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Full-Text Articles in Urology
Functional And Clinical Outcome Of Ileal (Studer) Neo-Bladder Reconstruction: Single Centre Experience From Pakistan, Syed M. Nazim, Muhammad Hammad Ather, Farhat Abbas
Functional And Clinical Outcome Of Ileal (Studer) Neo-Bladder Reconstruction: Single Centre Experience From Pakistan, Syed M. Nazim, Muhammad Hammad Ather, Farhat Abbas
Section of Urology
Objective: To determine the medium and long-term outcome of orthotopic continent urinary diversion with ileal (Studer) neo-bladder following radical cystectomy. Study Design: Case series.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 1998 to September 2010.
Methodology: Thirty eight patients underwent radical cystectomy for invasive bladder tumor with ileal neo-bladder (Studer type) reconstruction. Peri-operative and late complications, functional outcome of neo-bladder, urinary continence, metabolic and upper urinary tract status and overall survival were evaluated in all patients.
Results: A total of 29 patients (23 males and 6 females) with mean age of …
Lifelong Learning: Established Concepts And Evolving Values, Jamsheer J Jehangir Talati Professor
Lifelong Learning: Established Concepts And Evolving Values, Jamsheer J Jehangir Talati Professor
Section of Urology
Objective: To summarise the concepts critical for understanding the content and value of lifelong learning (LL).
Methods: Ideas generated by personal experience were combined with those of philosophers, social scientists, educational institutions, governments and UNESCO, to facilitate an understanding of the importance of the basic concepts of LL.
Results: Autopoietic, continuous, self-determined, informal, vicarious, biographical, lifelong reflexive learning, from and for society, when supported by self-chosen formal courses, can build capacities and portable skills that allow useful responses to challenges and society’s new structures of governance. The need for LL is driven by challenges. LL flows continuously in pursuit of …
Attrition In Surgical Residency Programmes: Causes And Effects, Mehwash Nadeem, M Shahrukh Effendi, Muhammad Hammad Ather
Attrition In Surgical Residency Programmes: Causes And Effects, Mehwash Nadeem, M Shahrukh Effendi, Muhammad Hammad Ather
Section of Urology
Objective: To determine the rate and trend of attrition from a surgical residency programme and to identify the reasons for attrition.
Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was conducted at a university hospital. Separate questionnaires were designed for residents and programme directors (PDs). The residents who left the training voluntarily from one of the five surgical residency programmes (i.e., general surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, otorhinolaryngology and urology) during the academic years 2005-2011 were identified from a departmental database. The residents who did not respond after three attempts at contact, or those who refused to participate, were excluded.
Results: During the last 6years, 106 …