extended disability and income loss . . . " To this we have to add expenses from possible anti-thyroid drugs in the interim as well as potential side effects from these medications (2). 3. The results of retreatment with radioiodide have been analyzed in some detail (J). If we define "cured" of hyperthyroidism as being euthyroid or hypothyroid, then expressions are available for describing the ...

The estimation of glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow based on camera-based methods for diagnostic and prognostic are studied by manually ROIs drawing on dynamic renal scintigraphy. The manually ROIs drawing may reduce the convenience and reliability. This paper proposes a estimation of glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow based on camera-based metho...

OBJECTIVE To compare laparoscopic with open pyeloplasty. METHODS The retrospective study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised records of patients who underwent surgical correction of ureteropelvic junction obstruction between during January 2008 and December 2012. Patients with laparoscopic pyeloplasty were placed in group 1 and those with open pyeloplasty in ...

Two radioaerosol preparations, TechneScan -DTPA (99mTc-DTPA, 40 mCi/3 ml; IPEN-CNEN, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) and TechneScan -DTPA/AEROSOL (99mTc-DTPA/A, 15 mCi/1.5 ml with 0.5 ml ethanol; Mallinckrodt Medical, St. Louis, MO, USA), were compared in pulmonary ventilation studies in terms of total radiocounts and clearance after inhalation. An aerosol with ethanol is supposed to better distribute t...

Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is the most common cystic kidney disease in children. Renal abnormalities occur in the contralateral kidney in 20-57% of cases. The prognosis of MCDK depends primarily on the status of the opposite kidney. We describe a case of unilateral MCDK and contralateral hypoplasia presenting with renal failure during the neonatal period. Abdominal ultrasound showed a...

BACKGROUND/AIMS In partial nephrectomy with hilar clamping every minute of ischemia can impair renal function, thus great importance is having the controlled hypotension as a part of zero ischemia technique. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of hypotensive anesthesia on renal function, in patients undergoing robotic assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) , during surgery and at 3 mon...