hairball in a urethral diverticulum has rarely been reported. these hairballs are usually formed in the diverticulum coated with a hair bearing epithelium and can lead to urinary obstruction or infection. using laser is a safe way to ablate such stones.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered the gold standard surgical intervention for the treatment of symptomatic gallstones. Gallbladder perforation (1040%) and stone spillage (6-30%) are the two complications encountered most often during the dissection and removal of the gallbladder in LC. Gallstone spillage was initially considered to be a benign event with no serious squeal. However, the...

Over the past two decades, endoscopic sphincterotomy has become the primary therapy for retained or recurrent choledocholithiasis. Nevertheless, in about 10% of patients, complete ductal clearance is not possible using standard balloon and basket techniques. A variety of endoscopically guided lithotripsy devices can substantially improve the chances of extracting stones that are resistant to co...

Lithopedion is a rare obstetrical outcome of an undiagnosed and untreated advanced abdominal pregnancy, mostly found incidentally. We present a case of lithopedion. In a 76 year-old female suffering from cervical neoplasm, total abdominal hysterectomy was performed for the lesion and the lithopedion was found incidentally. The patient's history was unremarkable, and laboratory tests were normal...

In recent years urologists have concentrated on the intense introduction of minimally invasive methods for the treatment of urinary tract diseases with major progress noted in the treatment of urolithiasis. Nowadays extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URSL) are widely used in the treatment of urinary tract lithiasis. T...

Gabriel Taubin Brown University Holly Rushmeier, who’s served as associate editor in chief (AEIC) for special issues since 2007, has recently been appointed co-editor in chief of Eurographics’ Computer Graphics Forum, effective May 2010. Owing to her increased responsibilities and numerous other commitments, Holly has decided she’ll be unable to continue serving effectively in her current CG&A ...