Ever since the first ureteroscopy performed by Hugh Hampton Young at the beginning of last century,1 ureterorenoscopy has evolved over nearly a century from the era of happenstance to the Digital & Robotic era. This evolution culminates in the technique of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) utilising flexible ureterorenoscope and Holmium laser, which is a very effective treatment option in th...

INTRODUCTION Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is accepted as the gold standard treatment for renal stones that are smaller than 2 cm. Recently, retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) has been introduced as another form of treatment. We report our experience in dealing with renal stones smaller than 2 cm using RIRS as the primary treatment and following failed ESWL. METHODS A retrosp...

(1) Background: Plantar fasciitis (PF) is the most common cause of heel pain in adults. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) a minimally invasive treatments commonly used for treating PF. Our aim to provide complete overview which have been compared ESWT, with focus on modalities that used. (2) Methods: A thorough search literature was performed Medline via Pubmed, Cochrane Database Systemat...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com tuberosity [3]. Typically, the pain is most severe in the morning or after prolonged sitting (rest period) which lessens with movement but intensifies with long-standing weight-bearing [3,57]. There may be signs of swelling and tenderness to palpation [3,5]. Conservative treatment for plantar fasciitis includes rest and avoidance of causative factor...

This study discusses the wind loads and their effects on Wind Engineering Research Field Laboratory (WERFL) building at Texas Tech University based on full-scale synchronous pressure measurements. The wind load effects on different frames are calculated and the results are compared to those determined based on the wind loads specified in ASCE7-05. Finally, the challenges faced in the modeling o...

A 41-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of hematuria three days status post extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. The patient described a three-day history of worsening left-sided abdominal pain immediately following the procedure. She denied any fever, chills, changes in bowel habits, hematochezia, increased urinary frequency, urinary urgency, or dysuri...