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Bone And Renal Stone Disease In Patients Operated For Primary Hyperparathyroidism In Pakistan: Is The Pattern Of Disease Different From The West?, Syed Raziuddin Biyabani, Jamsheer J Talati
Bone And Renal Stone Disease In Patients Operated For Primary Hyperparathyroidism In Pakistan: Is The Pattern Of Disease Different From The West?, Syed Raziuddin Biyabani, Jamsheer J Talati
Section of Urology
Objective: To document the clinical presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) in a developing country and note differences from the West.
Setting: A tertiary care teaching hospital.
Method: The records of 37 patients operated for PHPT between January 1986 and December 1997 were reviewed. Symptoms, laboratory parameters and histopathology results were analyzed.
Results: Surgery for PHPT accounted for 0.055% of 67,566 operative procedures performed in the Department of Surgery during the 12 year period. The mean age of our patients was 38.4±13.2 years (range 17 to 73 years). Ninety percent of patients were less than 60 years old and 51% less …
Acute Urinary Retention: A Primary Manifestation Of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia And Organ Confined Prostate Cancer, Muhammad Hammad Ather, Amanullah Memon
Acute Urinary Retention: A Primary Manifestation Of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia And Organ Confined Prostate Cancer, Muhammad Hammad Ather, Amanullah Memon
Section of Urology
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