BACKGROUND Urethroscrotal fistula (USF) is an abnormal communication between the urethra and the scrotum. This rare abnormality may be iatrogenic or secondary to perforation of the urethra by a stone. After the passage of urine to the scrotum through the fistula, painless scrotal swelling develops, which disappears completely with manual compression, and voiding can be maintained in this way. R...

PURPOSE Pediatric urethral stricture disease represents a significant surgical challenge because of smaller pelvic confines, decreased caliber and increased tissue fragility. Operative series of pediatric urethral reconstruction usually involve small numbers. In this study, we examined the outcome of open reconstructive techniques for pediatric and adolescent patients with posterior urethral di...

BACKGROUND Frontometaphyseal dysplasia, or Gorlin-Cohen syndrome, is an X-linked disorder primarily characterized by skeletal dysplasia, such as hyperostosis of the skull and abnormalities of tubular bone modeling. Some patients develop extraskeletal manifestations, such as urinary tract anomalies. CASE PRESENTATION A 26-year-old male patient was diagnosed with frontometaphyseal dysplasia and...

A 22-year-old male sustained C-6 tetraplegia in 1992. In 1993, intravenous pyelography revealed normal kidneys. Suprapubic cystostomy was performed. He underwent open cystolithotomy in 2004 and 2008. In 2009, computed tomography revealed bilateral renal calculi. Coagulum pyelolithotomy of left kidney was performed. Pleura and peritoneum were opened. Peritoneum could not be closed. Following sur...

OBJECTIVE Urinary tract obstruction is one of the most prevalent diseases in urology. The handling of it includes conservative (analgesia and fluid therapy) and invasive (urinary diversion) measures. Ureteral stent is the method currently employed for urinary tract diversion. Complications of urinary tract stents maintenance have already been studied and are well known. We report a case of ur...

BACKGROUND In recent years, bladder stones are increasing in China. However, a giant bladder stone is rarely found nowadays. METHODS A case of a 54-year-old man who presented with a >9-year history of urinary frequency and urgency and macrohematuria for the past 3 days, was examined by ultrasound scan, kidney-ureter-bladder x-ray, and computed tomography. Then, the patient received a cystolit...

A 63-year old male was referred to our emergency unit due to acute renal failure. The level of serum renal function tests levels, blood urea nitrogen (BUN)/creatinine, were 63 mmol/L/848 μmol/L. CT (Computarised Tomography) scan showed a huge bladder stone (5 cm x 6 cm x 5 cm) with increased bladder wall thickness. Post-renal acute renal failure due to bilateral ureterohydronephrosis was diagno...

INTRODUCTION This was a retrospective study conducted to assess the nature, presentation, mode of insertion, diagnosis and management of foreign bodies in the urinary bladder. METHODS Between January 1998 and December 2007, 20 patients with foreign bodies in their urinary bladder were treated at our centre. The records of these patients were reviewed and analysed for their symptoms, mode of i...

A rare case of giant vesical calculus weighing 1,365 g and presenting as vesicocutaneous fistula is described. Dr. Hanif G. Motiwala, ‘AMAN’ Opp.: Parasbaug Society, Behind Tagore Hall, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad-380 006 (India) Introduction The incidence of vesical calculi is decreasing in the West, but the situation is not much altered in developing countries. The size of vesical calculi varies, ...

January 2003 is still alive in my memory: a medical student during his IFMSA exchange in Egypt wanders the premises of the University Hospital in As-syut. Instead of the research in neural tube defects in newborns he is supposed to do, he spends his days until dusk in various operation theatres watching surgeries – many of them for the first time in his life – and has no idea about his future c...