The Effects of Local Administration of Aminophylline on Transureteral Lithotripsy by Ayyoub Barzegarnezhad, Abolfazl Firouzian, Seyed Abdollah Emadi, Nadali Mousanejad, Roksana Bakhshali

“…In this double-blind randomized clinical trial, 120 patients with ureteral stones were enrolled and randomized into two groups. The bladder was drained and then received a 150 mL irrigation solution. …”
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Outcome of Treatment of Anterior Vaginal Wall Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence with Transobturator Tension-Free Vaginal Mesh (Prolift) and Concomitant Tension-Free Vaginal... by Ashraf Abou-Elela, Essam Salah, Haitham Torky, Sameh Azazy

“…There were no vessel or bladder injuries. Eighteen patients had optimal anatomic results and 2 patients had persistent asymptomatic stage I prolapse. …”
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Deep visual proteomics reveals DNA replication stress as a hallmark of signet ring cell carcinoma by Sonja Kabatnik, Xiang Zheng, Georgios Pappas, Sophia Steigerwald, Matthew P. Padula, Matthias Mann

“…We employed Deep Visual Proteomics (DVP), which combines AI-directed cell segmentation and classification with laser microdissection and ultra-high sensitivity mass spectrometry, for cell-type-specific proteomic analysis of SRCC across the bladder, prostate, seminal vesicle, and a lymph node of a single patient. …”
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A Case of GATA3 Positive Pleomorphic Liposarcoma, Epithelioid Variant: A Diagnostic Pitfall by Makoto Abe, Nobuo Hoshi, Sayuri Hoshi, Kaoru Hirabayashi, Kazutaka Kikuta, Toru Hirozane, Rumi Nakagawa, Tsukasa Mizuno, Hiroshi Nakamura, Koichi Inoue, Takehiko Yamaguchi

“…The combination of CAM 5.2 and GATA3 staining suggested the possibility of metastatic cancer, but systemic clinical examinations did not detect any presence of a primary tumor, including urinary bladder, breasts, and salivary glands. The pathological diagnosis of pleomorphic liposarcoma, epithelioid variant, was made because of the presence of malignant lipoblasts. …”
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Movement disorders that occurred as late manifestations of Alzheimer’s disease controlled by a low dose of carbamazepine by Patrick Manckoundia, Jérémie Vovelle, Sylvia Cancemi, Rachid Mahmoudi, Thomas Renoncourt

“…The episodes lasted 30 minutes, were involuntary, uncontrollable, anarchic, predominantly in the upper limbs, and without loss of consciousness or bladder control. An electroencephalogram ruled out atypical epilepsy. …”
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Multimodality Registration without a Dedicated Multimodality Scanner by Bradley J. Beattie, Gregor J. Förster, Ricardo Govantes, Carl H. Le, Valerie A. Longo, Pat B. Zanzonico, Luc Bidaut, Ronald G. Blasberg, Jason A. Koutcher

“…Soft tissue movement was predominantly the result of the filling (or emptying) of the urinary bladder and thus largely constrained to this region. …”
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A Rare Anomaly of Biliary System: MRCP Evidence of a Cystic Duct Cyst by Cemil Goya, Mehmet Serif Arslan, Alpaslan Yavuz, Cihad Hamidi, Suzan Kuday, Mehmet Hanifi Okur, Bahattin Aydogdu

“…In our case, the abdominal ultrasonography (US) performed on a 6-year-old female patient who presented with pain in the right upper quadrant pointed out an anechoic cyst at the neck of the gall bladder. Based on the magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) results, a cystic dilatation was diagnosed in the cystic duct. …”
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Predictive Model for Estimating Prostate Resection Size in Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Okwudli C. Amu, Solomon K. Anyimba

“…Background: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is widely recognized as the gold standard surgical treatment for patients experiencing bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). …”
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Subpubic Cartilaginous Pseudocyst: Orthopedic Feature with Urological Consequences by Fawzy Farag, Ingrid van der Geest, Christina Hulsbergen-van de Kaa, John Heesakkers

“…MRI showed almost the same findings in both cases: midline, rounded, and cystic mass ~3×3×4 cm, anterosuperior to the urethra, and posteroinferior to the pubic symphysis, with normal features of the urinary bladder. Open surgical excision of theses lesions was performed in both patients. …”
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Abdominal plexiform neurofibroma. Case report by José Rolando Rodríguez Núñez, Fernando Karel Fonseca Sosa, Juan Guillermo Bauzá López, Pedro Rafael Casado Mendez

“…During the intraoperative period, an abdominal tumor adhered to the posterior face of the bladder and the sacrum was identified. The tumor was completely resected. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Adult Tethered Cord Syndrome Associated with Severe Chest and Upper Back Pain by Shotaro Kanda, Toru Akiyama, Hirotaka Chikuda, Takehiko Yamaguchi, Kazuo Saita

“…Adult tethered cord syndrome (ATCS) is a rare entity that usually presents with multiple neurological symptoms, including lower extremity pain, backache, lower extremity muscle weakness, and bowel/bladder disturbances. Prompt surgical treatment is often necessary to avoid permanent sequelae. …”
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Possible Role of Large Fluid Intake in Delaying Formation of Encrustations and, thereby, Prolonging Working Life of Memokath Stent for Nearly 14 Years in a Spinal Cord Injury Patie... by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M. Soni, Peter L. Hughes, Gupreet Singh

“…Further, Memokath stents have not yet been approved in the U.S. either for bladder outlet obstruction or detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. …”
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Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphism of p16 gene in cytological samples of patients with oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) by Neetu Oommen, Vasanthi V, Ramya Ramadoss, Rajkumar Krishnan

“…Frequent homozygous deletions of the pl6 gene have been reported in many tumor cell lines including the brain, breast, osteosarcomas, melanomas, kidney, bladder, and ovary. Materials and methods: 5 patients without any tobacco using habit were included in group I as controls. 10 clinically and histopathologically confirmed cases of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) [oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) −7 & leukoplakia (moderate dysplasia) −3] were included in group II. 10 clinically and histopathologically confirmed cases of OSCC were categorized as group III. …”
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Differences in Home Health Nursing Care for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Stage of Progress: Patients in Hoehn and Yahr Stages III, IV, and V by Yumi Iwasa, Izumi Saito, Miyoko Suzuki

“…In stage V, assistance with hygiene, bedsore management, urine withdrawal/bladder catheters, and other excretory aids were among the most common forms of nursing care provided. …”
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Exploring the prognosis of calponin h1 in carcinogenesis: A novel target in biomedical research by Roshna Sankar, Sharon John, Priya Devi, Sameer Gupta, Shalini Gupta

“…Calponin plays varied roles in different types of cancer, such as stomach adenocarcinoma, bladder, colorectal, oral malignancies, fibrosarcoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma, breast and leiomyosarcoma. …”
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The relaxant effect of Tamsulosin in the vascular reactivity of goat isolated renal artery by Aveen Muhsin Asaad, Ismail Salih Ibraheem Kakey

“…Alpha-blockers including tamsulosin, are medications that relax muscles in the urinary tract to facilitate stone passage into the bladder. This research aimed to investigate the possible action of tamsulosin (1 × 10-3 – 10-8 M), in the vascular reactivity of goat isolated renal artery by using the organ bath and PowerLab data acquisition system. …”
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A Unique Case of Incomplete Bifid Ureter and Associated Arterial Variations by Shivika Ahuja, Hannah Sullivan, Mark Noller, Yun Tan, Daniel Daly

“…These two contributions descended 12.4 cm and 10.6 cm, respectively, posterior to the left aberrant renal artery and lateral to the left ovarian artery before uniting anterior to the psoas major muscle to descend 12.7 cm to the bladder. Significance. While the duplex kidney is a relatively common congenital anomaly that can be asymptomatic, it can also potentially be associated with compression of renal vasculature or the ureter. …”
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Presentación inusual de la enfermedad de Pott: reporte de un caso by Ana Silva Rocha, Marina Henriques Mendes

“…He had been diagnosed with bladder urothelial carcinoma and underwent transurethral-resection and BCG-instillation the year before. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Urinary Retention Following Vaginal Delivery by Nadia Al-Dujaili, Mohanad Albayyaa, Mazin Al-Dujaili, Shahla Alaf

“…PPUR was defined as failure to void spontaneously within six hours post-delivery or a post-void bladder volume >150 cc. Results: PPUR was observed in 49 (9.8%) women. …”
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Histological Inflammation in Human Ureter either Healthy or Fitted with Double-Pigtail Stent or a Thin 0.3 F Suture Thread: A Preliminary Study by Benoît Vogt, Ilham Chokri

“…After consent and inclusion of patients in the protocol, fifteen segments of ureters were collected during cystectomy procedures for bladder tumors. Ureteral inflammation was assessed on the histological section stained with hematoxylin-eosin. …”
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