OBJECTIVE To find out the clinical presentation, site of impaction, management and outcome of children presenting with urinary retention due to urethral stone. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Surgical Unit B of National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi, from April 2009 to January 2010. METHODOLOGY All the patients under the age of 12 years, who presented wit...

BACKGROUND There is a projected increase in lower urinary tract obstruction by 2018, especially in the developing economies of Asia and Africa. However in many of these countries, the problems encountered both by the patients and the clinicians are not well documented. Our aims are, to prospectively analyse the management of urinary retention, the associated difficulties, and complications in o...

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to evaluate preoperative acute urinary retention (AUR) as a factor affecting the outcomes of patients who underwent photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP), both in terms of overall effectiveness and the postoperative incidence of AUR. MATERIALS AND METHODS Baseline prostate characteristics were obtained for patients who underwent PVP, includ...

Abstract Introduction Urinary retention due to phimosis is usually treated with an emergency dorsal slit. We present a novel approach treating urinary secondary in the department. Case report 53 gentleman who was seen department absolute retention. On review, had grade 5 phimosis. After several minutes of attempting separate edges forskin, small opening created and size 4Fr NG paediatric tube p...

Correspondence: Thomas H Tarter Division of Urology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, PO Box 19665, Springfield, IL 62794-9665, US. Tel +1 217 545 7390 Fax +1 217 545 7305 email [email protected] Abstract: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a frequent cause of lower urinary symptoms, with a prevalence of 50% by the sixth decade of life. Hyperplasia of stromal and epithelial ...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a frequent cause of lower urinary symptoms, with a prevalence of 50% by the sixth decade of life. Hyperplasia of stromal and epithelial prostatic elements that surround the urethra cause lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), urinary tract infection and acute urinary retention. Medical treatments of symptomatic BPH include; 1) the 5alpha-reductase inhibitors,...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a frequent cause of lower urinary symptoms, with a prevalence of 50% by the sixth decade of life. Hyperplasia of stromal and epithelial prostatic elements that surround the urethra cause lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), urinary tract infection, and acute urinary retention. Medical treatments of symptomatic BPH include; 1) the 5alpha-reductase inhibitors...

Background: Inguinal herniorrhaphy is among the most common type of surgeries in adults. One of the important side effects of herniorrhaphy is post-operative urinary retention (UR). The incidence of urinary retention after herniorrhaphy may vary depending on the method of anesthesia. Methods: This is a double blind randomized clinical trial conducted on 80 patients undergoing inguinal hernia re...