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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…
Kimassoum Rimtebaye, Edouard Hervé Moby Mpah, Arya Zarif Agah Tashkand, Franklin Danki Sillong, Mignagnal Kaboro, Lamine Niang, Serigne Magueye Gueye
Goal: To study the epidemiological, clinical, etiological, characteristics and ensure earlier management of complete acute urine retention (CAUR) in the urology department of N’Djamena in Chad. Patient and Method: It was a retrospective descriptive study of a…
Kimassoum Rimtebaye, Edouard Hervé Moby Mpah, Arya Zarif Agah Tashkand, Franklin Danki Sillong, Mignagnal Kaboro, Lamine Niang, Serigne Magueye Gueye
Aim: To determine the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical characteristics and assess the result of surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in the urological department. Patients and Method: It is a retrospective descriptive study of 757 p…
Blake D. Hamilton, David Ray, Staci Taufer, David Webber, Brent W. Snow
Introduction: Improvement in new patient access to urologic care is important and is increasingly measured as a reflection of practice quality. Two broad categories affect patient access: provider issues and patient preferences. We chose to study the previous…
Ashraf Talaat Youssef
Background: Incomplete ureteric duplication can be associated with either ureteropelvic obstruction involving the lower moiety or reflux between the ureters (yo-yo reflux). Yo-yo reflux can be a cause of repeated urinary tract infection with subsequent renal…
Shinji Fukui, Yasushi Nakai, Yoriaki Kagebayashi, Shoji Samma
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of alteration from gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist to antagonist in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Methods: Fourteen patients with CRPC were switched from GnRH agonist to GnRH anta…
Abdulkadir A. Salako, Tajudeen A. Badmus, Afolabi M. Owojuyigbe, Rotimi A. David, Chinedu U. Ndegbu, Chigozie I. Onyeze
Background: Open prostatectomy (OP) is still relatively common in developing countries and remains a useful benchmark against which the minimal access surgical techniques are compared. This study aims to document the indications and outcomes of OP in a typica…
Stine Lohmann, Anna Krarup Keller
A 62-year-old woman with a history of curatively treated mucinous ovarian cancer, presented with dyspnea, anorexia and right-upper-quadrant pain at consultation with her general practitioner. A CT scan revealed several lymph node metastases in lungs and abdom…
James J. Elist, Gottfried Lemperle, Vaheh Shirvanian, Seyed Alireza Hosseini
Background: Surgical drains are used in at least half of all surgical operations world-wide. The gold standard for the fixation of drains to the skin is currently the “Roman garter” (RG) technique, which involves knotting a suture around the drain. Its disadv…
Abdelghani Ammani, Abdelmonaim Qarro, Jamal Laaroussi, Mohammed Lezrek, Mohammed Alami
Peritoneal loose bodies or “peritoneal mice” are rare well circumscribed benign masses composed of free-floating organized fat necrosis. They are usually asymptomatic and found as “incidentalomas” during Imaging. Their pathogenesis is not well known. We repor…
Hui Chen, P. Tang, R. B. Ou, J. W. Zeng, M. P. Huang, Q. L. Liu, Q. Q. Li, J. B. Huang, T. H. Huang, Chonghe Jiang, Keji Xie
Objective: To compare the short-time complications associated with time-opening suprapubic catheter (SPT) versus intermittent catheter (IC) in male patients with spinal cord injury (above level C5). Methods: A prospective review of records was carried out to…
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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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