key articles
Mini-ureteroneocystostomy as a safe and effective outpatient treatment for unilateral vesicoureteral reflux
Thursday, 11 September 2008 - Medically refractory vesicoureteral reflux is a common condition that can be cured by open surgery. Extravesical ureteroneocystostomy is a safe and effective surgical procedure. Ashley and...
Authors: Ashley & Vandersteen
Dietary macronutrients, cholesterol, and sodium and lower urinary tract symptoms in men
Saturday, 30 August 2008 - Little is known about dietary correlates of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Maserejian et al. (2008) examined associations between dietary intakes of total energy, carbohydrates, protein, fats,...
Authors: Maserejian et al.
Nitrofurantoin: the return of an old friend in the wake of growing resistance
Thursday, 14 August 2008 - Although fluoroquinolones are commonly used for this purpose, its level of use is inappropriately excessive and will eventually have a detrimental impact. Therefore, Kashanian et al. hypothesised that...
Authors: Kashanian et al.
Occurrence of urinary tract infection in children with significant upper urinary tract obstruction
Friday, 8 August 2008 - Ureteropelvic junction obstruction and obstructive megaureter are common causes of upper urinary tract obstruction. Recent data have demonstrated that the rate of urinary tract infection (UTI) among...
Authors: Roth et al.
Nonrefluxing Neonatal Hydronephrosis and the Risk of Urinary Tract Infection
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 - Lee et al. (2008) assessed the relationship between prenatally diagnosed nonrefluxing hydronephrosis and urinary tract infection.
The authors reviewed patients who were born between March 1989...
Authors: Lee et al.
Condom perforation during transrectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) prostate biopsies: a potential infection risk
Friday, 21 September 2007 - Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsies is a common outpatient diagnostic procedure in urology practice. Infectious complications following this procedure is of concern due to possible...
Authors: Masood et al.
Thursday, 22 March, Highlight session 1: Infection and stone disease
During the recent 2007 EAU annual meeting held in Berlin 54 abstracts were accepted for presentation on the topic “Infection and stone disease”. Of these, 13 abstracts dealt with urogenital infections, 11 with prostatitis, and 30...
Author: Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Florian Wagenlehner
Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial
by Bailey RC, Moses S, Parker CB, Agot K, Maclean I, Krieger JN, Williams CF, Campbell RT, Ndinya-Achola JO. Lancet 2007; 369(9562):643-656
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Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial by...
Efficacy and safety of a novel once-daily extended-release ciprofloxacin table formulation for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women
The efficacy and safety of a novel once-daily extended-release Ciprofloxacin (ciprofloxacin ER) 500-mg dose were compared with those of an immediate-release ciprofloxacin (ciprofloxacin IR) 250-mg twice- daily dose, each...
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Vol. 49
Meta-analysis of vesicoureteral reflux and urinary tract infection in children
Although surgical treatment of VUR is a common pediatric urologic procedure, the data relating to it are scanty
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology Vol. 40
