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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…
N. M. Diagne Gueye, R. Kane, Y. Diallo, A. R. Ndiaye, A. R. Ndiaye
Testicular cancer is rare. The authors report the case of a young Senegalese 21, who has consulted for an occlusive syndrome evolving for 48 hours that prompted his hospitalization. Note that the patient has consulted several times to persistent inguinal scro…
Mohit Sirohi, Kyrollis Attalla, Harris M. Nagler, Erik T. Goluboff
Objective: To review our open partial nephrectomy (OPN) experience and compare to known robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) data to determine whether length of stay (LOS) and morbidity are significant drivers in the surgical approach employed for partial nephre…
Mustafa Rifat, Usama Nihad Rifat, Khalid Al-Safi, Hassan Z. Annab
Late recurrence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), arbitrarily defined, as >10 years post-nephrectomy, is rare. Here we review 43 reports comprising 467 cases. Metastasis occurred between few months and 45 years. We report a new case with a 10-year interval to me…
Alan Hasigov, Jean Paul Ndamba Engbang, Felix Fidarov, 1 1
Pyonephrosis results from upper urinary tract infection in combination with obstruction and hydronephrosis. The consequence of that is the suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma. Instead of infection and obstruction which play a role in its etiology,…
Muzzammil Abdullahi, Bashir Yunusa, Sharfuddeen Abbas Mashi, Sani Ali Aji, Sani Usman Alhassan
Background: Urinary retention is one of the common urologic emergencies constituting a significant workload of urologists and non-urologists alike. Aims and Objectives: This study was undertaken to identify the causes and complications associated with urinary…
Diar Hameed Bajalan, Sarwar Noori Mahmood, Ismaeel Hama Ameen, Zhino Noori Hussain
Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is generally defined as the involuntary loss of urine from the bladder through the urethral meatus. Filling cystometry is the method by which the pressure/ volume relationship of the bladder is measured during bladder fil…
Lemuel Davies Bray, Mathew Yamoah Kyei, James Edward Mensah, Kwadwo Ntiamoah Ampadu, Isaac Obeng Asiedu, Bernard Toboh, Evans Akpakli, Foli Ashiagbor, Joseph Awuku-Asabre, Mawuenyo Oyortey
Background: Forgotten ureteral stent is defined as prolong indwelling ureteral stent whose function is no longer desired. Ureteral stents are used in the management of upper urinary tract pathologies. Prolonged indwelling ureteral stents may be complicated by…
José M. García-Mediero, Francisco Sánchez-Ballester, Daniel Arumi, Isabel Lizarraga
Aim: To explore in daily clinical practice the evolution in time of the fesoterodine and solifenacin dose pattern and assess the therapeutic benefit provided by the highest dose of these anti-muscarinics. Patients and Methods: This was a post-hoc analysis of…
Koji Mikami, Yumiko Okuno, Masayoshi Zaitsu, Hiroki Tanaka, Koichi Sakazume, Akiko Tonooka, Toshimasa Uekusa, Takumi Takeuchi
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common inherited disorder with an autosomal dominant trait. We encountered an NF1 patient who showed adrenal pheochromocytoma, and analyzed expression of neurofibromin in an excised specimen. A 54-year-old man showing multi…
Jillian W. Lazor, Thomas J. Guzzo, Zhanyong Bing, Priti Lal, Parvati Ramchandani, Drew A. Torigian
We describe the computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of a very rare renal neoplasm, a glomus tumor. Our patient was a 68-year-old woman with a history of high grade T1 stage bladder cancer, status post intravesical Bacillus…
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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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