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Knotted ureteral catheter in an 83-year-old man: case presentation and urological non-invasive management in the elderly
Ureteral catheters are important devices in the management of upper urinary tract obstruction; severe complications due to insertion or stent permanence are unusual. We report the clinical case and management ...
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Noninvasive management of obstructing ureteral stones using electromagnetic extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
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Efficacy of expulsive therapy using nifedipine or tamsulosin, both associated with ketoprofene, after shock wave lithotripsy of ureteral stones
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is currently considered one of the main treatments for ureteral stones. Some studies have reported the effectiveness of pharmacologic therapies (calcium antagonists...
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Laparoscopic telementored adrenalectomy: The Italian experience
Laparoscopy is widely accepted as the gold standard for adrenalectomy. Telementoring has been developed to reduce the complications associated with surgeon inexperience. We report our preliminary experience wi...
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A knotted multi-length ureteral stent: a rare complication
Ureteral catheters represent essential devices in the management of upper urinary tract obstruction; complications are unusual. Knotting of the stent at its proximal coiled end is a very rare but potentially d...
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Saphenous vein harvesting by ‘strip**’ technique and ‘W’-shaped patch covering after plaque incision in treatment of Peyronie's disease
Harvesting of the saphenous vein tract by means of leg strip** is proposed in the treatment of Peyronie's disease. The technique of W-shaped saphenous vein after plaque incision to correct severe penile defo...
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Long-term results with Nesbit's procedure as treatment of Peyronie's disease
The objective was to assess sexual function at long-term follow-up after the Nesbit operation for Peyronie's disease.
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Surgical Treatment
The association between erectile dysfunction and decreased arterial flow deficiency to the corpus cavernosum was demonstrated for the first time by Leriche in 1923 [1]. He described a clinical syndrome charact...
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Experimental varicocoele in the rat — A new experimental model
In this paper the impregnating ability of rats in whom a varicocoele was induced according to principles described in a previous work was assessed. The animals, 20 adult male Wistar rats, were subdivided into ...
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Experimental varicocoele in the rat — A new experimental model
A new experimental model of a varicocoele in the rat is proposed. The study has been carried out on the Wistar rat in which the gonadal vein enters into the iliac vein. A varicocoele was induced in different w...