a man with metastatic carcinoma of the colon had a bone scan which revealed urinary retention in the leftkidney. ten months later, a tc-99m-dtpa renai glomerular study showed the left kidney to have only 8% oftotal renal function. fifteen months after that, (he same kidney demonstrated 9% of total function, while theright kidney had evolving obstruction due to his neoplasm. the case shows that ...

femoral mononeuropathy is a complication of gynecological and urological operations. tlte objective of this citse report is to bring to the attention of fellow urologists the very existence of this complication and offer measures to prevent it. a 48 year old obese worman with a 2 year history of frequent left renal colics, anil a nonfunction left kidney on ivp underwent a retrograde ureterogram...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: obesity in accordance with metabolic syndrome (mets) confronts populations at the higher risk of morbidity and mortality of chronic diseases including, chronic kidney diseases (ckd). the renal complication of obesity and mets has been less debated in young adolescents. the objective of this study was to assess the kidney function in obes...

chronic kidney disease (ckd) is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. prospective data on risk factors for ckd are few. hypertension is one of the risk factors for ckd. in the past serum creatinine concentration was used as marker of kidney function but it proffers a late reflection of reduced glomerular filtration rate(gfr), which limits its ability to detect impaired kidne...

conclusions the type and amount of fluid replacement therapy and optimizing hemodynamic status, before and during reperfusion of the transplanted kidney, are of particular importance during renal transplantation surgery. results general anesthesia was performed in 82% of patients and for the rest of them, spinal, epidural and combined spinal and epidural were done. the age of the patients was i...

uretero pelvic junction (upj) obstruction is a common cause of hydronephrosis in infants. the frequent use of fetal ultrasound is allowing early (prenatal) diagnosis of numerous uropathies previously delayed until the child either became symptomatic or had a palpable mass. newborn with severe obstruction often has marked improvement following correction, therefore, early diagnosis and operation...

background: delayed graft function is a main complication after deceased donor kidney transplantation that adversely affects graft outcome. difficulties in prediction and early detection of delayed graft function have hindered the ability to perform proper therapeutic interventions. we investigated whether measuring urinary interleukin 18 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as marker...