Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) intravesical instillation therapy is a widely used treatment for bladder cancer; however, an infectious aneurysm has been reported as a rare complication. A 76-year-old man who underwent BCG intravesical instillation therapy for bladder cancer presented with prolonged dull back pain for 3 months.
The immunophenotype of bladder cancer plays a pivotal role in the prognosis of cancer, but the effect of different epigenetic factors on different immunophenotypes in bladder tumours remains unclear.
Alicia Morgans: Hi, my name is Alicia Morgans and I’m a GU medical oncologist and associate professor of medicine at Northwestern University. I’m so excited to have here with me today Dr. Dan George, who is a professor of medicine and surgery at Duke, as well as Dr. Neal Shore, who is the director of […]
High-altitude polycythemia (HAPC) is a common disease in high-altitude areas characterized by excessive erythrocyte proliferation and severe hypoxemia. Recently, the incidence of ureteral calculi has risen.
Background: Bladder stones (BS) are rare in children. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) seems to be nowadays the procedure of choice to treat pediatric patients with BS. This study aimed to analyze retrospectively our experience with percutaneous cystolithotomy, endourological treatment with Holmium laser and robotic cystolithotomy in children with BS.
To evaluate the safety of one-day length of hospital stay (LOS) after pediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL), and to study the predictors of LOS. A retrospective study included pediatric patients who PNL for renal calculi more than 1 cm between January 2016 and October 2019.
Continent cutaneous ileocecocystoplasty (CCIC) involves reconfiguring the ileocecal segment for use as a bladder augment and continent catheterizable channel. CCIC requires release of the hepatic flexure of the colon, which necessitates a longer midline laparotomy than would be required for a standard bladder augmentation.
Parastomal and ventral hernias are common complications in patients with continent catheterizable channels or incontinent urinary diversions. Patients with neurogenic bladder are at particularly high risk due to weak abdominal wall musculature, and hernia repair often requires resiting of their stoma.
Urinary stone disease is a common condition. We investigated the usefulness of medical treatment for infants with urinary stones 5 mm or smaller. The study included 197 infants (86 girls and 111 boys) with urolithiasis ≤ 5 mm who were referred to our Department of Nephrology between 2014 and 2016.
Nephrolithiasis is associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease, and its incidence varies with age. However, little is known on the combined impact of aging and declining renal function on urinary risk factors for calcium oxalate stone formation.
