Acute urinary retention is a common complication after lower limb arthroplasty. The aim of our study was to assess whether the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and other patient related factors could predict the likelihood of patients developing urinary retention after lower limb arthroplasty. We have also reviewed the literature on this subject. This is a prospective study of 102 ma...

PURPOSE Accurately measuring urinary urgency is important for diagnosing overactive bladder (OAB) and quantifying improvements in treatment outcome. Various methods have been recommended for evaluating urinary urgency, but these methods assess individual perceptions and preferences. To overcome the subjectivity in measuring urinary urgency, we evaluated the relationship between uroflowmetric pa...

Urinary proteins in multiple myeloma: strong correlation with the indices of tumor burden Urinary α1 microglobulin (α1M), IgG and albumin (alb) are more sensitive parameters of renal dysfunction, than crea-tininemia and uremia. We report the history of two multiple myeloma patients in whom variations of urinary proteins strictly correlate with those of tumor burden indices, suggesting a possibl...

BACKGROUND For its toxicity, benzene exposure is one of the main health concerns for high risk occupations like gasoline station workers. However, there is little knowledge about the effect of benzene metabolites on hematological parameters. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation between the urinary level of trans, trans-muconic acid (t, t-MA), a benzene metabolite, and some hematological para...

[Purpose] To evaluate the oxidative stress parameters and urinary deoxypyridinoline levels in geriatric patients with osteoporosis. [Subjects and Methods] Eighty geriatric patients aged over 65 years were recruited. Patients were divided into two groups: Group 1 (n=40) consisted of patients with osteoporosis, and Group 2 (n=40) consisted of patients without osteoporosis. Bone mineral density me...

Object: To identify associations between 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (HSD17B2) expression and clinicopathological variables and prognoses in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the urinary tract. Materials and Methods: We analyzed one public transcriptome dataset (GSE31684) from the Gene Expression Omnibus. HSD17B2 showed the highest log2-transformed fold-change in expression, and...