Minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized surgery for urologic disorders, and laparoscopic procedures have become widely available for several different ablative and reconstructive operations. Laparoscopic heminephrectomy in patients with horseshoe kidney can be a technically challenging procedure due to aberrant vessels, functional parenchyma in the isthmus, and abnormal location. We repo...

A 60-year-old man visited our hospital with complaints of micturition pain and interruption of urinary stream. X-ray examinations were performed, showing no bladder and urethral stone. However, KUB revealed bilateral multiple renal stones. Excretory urography showed a horseshoe kidney and a concentration of the contrast medium in the ectatic tubules at the pyramidal apices. Calculi were also lo...

abstract background: previous studies have shown that morphine consumption during pregnancy may delay embryo development or cause abnormal nervous system function. objective: the present study focused on the effect of maternal morphine consumption on development of placenta and blood corticosteron concentration in addictive pregnant mothers. materials and methods: 24 female rats, 170-200g weigh...

Dr. Flávio Ramalho Romero – Praça Amadeu Amaral 27 / 5o andar 01327-010 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Training in microsurgical techniques is the first step to allow procedures in the central nervous system. One of them is the dissection of human placenta. Others include mannequin head, virtual reality environment, animal and cadaver dissections. The human ...

Populations of horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus are widely distributed from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, are commercially harvested, and are thought to have decreased in abundance in recent decades. To provide information needed to manage exploited populations of horseshoe crabs, we conducted comprehensive field sampling in a major shallow estuary containing preferred habitat for horseshoe cr...