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Surgical Management Of Penile Cancer: Report Of Two Cases, M Amjad Noor, Muhammad Hammad Ather, M Nasir Sulaiman, Farhat Abbas
Surgical Management Of Penile Cancer: Report Of Two Cases, M Amjad Noor, Muhammad Hammad Ather, M Nasir Sulaiman, Farhat Abbas
Section of Urology
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Genitourinary Tuberculosis: A Profile Of 55 In-Patients, N P. Buchholz, S Salahuddin, R Haque
Genitourinary Tuberculosis: A Profile Of 55 In-Patients, N P. Buchholz, S Salahuddin, R Haque
Section of Urology
Objective: To outline the pattern and trends in major cases of genito-urinary tuberculosis (GUTB) which require hospital treatment.
Method: We retrospectively reviewed 55 patients with proven GUTB who were treated as in-patients in a major referral hospital in Pakistan.
Results: The male/female ratio was 3:1. Prevailing symptoms were lower urinary tract symptoms, flank pain, gross hematuria and fever. A urine culture was positive for tuberculosis (TB) in 57%, bladder biopsies in 54%. For renal TB, intravenous urogram (IVU) and ultrasound were suggestive in about 50% of cases. Ultrasound was very helpful in the diagnosis of testicular TB. Patients underwent surgery …
Ultrasonographic Renal Size In Individuals Without Known Renal Disease, Niels-Peter Buchholz, Farhat Abbas, Syed Raziuddin Biyabani, Qaiser Javed, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Masood Afzal, Imtiaz Rizvi
Ultrasonographic Renal Size In Individuals Without Known Renal Disease, Niels-Peter Buchholz, Farhat Abbas, Syed Raziuddin Biyabani, Qaiser Javed, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Masood Afzal, Imtiaz Rizvi
Section of Urology
Objective: In order to establish some preliminary data of our population, we determined the ultrasonographic kidney dimensions in individuals withoud known renal disease. We assessed whether age, sex, side, body mass index (BMI) and presence or absence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension affect the renal size.
Methods: Ultrasonographic kidney measurements were performed on 194 adult patients without known kidney lesions. Measurements included length, width, cortical thickness and estimation of renal size which was obtained by multiplying the first three variables. The effect of age, gender, side, height, weight, BNll, hypertension and diabetes mellitus was statistically analyzed.
Results: The mean kidney …