionals concerning the pre-surgical pathway and post-surgical follow-up
Evangelos M. Mazaris, Jeremy S. Crane, Anthony Ν. Warrens, Glenn Smith, Paris Tekkis, Vassilios E. Papalois
Effect of nutritional vitamin D preparations on parathyroid hormone in patients with chronic kidney disease
Chrysoula Pipili, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Nigar Sekercioglu, Joanne M. Bargman, Dimitrios D. Oreopoulos
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: from old concepts to novel insights
Mehmet Kanbay, Kultigin Turkmen, Tevfik Ecder, Adrian Covic
Histological heterogeneity of glomerular segmental lesions in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Sekiko Taneda, Kazuho Honda, Keiko Uchida, Kosaku Nitta, Wako Yumura, Hideaki Oda, Michio Nagata
Factors associated with diabetic nephropathy in subjects with proliferative retinopathy
Caroline Jane Magri, Neville Calleja, Gerald Buhagiar, Stephen Fava, Josanne Vassallo
Simple assessment of patient’s stage of chronic kidney disease using eGFR-MDRD nomograms
Sunny Eloot, Bruno Van Vlem, Johan De Meester
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the general population in Romania: a study on 60,000 persons
Vasile Cepoi, Mihai Onofriescu, Liviu Segall, Adrian Covic
The contrast medium volume to estimated glomerular filtration rate ratio as a predictor of contrast-induced nephropathy after primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Yong Liu, Ning Tan, Ying-Ling Zhou, Peng-Cheng He, Jian-Fang Luo, Ji-Yan Chen
Clinical usefulness of lanthanum carbonate for serum phosphate control in difficult patients
J. Almirall, L. Betancourt, V. Esteve, M. P. Valenzuela, T. López, A. Ruiz, J. C. Martínez-Ocaña, X. Calvet
Hemodialysis duration impairs food intake and nutritional parameters in chronic kidney disease patients
Khedidja Mekki, Mustapha Remaoun, Jacques Belleville, Malika Bouchenak
Quality of life and mental health in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: the role of health beliefs
Paraskevi Theofilou
Association of insulin resistance with arterial stiffness in nondiabetic peritoneal dialysis patients
Erhan Tatar, Meltem Sezis Demirci, Fatih Kircelli, Ozkan Gungor, Mehmet Nuri Turan, Ebru Sevinc Ok, Gulay Asci, Mehmet Ozkahya, Ercan Ok
Anemia at one year is an independent risk factor of graft survival
Luís Gustavo Modelli de Andrade, Juliana Maria Gera Abrão, Maria Fernanda Cordeiro Carvalho
Outcome of deceased donor renal transplantation in diabetic nephropathy: a single-center experience from a developing country
Vivek B. Kute, Suraj M. Godara, Pankaj R. Shah, Siddharth H. Jain, D. P. Engineer, Himanshu V. Patel, Manoj R. Gumber, Bipin C. Munjappa, V. V. Sainaresh, Aruna V. Vanikar, Pranjal R. Modi, Veena R. Shah, Hargovind L. Trivedi
Total parathyroidectomy without autotransplantation after renal transplantation for tertiary hyperparathyroidism: long-term follow-up
Hazim M. Sadideen, John D. Taylor, David J. Goldsmith
Peritoneal dialysis in an ageing population: a 10-year experience
Andrew Smyth, Evonne McCann, Lynn Redahan, Barbara Lambert, George J. Mellotte, Catherine A. Wall
Why did I start dialysis? A qualitative study on views and expectations from an elderly cohort of patients with end-stage renal failure starting haemodialysis in the United Kingdom
Stephanie Stringer, Jyoti Baharani
Glutathione S-transferases T1 null genotype is associated with susceptibility to aristolochic acid nephropathy
Bicheng Chen, Yongheng Bai, Mei Sun, Xiaojie Ni, Yunxiu Yang, Yirong Yang, Shaoling Zheng, Feifei Xu, Shengchuan Dai
Repeated intoxication presenting with azotemia, elevated serum osmolal gap, and metabolic acidosis with high anion gap: differential diagnosis, management, and prognosis
Merideth Prevost, Yijuan Sun, Karen S. Servilla, Larry Massie, Robert H. Glew, Antonios H. Tzamaloukas
Fanconi syndrome following honeybee stings
Rapur Ram, Gudithi Swarnalatha, Karanam Kumar Ashok, Hasaagrahara Radhakrishna Madhuri, Kaligotla Venkata Dakshinamurty
Interstitial nephritis and autoimmune pancreatitis: a case report
Monika Merkle, Hermann-Josef Gröne
Aspirin resistance in hemodialysis patients
Abdallah Sassine Geara, Nassif Azzi, Claude Bassil, Suzanne El-Sayegh