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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…
Timothée Kambou, Adama Ouattara, Abdoul Karim Paré, Drissa S. Barro, Clotaire Yaméogo, Abdoulaye Kodo, Aristide F. Kabore
Giant Hydronephrosis (GH) is a rare condition in urology literature and defined as a pelvicalyceal system of kidney containing more of 1000 ml of urine. This condition is not so rare in our setting. We herein, reported two cases of giant hydronephrosis, seen…
Ulisses Lopes Guerra Pereira Sobrinho, André Luiz Lima Diniz, Rodrigo Galves Mesquita Martins, Diogo Eugenio Abreu Da Silva, Tomás Accioly De Souza, José Anacleto Dutra De Resende Júnior
Background: Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in man and the second in cancer-specific deaths in this population in the world. Most of the causes of death related to prostate cancer are due to its distant metastases, with the most commo…
Alaa Al-Deen Al-Dabbagh, Ehab Jasim Mohammad, Waleed Nassar Jaffal
Objective: To determine the consequence of recognizing high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) & its extent on initial sextant prostatic biopsy then identifying its associated risk of finding prostate cancer on subsequent biopsy. Patients and m…
Noritoshi Sekido, Takayuki Yoshino, Eiichiro Takaoka, Natsui Waku, Ken Tanaka, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Ochi, Toyomi Satoh
Purpose: To clarify which patients need careful neurourological management after abdominal radical hysterectomy (RH) by investigating the effects of adjuvant radiotherapy and reversibility of neurogenic bladder (NB) on the storage function as well as the effe…
Daryoosh Samimi, John S. Samimi
Conventional methods to treat urinary stress incontinence, including the Sling, Burch, and Pereyra modification methods, are limited by several shortcomings due to disrupted nerve and vaginal wall integrity. The nerve-sparing Burch-Sling method represents a s…
Timothée Kambou, Adama Ouattara, Abdoulkarim Paré, Brahima Kirakoya, Fasnéwindé Aristide Kaboré, Hassan Dogo, Hamidou Bako
Objective: To describe the clinical aspects and the management of external genitalia gangrene in the Urology department of the Bobo Dioulasso CHUSS. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study over a period of 6 years from January 201…
Xin Wang, Chang-Xuan Chen, Qian Wang, Lei Wang
Objective: To discuss the application of distress thermometer (DT) on psychological pain in primary hospital patients with prostatic cancer (Pca) and prostatitis; and to analyze the present status and related factors of psychological pain in these patients. M…
Kimassoum Rimtebaye, Edouard Hervé Moby Mpah, Cyril Kamadjou, Arya Zarif Agah Tashkand, Franklin Danki Sillong, Mignagnal Kaboro, Lamine Niang, Serigne Magueye Gueye
Introduction: Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a rare congenital abnormality of genital organs revealing a female phenotype in a person with XY chromosomes. The aim of our work is to describe the clinical aspects, to determine the chromosomal sex and to rep…
Kimassoum Rimtebaye, Herve Edouard Moby Mpah, Franklin Danki Silong, Arya Zarif Agah Tashkand, Miangnal Kaboro, Lamine Niang, Serigne Magueye Gueye
Introduction: Retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital anomaly concerning the inferior vena cava and the ureter, where the infra-renal segment of the vena cava is in front of the ureter embryologically normal. This anomaly is more frequent in the male sex. Its…
H. Chen, M. P. Huang, T. H. Huang, C. H. Jiang, J. W. Zeng, L. L. Zhou, Q. L. Liu, Q. Q. Li, X. Y. Yang
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in treating patients with low bladder compliance (BC) secondary to spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: From 2011 to 2016, we retrospected patients who received BTX-A injections fo…
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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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