OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of stenting ureteroenteric anastomoses on postoperative stricture rate and gastrointestinal recovery in continent and noncontinent urinary diversions (UDs). PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and pathologic data on 192 consecutive patients who underwent a radical cystectomy and UD. Patients received either a continent or noncontinen...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS  Fixation of an esophageal self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) with an over-the-scope-clip (OTSC) system for a benign stricture to prevent migration has been reported. However, the efficacy of SEMS fixation with an OTSC for malignant esophageal stricture remains unclear. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the feasibility of SEMS fixation with an OTSC fo...

INTRODUCTION: A modern principle of treatment for obstructive pathologies salivary glands is saving the gland itself and its functions using minimally invasive methods. This article describes a clinical case elimination stricture parotid duct compensation expanded section behind with intraoperative visualization ultrasound. Under US control, portion was punctured from external access; conductor...

INTRODUCTION This work evaluates the results of ureteroscopic treatment of impacted ureteral stones with a pneumatic lithotripter. MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 1997 to May 2002, 42 patients with impacted ureteral stones were treated by retrograde ureteroscopic pneumatic lithotripsy. Twenty-eight patients were female and 14 were male. The stone size ranged from 5 to 20 mm. The ureteral sit...

A 49-year-old patient underwent cholecystectomy and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunal anastomosis (●" Fig.1) for Mirizzi’s syndrome. Jaundice, pruritus, choluria, and acholia developed 4 months later. The total serum bilirubin was 21mg/dL, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) demonstrated intrahepatic bile duct dilation and anastomotic stricture. Double-balloon enteroscopy was perform...

PURPOSE Treatment for urethral stricture disease often requires a choice between readily available direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU) and highly efficacious but more technically complex open urethral reconstruction. Using the short segment bulbous urethral stricture as a model, we determined which strategy is less costly. MATERIALS AND METHODS The costs of DVIU and open urethral recons...

This note is written because of a belief that though the diagnosis of the Plummer-Vinson stricture is easy, still it is not being diagnosed; that though the treatment is straightforward and efficient, it is not yet thoroughly carried out; that though it can be prevented easily enough, it is not being prevented; that though it is well known to be pre-cancerous, the cancer is not being prevented....

PURPOSE We present a single institutional experience over 6 years of intra and postoperative complications following urethral reconstructive surgery, and the impact of these complications on overall results. MATERIALS AND METHODS From June 2000 through May 2006, 153 consecutive urethral reconstructive procedures were performed on 128 patients by one surgeon (CMG). Complication rates were dete...

Rapamycin has been reported to inhibit hepatic fibrosis, lung fibrosis, renal fibrosis, and subglottic stenosis. Fibrosis is also involved in urethral stricture. Therefore, we investigated the effect of rapamycin on the inhibition of urethral stricture formation in a rabbit model. First, models of urethral stricture were successfully established by electrocoagulation of the bulbar urethra in ad...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the experience of 37 years regarding etiology, complications and evolving practice of the management of stricture urethra patients at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi. METHODS The retrospective descriptive study included 1600 cases of stricture urethra admitted to the Urology Section of the institute from 1972 to 2009. Files of all patients wer...