Sena-Graph syrup has recently been formulated by an Iranian pharmaceutical company for being used in bowel evacuation before radiography, colonoscopy and surgery. This study compares the efficacy, adverse effects and patient compliance of two bowel preparation regimens with castor oil and Sena-Graph syrup in of outpatients for Intravenous Urography (IVU). One hundred and fourteen consecutive ou...

Congenital absence of the vagina was first mentioned by Realdus Columbus in 1572 (quoted by Bryan, Nigro, and Counseller, 1949). The incidence has been variously reported as 1 in 4,000 female patients (Bryan et al., 1949), 1 in 5,000 births (Engstad, 1917), and 6 in 125,000 female hospital admissions (Owens, 1942). The largest series was reported by Phelan, Counseller, and Greene (1953), who sa...

Hypertrophic column of Bertin (HCB) may mimic renal mass and may lead to unnecessary nephrectomy in some conditions. In this case report we present a patient with HCB, which mimics renal mass in ultrasonography (US) examination with its US, Doppler US and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. In contrast to the US, excretory urography (EU) and computed tomography (CT) findings of HCB, MRI ...

OBJECTIVES To determine if additional kidney-ureter-bladder radiography in the erect position can improve the diagnostic yield of standard intravenous urography (IVU) examination. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This prospective study was conducted from March to July 2007 on 108 consecutive patients (65 males and 43 females, age ranging from 20 to 50 years) who were referred to the Department of Radiolo...

PURPOSE To determine the renal arterial hemodynamic changes induced by obstructive uropathy using Doppler ultrasonography. MATERIALS AND METHODS 60 adult subjects with suspected obstructive uropathy and 60 asymptomatic apparently healthy controls with normal renal ultrasound features were evaluated. B-mode sonography of the kidneys and spectral Doppler examination of the renal interlobar arte...

BACKGROUND Hydronephrosis in children is a common congenital urologic problem with pelviureteric junction obstruction being its most common cause. This study was conducted to evaluate the outcome of pyeloplasty for congenital pelviureteric junction obstruction in children. METHODS This study was conducted in department of Paediatric Surgery, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College/Bahawal Victoria Hospi...

OBJECTIVES To assess the current practice of emergency management of renal colic in a district hospital, review literature, implement new guidelines, and assess them. METHODS Data were collected about the use of analgesia, waiting time for intravenous urography (IVU), and admission status of patients presenting to the hospital with symptoms of renal colic over the period of three months. A li...