OBJECTIVE To prospectively compare the use of external ureteric stents with internal JJ stenting of the uretero-ileal anastomosis in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) with a Y-shaped ileal orthotopic neobladder (ON). PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included 69 patients undergoing LRC with ON. Patients were grouped according to the type of uretero-ileal stents used. An e...

INTRODUCTION Urinary tract infection (UTI) is among the most frequent complications after urinary tract surgical procedures, mainly when catheter placement is necessary. Although the use of American cranberry has been related with a reduced risk of UTI, there is no study reporting the value of its prevention effect against catheter-associated urinary tract infections. MATERIAL AND METHODS A p...

BACKGROUND Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the management of choice for renal stones 20 mm or smaller, with a stone clearance rate of up to 89%. The purpose of the present is to investigate the efficacy of a commercialised ESWL service, being performed as an outsourced treatment using a mobile lithotripsy system on an outpatient basis. Furthermore, the study aims to evaluate the ...

Let p 2 be a string of length m and t 2 be a string of length n. The approximate string searching problem is to nd all approximate matches of p in t having weighted edit distance at most k from p. We present a new method that preprocesses the pattern into a DFA which scans t online in linear time, thereby recognizing all positions in t where an approximate match ends. We show how to reduce the ...

The purpose of this panel is to introduce and describe NIDA’s implementation science initiative for justiceinvolved youth. The goal of JJ-TRIALS is to test implementation strategies for improving the delivery of a continuum of evidence-based substance abuse services as well as improving prevention efforts (for HIV/STDs and substance use disorders) among 36 juvenile justice sites located in Flor...

Evidence is presented for the electroweak (EW) production of two jets (jj) in association with Z bosons and constraints on anomalous quartic gauge couplings are set. The analysis based a data sample proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV collected CMS detector 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity 137fb−1. search performed fully leptonic final state ZZ→ℓℓℓ′ℓ′, where ℓ,ℓ′=e,μ. EW mea...

Magnetic flux quantization in superconductors allows the implementation of fast and energy-efficient digital superconducting circuits. However, information representation magnetic severely limits their functional density presenting a long-standing problem. Here we introduce concept circuits that do not utilize have no inductors. We argue neither use geometrical nor kinetic inductance is promisi...

Introduction Forgotten JJ stents are cited as one of the major dis­ advantages when compared with percutaneous nephro­ stomy (PCN) for relieving obstructed kidneys. However, published literature is scarce regarding ways of removing them without open exploration. Two recent cases are reported where extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and endoscopic intracorporeal lithotrity were used to...