OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of an intraprostatic injection of botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) in men with refractory chronic prostatitis-associated chronic pelvic-pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and to compare the efficacy of the transurethral and transrectal routes. PATIENTS AND METHODS In an uncontrolled randomised clinical trial conducted in men with refractory CP/CPPS, the patients were classifie...

Ovarian Cyst (OC) is an important ovarian dysfunction and a major cause of reproductive failure in dairy cattle. Previously defined as enlarged anovulatory follicle like structures (<2.5 cm) and persisting for 10 or more days OC in dairy cows are currently defined as cystic ovarian follicular structures of at least 17 mm that persist for more than 6 days in the absence of corpus luteum. However...

The availability of inexpensive, lightweight, portable ultrasound machines will greatly facilitate the use of reproductive imaging in the female pig and may prove useful in making management decisions based on an accurate diagnosis of the reproductive status of the sow or gilt at any point in time. Real-time ultrasonography (RTU) using 3.5 and 5.0 MHz transducers transabdominally or 5.0 and 7.5...

Abstract Background Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) of the prostate is a rare and aggressive subtype adenocarcinoma with poor prognosis, only approximately 60 cases reported worldwide. Case presentation A 62-year-old man presented acute urinary retention hematuria, after year’s history lower tract symptoms. Digital rectal examination revealed an irregular hard prostate. Flexible cysto...

Fetal determination has been conducted for almost 20 yr. In 1989, Curran and Ginther first identified fetal gender by evaluating the location of the genital tubercle in the male and female fetus using transrectal examination between 54 and 84 days of gestation. More recently, others 4 have described fetal-gender determination in midand late pregnancy using a transabdominal technique. Knowing fe...