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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…
Prince Pascal Hounnasso, Josué Dejinnin Georges Avakoudjo, Abdoul Karim Paré, Kirakoya Brahima, Adama Ouattara, Michel Michael Agounkpé, Gilles Natchagandé, Sanni Rafiou Toré, Abubakar Babagana Mustapha, Alexandre Vodounou
Purpose: To study the epidemiology and treatment modalities of urolithiasis at Urology Department of University Hospital of Cotonou. Materials and Methods: It was a retrospective and descriptive study over a 10 years period ranging from January 1st, 2004 to D…
Jens Cordes, Felix Nguyen, Karl-Dietrich Sievert
Introduction: The laser is a high energy instrument which can melt metals like nitinol. So it is very important to know under which conditions it is dangerous to perform an endourologic lithotripsy. We measure the temperature increase during laser exposure in…
Hans Winberg, Gunnar Westbacke, Ann Nozohoor Ekmark, Magnus Anderberg, Einar Arnbjörnsson
Aim: To assess the rate of complications following hypospadias repair in a consecutive series of boys and the correlations of those complications with their preoperative symptoms, degree of hypospadias and method of operation. This study was conducted to addr…
Motoi Takeuchi, Koichi Okuya, Ryu-Ichi Kato, Noriomi Miyao, Yasuhiro Konishi
Aberrant adrenocortical tissue in spermatic cord is rare in adult population. We report an unusual case of a 52-year-old male patient with an aberrant adrenocortical tissue which is incidentally resected within lipoma of spermatic cord and identified on micro…
Peng Zeng, Shaohua Zeng, Chonghe Jiang, Janwen Zeng, Jianfeng Mo, Sivert Lindström
Aims: To investigate whether intravesical lower pH induces a micturition threshold reflex change of anaesthetized rats. Methods: Thirteen female rats, anaesthetized by a -chloralose and paralyzed by pancurone bromide were used for the experiments. The micturi…
Malgorzata Gosciniak, Dariusz Kawecki, Malgorzata Miklaszewska, Zenon Truszewski, Tomasz Lazowski, Miroslaw Wielgos, Piotr Radziszewski
Introduction: Urinary tract infections are one of the most frequent infectious complications during pregnancy [1] , while acute pyelonephritis is the main non-obstetric reason for hospitalisation [2] [3] and septic shock in pregnant women. Objectives and meth…
James J. Elist, Vaheh Shirvanian, Alireza Hosseini, Omead Mirgoli
Introduction: Blunt trauma to the penis is a rare but potentially serious injury that can occur by various mechanisms (e.g., kicks, accidents, sexual activity, and falls). The most common clinical presentation is sudden pain, swelling, and discoloration. Depe…
R. Kane, L. Niang, Y. Diallo, M. Jalloh, A. Ndiaye, S. M. Gueye
Advanced bladder cancer remains particularly frequent in our practice. Aim: To evaluate the proportion of advanced bladder cancer at diagnosis and to describe the characterisitics at diagnosis. Materials and methods: We conducted a descriptive and retrospecti…
Hounnasso Prince Pascal, Avakoudjo Josué Georges, Babadi Naméoua, Paré Abdoul Karim, Ouattara Adama, Vodounou Alexandre, Agounkpé Michel Michael
Objective: To study the epidemiology and current trend in the management of urologic complications following obstetric and gynaecologic surgeries at CUUA University hospital of Cotonou. Patients and Methods: It was a retrospective study of patients refe rred…
Lamine Niang, Charles Kouka, Yoro Diallo, Médina Ndoye, Racine Kane, Mohamed Jalloh, Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Issa Labou, Jeanne Diaw, Sérigne M. Gueye
Primary tumors of the upper urinary tract are rarely reported in the literature. We thus report here four cases of primary tumors of the upper urinary tract that were difficult to diagnose, in three women and one man. Preoperative diagnosis was established in…
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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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