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Objectives. To assess whether a preliminary skin incision enhances diagnostic yield of percutaneous testis biopsy and to further evaluate the clinical efficacy of this procedure.Methods. A total of 45 men (67 testes) underwent testicular biopsy with two passes of a Biopty gun spring-loaded needle. Twenty-seven biopsies were performed without a preliminary skin incision (group 1), and 40 were performed...
We describe the use of a short, rigid ureteroscope to place a Foley catheter into the bladder under direct vision. The Circon ACMI MICRO-6 short ureteroscope was passed through a 22F Foley catheter modified with a catheter punch device. The catheter was placed rapidly and without difficulty in 2 patients with significant undermining of the trigone after transurethral incision of the prostate. This...
With the resurgent interest in radical perineal prostatectomy, a variety of enhancements have been made to the procedure. We describe herein the use of a retractor blade that allows full mobilization of the seminal vesicles and vasa prior to prostatic apical dissection, thus facilitating bladder neck-sparing radical prostatectomy. This retractor system dramatically improves visualization of the...
Objectives. To determine the efficacy of limited use of voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) in the evaluation of patients for renal transplantation.Methods. A retrospective review of 439 patients who underwent renal transplantation between October 1983 and May 1995; however, since September 1993 we used VCUG selectively in the pretransplant evaluation.Results. Since September 1993, only 51% of our...
Objectives. This work demonstrates a simple technique utilizing a fiberoptic microtransducer that provides statistically reproducible stress leak point pressure (SLPP) results without the use of fluorourodynamics.Methods. Nineteen stress incontinent patients with varied clinical histories underwent two SLPP measurements on 2 separate days, totaling four data points. A 14 F catheter sheath was inserted...
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