From July, 1987 to Oct, 1989 , 104 patients underwent 111 transurethral ureteroscopy procedures at the Air Force Medical Center. All intramural ureters were dilated by flexible metal dilators. The overall success rate for ureteral stone removal was 95.8 per cent. Ureteroscopy was done for evaluation of gross hematuria, strictures, ureteral stent, and ureteral and pyelocalyceal tumors. The ...

Background/introduction MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) is a new minimally-invasive modality for the treatment of prostate cancer, which aims to provide local disease control with low morbidity. A transurethral ultrasound device generates a continuous volume of thermal coagulation that is shaped precisely to the prostate using realtime MR thermometry and active temperature ...

UNLABELLED A 57-year old man was referred to the Urology Department due to gross hematuria; abdominal ultrasound revealed an unspecific solid tumor of the left bladder wall. Ultrasound, transurethral resection of the bladder mass with subsequent histological analysis, thoracic and abdominal computed tomography-scan and brain magnetic resonance imaging were performed. He was diagnosed with a bla...

Primary malignant melanoma of the urinary bladder is a rare neoplasm, with only 19 cases reported to date. We present a case report of an 84-year-old woman who underwent transurethral resection of a mucosal melanoma of bladder origin. She had no previous or concurrent diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. The patient underwent transurethral resection of the tumor 5 months before presentation at our ...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a benign hyperplasia of prostate gland cells of the urethra affecting increasing population. The most common method of treatment is transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). But many complications may occur including intraoperative or postoperative hemorrhage, prostate perforation, urinary incontinence and bladder neck contracture. Transurethral ballo...

Objective: We aimed to improve the understanding and analysis of primary urinary bladder amyloidosis by discuss its clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment. Method: We described one case of primary bladder amyloidosis and briefly discuss the management. We also conducted a systematic review of primary urinary bladder amyloidosis. Results: Transurethral resection was performed and follow-...

ladder cancer is the second most common cancer of the genitourinary tract, accounting for 7% of all new cancer cases in men and 2% of new cancer cases in women.1 Patients typically present with hematuria, which may be gross or microscopic, and can have symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, or dysuria.1 Pathologic stage T1 tumors are treated with complete transurethral resection and often with...

BACKGROUND The treatment of large volume bladder stones by current equipments continues to be a management problem in both developing and developed countries. AH-1 Stone Removal System (SRS) invented by us is primarily used to crush and retrieve bladder stones. This study evaluated the safety and efficiency of transurethral cystolitholapaxy with SRS for the treatment of bladder stones of variab...