Apr 22, 2024

Recent studies have introduced the weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) as a viable obesity indicator that may better reflect centripetal obesity and its associated risks. In examining the ...

Mar 07, 2024

Flexible cystoscopy is a common procedure to diagnose and treat lower urinary tract conditions. Single-use cystoscopes have been introduced to eliminate time-consuming reprocessing and costly repairs....

Feb 19, 2024

Escherichia coli is a commensal bacterial species in the human gastrointestinal tract; however, it could be pathogenic and cause severe infections in intra and extra-intestinal sites. Uropathogenic E....

Feb 19, 2024

The pharmacological modulation of disease-relevant carbohydrate-protein interactions represents an underexplored area of medicinal chemistry. One particular challenge in the design of glycomimetic com...

Feb 12, 2024

Obstetric fistula (OF) repair surgery aims to restore the anatomical and functional integrity of the urinary tract, allowing affected women to regain their dignity and quality of life. However, in som...

Jan 22, 2024

UK guidelines for managing adults with Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN), published by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) in 2016, outline a set of audit stand...

Jan 15, 2024

To compare the efficacy and the safety of Tamsulosin 0.4 mg/day and 0.8 mg/day in patients suffering from lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic obstruction.A prospective interventiona...

Dec 11, 2023

Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic (VEXAS) syndrome is an acquired autoinflammatory monogenic disease with a poor prognosis whose determinants are not well understood. We aimed t...

Nov 13, 2023

CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu) disproportionately affects young people in Central America who lack traditional CKD risk factors (diabetes and hypertension) and has instead been variably linked to heat...

Nov 13, 2023

Can we monitor post-oocyte retrieval infections in the French national health data system to complement the French ART vigilance system?Medico-administrative databases provide a more comprehensive vie...

Nov 06, 2023

We aimed to develop and validate a preoperative nomogram that predicts low-grade, non-muscle invasive upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (LG-NMI UTUC), thereby aiding in the accurate selection o...

Oct 23, 2023

To assess the incidence of concomitant vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in unilateral cases of ureteropelvic junction obstruction(UPJO) and to identify factors that predict VUR.Files of 381 pediatric patie...

Oct 16, 2023

To report pediatric renal trauma experiences at the National Center for Child Health and Development in Japan according to the Japanese Association for the Surgery of Trauma (JAST) classification 2008...

Oct 02, 2023

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the severity of bladder functions, fatigue, quality of life (QoL), fall, and pelvic floor muscle strength in patients with Multiple Scle...

Sep 18, 2023

Early B-cell factor 3 (EBF3) is a transcription factor involved in neuronal differentiation and maturation. Pathogenic variants are associated with hypotonia, ataxia, and delayed development syndrome ...

Sep 18, 2023

Nested (NUC) and large nested (LNUC) subtypes of urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract are exceedingly rare. This has contributed to the paucity of information regarding their clinicopatholo...

Sep 11, 2023

Iatrogenic urinary tract injury (IUTI) is a severe complication of emergency digestive surgery. It can lead to increased postoperative morbidity and mortality and have a long-term impact on the qualit...

Sep 04, 2023

This study compares the clinical and microbiological efficacy of ceftolozane/tazobactam (CTLZ/TAZ) and piperacillin/tazobactam (PIPC/TAZ) for treating complicated cystitis or acute pyelonephritis.Pati...

Aug 28, 2023

Cervical cancer (CC) patients receiving indwelling catheterization after radical hysterectomy (RH) are vulnerable to urinary tract infection (UTI). However, no model or method is available to predict ...

Aug 28, 2023

Crossed renal ectopy (CRE) is a very rare congenital kidney anomaly. CRE is usually asymptomatic and is most often discovered incidentally, but the patient may sometimes develop various renal manifest...