A NEW RETRACTOR TO BE USED IN SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOTOMY

Large Encysted Vesical Calculus, Litholapaxy, Suprapubic Cystotomy

Retraction of an intrathecal baclofen infusion catheter following suprapubic cystotomy: a case report.

INTRODUCTION Intrathecal baclofen, administered via a Baclofen pump, is used for patients with spasticity. We report here a case of intrathecal catheter retraction following surgery. CASE REPORT A male patient with adrenoleukodystrophy and a baclofen pump implant was admitted to the urology department with bladder stones. A transurethral cystolithotripsy and a suprapubic cystotomy were perfor...

Construction and Validation of a Questionnaire on Metacognitive Knowledge Needed in Solving Mathematical Word Problems to be Used in Interviews

To provide researchers with an instrument, valid and reliable enough, for measuring students’ metacognitive knowledge needed in solving mathematical word problems, based on the theoretical foundation and previous research, a set of 24 questions at three levels of metacognitive knowledge was constructed. The initial validity of these questions was confirmed by Psychology Professors and high scho...

A case of acute rheumatic fever with new criteria, a disease that needs to be considered

Introduction: Acute rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects the large joints. Early treatment of a throat infection following group A streptococcus prevents of acute rheumatic fever. Given the low prevalence of the disease, especially in a situation where there is excessive use of antibiotics in Iran, this study intends to report a patient with Acute rheumatic fever with mi...

Can Prostate Specific Antigen Be Used as New Biomarker for Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer?

Introduction: As a glycoprotein, Plasma Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) is mainly produced by prostate epithelial cells and is used as a major diagnostic tool for prostate cancer. A group of researchers relate the elevated number of estrogen receptors in breast cancer samples to the over-production of PSA in this type of cancer. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the participants' ...