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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a high-impact hospital-acquired condition and a chief driver of excess morbidity, mortality, and treatment cost. The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of CDI are key components of any hospital-based practice. Urologists see a small percentage of all patients with CDI, but traditionally utilize antibiotic agents that put patients at risk of CDI. Urologic...
Penile cancer is an uncommon disease in the industrialized world that most frequently presents at low stage and is cured with treatment of local and regional surgery. In cases of advanced cancer, the use of more aggressive surgical techniques and the addition of adjuvant therapy may be warranted. So far, few agents have been found that improve survival with metastatic disease and thus aggressive primary...
To describe and validate our strategy for treating patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction operatively or nonoperatively according to ultrasonography and nuclear renal scan findings.A retrospective analysis of 243 patients from 1999 to 2006 with grade 3-4 hydronephrosis was performed. Depending on the grade of hydronephrosis with parenchymal thinning on ultrasonography and renal function...
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 children with upper tract obstruction not treated with prophylactic antibiotics is >36%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of UTI in our patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction...
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