femoral mononeuropathy is a complication of gynecological and urological operations. tlte objective of this citse report is to bring to the attention of fellow urologists the very existence of this complication and offer measures to prevent it. a 48 year old obese worman with a 2 year history of frequent left renal colics, anil a nonfunction left kidney on ivp underwent a retrograde ureterogram...

the length and structure of the transitional zone in the tunica media in the renal artery of adult male cats were investigated. in addition, the volume of the lumen and different layers in transitional and nontransitional zones in the right and left sides were also determined. morphometrical, histological and stereological studies were performed on 16 renal arteries of 8 adult male cats. after ...

background and objectives: rcc is one of the most common genitourinary cancers. accurate prediction of prognosis would be valuable for adjuvant trial design, counseling and effectively scheduling follow up visits. p53 is a tumor suppressor gene that expresses a protein that involved in both cell-cycle arrests after dna damage and apoptosis. presence of mutated p53 protein in tumors has been rel...

objective(s):   this study aimed to address the gold nanoparticle(gnp)-dose and exposure duration effect on the kidney function of rats: in vivo.   materials and methods: a total of 32 healthy male wistar rats were used in this study. animals were randomly divided into groups, three gnp-treated groups and control group. group 1, 2 and 3 received. /5 cc of solution containing 5, 10,100 ppm au vi...

results there are many pitfalls in diagnosis of utis both with urinalysis and culture methods and also in evaluating the risk factors and causes of utis. conclusions this paper reviews and discusses the common pitfalls in diagnosis and evaluation of utis in children. context urinary tract infections (utis) are among the most common infections in children that affect up to 3% of boys and 8% of g...

serum erythropoietin (epo) concentration was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in 31 cases of chronic renal failure (crf), including 20 hemodialysis (hd) patients, and compared with that of 31 healthy normal controls. each patient served as a self-control comparing his or her pretreatment level with post-treatment values. there was a significant negative correlation betwe...

objectives: mangifera indica (mango) is used in folk medicine for treatment of different types of diseases, and its anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging activities have been demonstrated. the present study evaluated the effects of commercial (vimang) and hydroalcoholic extract of mango on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rat. materials and methods: female wistar rats were treated w...

conclusions it seems that to achieve the patients' comfort during the hemodialysis procedure, the health care teams, hospitals in charge and the patients themselves have to do their best to provide the patients' comfort. results three themes emerged: the presence of competent nurses, the delightful presence of the others, and coping with comfort obstacles. each theme consisted of some categorie...

conclusions one in five patients undergoing maintenance dialysis in hamadan is seropositive for hepatitis e immunoglobulin g antibody. future studies are needed to investigate the factors contributing to the observed high prevalence rate and the possibility of parenteral transmission of hepatitis e. results thirty patients (19.2%), were seropositive. seropositive patients were not significantly...