ALLMedicine™ Urinary Obstruction Center

Apr 13th, 2022 - The determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is decisive for a variety of clinical issues, for example, to monitor the renal function in radionuclide therapy patients. Renal scintigraphy using glomerularly filtered tracers allows comb...

Apr 7th, 2022 - Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rare disease that was often accompanied with urinary obstruction. The focal form of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is frequently misdiagnosed as malignancy. Here we present FDG PET/CT findings of a case ...

Mar 13th, 2022 - Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by elevated serum IgG4 levels and tumefactive lesions that can involve nearly every organ system. Involvement of the prostate is rare but has been...

Feb 2nd, 2022 - Post-phalloplasty, patients may present with urologic complications, including strictures, urethrocutaneous fistulas and vaginal cavity remnants1-3. To demonstrate the feasibility of staged repairs for long complex neophallus strictures. All post-...

Nov 10th, 2021 - Insertion of urinary catheters (most often Foley catheters) can be performed in outpatient settings to manage acute urinary obstruction without referral to emergency services, as well as to obtain urine samples in patients not able to provide a cl...

Jan 18th, 2020 - Indwelling urinary catheters are routinely used in the care of hospitalized patients for a variety of reasons, including monitoring of urine output in critically ill patients, relief of urinary obstruction, and prevention of contamination of decub...

Jun 1st, 2012 - Outpatients referred for colonoscopy were screened for possible enrollment. Exclusion criteria included: glaucoma, benign prostatic hyperplasia or urinary obstruction, previous intestinal resection, ongoing therapy with tricyclic antidepressants, ...

Jan 14th, 2010 - This proposal describes a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial of the effect of saw palmetto extract on symptoms, objective parameters of disease severity, and quality of life in men with moderate-to-severe benign prostatic h...

Dec 5th, 2020 - Robert Nam, MD, MSc, FRCS(C) Men with clinically localized prostate cancer who were treated with radiotherapy were more likely, over the subsequent 5 years, to be admitted to a hospital, undergo rectal, anal, or open surgical procedures, or devel...

Nov 13th, 2020 - Benjamin A. Teply, MD One-third of asymptomatic men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who progressed on enzalutamide (Xtandi) achieved a 50% decline in PSA concentration from baseline (PSA50) following bipolar androgen ...

Jul 31st, 2020 - There's something funny happening on Twitter, and doctors are a big part of it. One-liner jokes about medicine have shown up in abundance, with doctors around the globe participating. The jokes are mostly in the format of "I have a joke about [med...

May 18th, 2016 - WASHINGTON -- The FDA today granted accelerated approval to PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the most common form of bladder cancer. The approval pertains to patients who have locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma that pr...

Jul 14th, 2013 - Many gynecologists encounter imperforate hymen, a congenital vaginal anomaly, in general practice. As such, it is important to have a basic understanding of the condition and to be aware of appropriate screening, evaluation, and management.