Further evidence of the extensive effects of infection with the poliomyelitis virus upon many bodily systems is presented in this paper, the second of a series (1) describing metabolic and physiological features of the natural course of paralytic acute anterior poliomyelitis during its acute, convalescent and chronic phases. The most marked alteration in metabolism noted during the immobilizati...

OBJECTIVE To assess the usefulness of phytotherapy in urolitiasis, urinary tract infections, erectile dysfunction (ED) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain (CP/CPP). ACQUISITION OF THE EVIDENCE Systematic review of the evidence published until January 2011 using the following scientific terms:phytotherapy, urinary lithiasis, Chronic prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain, erectile dysfunctio...

Zilla spinosa L. is a medicinal plant widely used in traditional Algerian phytotherapy against urinary lithiasis. The present study aims to evaluate the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of different extracts from aerial part this plant. activity was examined by two methods, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) cupric reducing capacity (CUPRAC). Z. determined protein denaturation method...

Spontaneous renal fistula to the skin is rare. The majority of cases develop in patients with antecedents of previous renal surgery, renal trauma, renal tumors, and chronic urinary tract infection with abscess formation. We report the case of a 62-year old woman, who complained of urine leakage through the skin in the lumbar region for 2 years. She underwent a fistulography that revealed draina...

The main objective is to study the inhibitor effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Achyranthes indica Linn. on the crystallization of calcium oxalate in synthetic urine. Our study of the calcium oxalate crystallization is based on change in turbidity followed at 620nm by means of a spectrophotometer. The calcium oxalate formation is induced by the addition of 0.01M sodium oxalate solutions in syn...

A floristic survey of ethnomedicinal plants was conducted at Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh to assess the potentiality of plant resources. The study revealed that 15 plant species belonging to 13 families are used as anti-urolithiatic agents in local remedies. The information on medicinal uses is based on the exhaustive interviews with local healers and herbalists, practicing tradition...

Pancreatic lithiasis causing chronic pancreatitis is a very rare entity in childhood. A five-year-old girl presenting with pancreatic lithiasis was treated successfully with a well-organized diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm. The authors emphasize that early diagnosis followed by appropriate therapeutic pancreatographic procedures instead of primary invasive surgical approach can certainly a...

The case history of a 40-year-old woman with a fatal haemorrhage from a duodenal ulcer, jejunitis, renal lithiasis, hypertrophy of the adrenal glands, multiple adenomas of the pancreas, and three adenomas of both the parathyroid and pituitary glands is reported. Though there was histological evidence, in the bones, of hyperparathyroidism, the serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, and phosphatase...

BACKGROUND Urinary stones disease is becoming more common not only in adults but also in children. Most cases are resolved with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, but miniaturization of endoscopes has increased the use of ureteroscopy in resolving ureteral stones, most notably in children. CASE PRESENTATION This presentation focuses on two cases of microureteroscopy. In both cases, the pr...