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Open Journal of Urology is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in urology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in urology related problems. All manuscripts must be…
Dodji Magloire Inès Yevi, Christian Henry Renaud Hounnasso, Gilles Natchagandé, Dejennin Georges Josué Avakoudjo, Michel Michaël Agounkpé, Jean Sossa, Fred Hodonou, Prince-Pascal Hounnasso
The authors report 4 different cases of giant hydronephrosis in the urology department of the national university healthcare, CNHU HKM of Cotonou. The frequency of the items, the etiologies and the different treatments carried out were elucidated. The patient…
Sompol Permpongkosol
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is considered as the gold standard for the management of bladder outlet obstruction due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Long-term follow-up of the clinical effect of bipolar transurethral resection of the…
Abayomi B. Ajayi, Bamgboye M. Afolabi, Victor D. Ajayi, Ifeoluwa O. Oyetunji, Oluwafunmilola R. Biobaku, Adedamilola Atiba, Joy Ehichioya, Ibukun Ayelehin, Ayodeji Adeoye, Temilade Adesida
Introduction: Pyospermia is often detected in semen, especially when investigating for male infertility. Pyospermia, in a significantly large number is often correlated with inferior sperm parameters and reduced fertility. Pyospermia may be a factor of a fund…
Kimassoum Rimtebaye, Cyril Kamadjou, Divine Eyongeta, Annie Kameni, Justin Kamga, Bertin Njinou
Aim: To describe the epidemiological, clinical, etiologic and therapeutic aspects of patients with acute obstructive renal failure at the Medical Surgical Center of Urology (MSCU). Materials and methods: this was a descriptive retrospective study of 106 patie…
Francesco Trama, Filippo Riccardo, Antonio Ruffo, Giuseppe Celentano, Giuseppe Romeo, Antonio Russo
Several diagnostic techniques have been proposed during the time for the diagnostic evaluation of Induratio Penis Plastica (IPP), due to poor sensitivity and specificity of standard B-Mode Ultrasonography. Shear-Wave elastosonography (SWE) is a relative new u…
Gregory P. Swanson, A. Taylor Kingman, Courtney N. Shaver, Yolanda Munoz Maldonado, T. Phillip Reilly
Introduction: High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HGPIN) was originally thought to be a cancer precursor, but subsequent data has questioned its prognostic significance. We analyzed a large cohort of men diagnosed with HGPIN for subsequent occurre…
Peter Grice, Rosemina Ahmad, Masood Khan
Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a benign neoplasm that is easily mistaken for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) upon radiological investigation. The management of the two pathologies is significantly different, and so accurate diagnosis is vital. We report a case in which u…
Aso Omer Rashid, Mahmmod Mohammed Yahya
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is a safe and effective procedure in the treatment of large renal stones in obese and non-obese patients with low rate of morbidity and high success rate in different groups of body mass index (BMI), some surgeons believe th…
Yaya Sow, Babacar Sine, Ibrahima Dara Diamé, Ndéye Aissatou Bagayogo, Amath Thiam, Denis Barboza, Alioune Sarr, Cyrille Zé Ondo, Boubacar Fall, Babacar Diao
Introduction: The urethral diverticulum or urethrocele corresponds to a saccular dilation of a portion of the urethral wall. Our objective was to report the clinical aspects, investigations and therapeutic aspects of three cases of congenital urethrocele. Obs…
Abayomi B. Ajayi, Bamgboye M. Afolabi, Victor D. Ajayi, Ifeoluwa Oyetunji, Oluwafunmilola Biobaku, Adedamilola Atiba
Introduction: Men without sperm (azoospermic) make up about 15% of all infertile men in reproductive age of fatherhood. Male infertility is a health and social problem in many communities. Subjects and Methods: This retrospective study was carried from 2010 t…
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Open Journal of Urology is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in urology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in urology related problems. All manuscripts must be… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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