INTRODUCTION We sought to determine whether the use of preoperative antibiotics is effective in reducing postoperative wound infections and urinary tract infections (UTI) in hypospadias repair. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all hypospadias repairs performed at the Montreal Children's Hospital between March 2009 and September 2012. All types of primary hypospadias repairs and redo cases ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of major urological procedures performed in patients with locally advanced colorectal cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data of 37 patients with locally advanced colorectal cancer who underwent major urological surgical procedures along with simultaneous cancer surgery between the years of 2005 and 2010 were retrospectively evaluated. RESULTS The mean age was 5...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Circumcision may be associated with complications which are usually minor but could be life threatening on certain occasions. This study determined contributory factors, pattern of presentation, challenges of management and outcome of circumcision mishaps in Benin City, Nigeria. METHODS A retrospective analysis of all male children managed for circumcision mishaps between...

BACKGROUND The treatment of urethral stricture disease has remained a challenge over the years. The outcome has also been varied, with recurrent stricture being a major concern. We determined the outcome of urethroplasty with particular reference to the complications. METHODOLOGY This was a retrospective study over 10 years (1995 to 2005) done at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, a tertia...

background: we aimed to analyze the effect of nursing strategies on patients with chronic renal failure (crf) undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (mhd) treatment by puncturing on arteriovenous fistula (avf). methods: ninety-two patients with chronic renal failure undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (mhd) between jan 2014 and jan 2015 were included in the study (all undergoing avf, dialysis for ...

purpose: to describe a complicated case of traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula (ccf) and our management strategy. case report: a 13-year-old patient was referred one month following a car accident and facial trauma with severe proptosis, chemosis and limitation of ocular movement. presence of murmur and an enlarged superior ophthalmic vein on orbital imaging suggested an arteriovenous fistula. ...

Thoracobiliary fistula is a rare complication of hydatid cyst disease of the liver especially in calcified form. Given the rarity and high mortality of such fistula, it is not surprising that there is no consensus about surgical treatment of this condition. In the present paper we report two cases of thoracobiliary fistula of complicated calcified hydatid cyst of the liver. A 64-year-old man wi...

Objective: Cassia fistula L. fruit extract has been traditionally used in the treatment of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) lesions in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of C. fistula fruit gel on healing time of PV lesions in a clinical setting.Materials and Methods: This was a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial that was performed in dermatology ward at Sa...