Objective: To assess the feasibility and outcome of laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation. Material and Methods: Five laparoscopic ureteral reimplantations were performed between June 2011 and December 2012 for ureteral strictures. The mean age was 45 years three patients had unilateral lower ureteric stricture, 2 patients had bilateral lower ureteric strictures. The etiology of stricture format...

A 55-year old Sudanese physician presented with one month history of diarrhea, loss of weight (10 kg) and low grade nocturnal fever. Following colonoscopy, he rapidly developed paraparesis and retention of urine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal cord showed low cord lesion suggestive of transverse myelitis. We present a detailed account of diagnostic and management challenges and ...

Alhagi pseudalhagi known as Yavasaka in Ayurveda and Camel thorn in English is a small thorny shrub, normally used in folk medicine as a remedy for rheumatic pains, bilharziasis and various types of gastrointestinal discomforts, urinary tract diseases and liver diseases. It is an important ingredient of many Ayurvedic formulations. As the plant is therapeutically very important, it will be wort...

Of the various pathological causes of pulmonary endarteritis and right heart failure, schistosomiasis is probably the least familiar outside Egypt and other countries where the disease is endemic. It has long been known that bilharzia ova are sometimes deposited in the lungs (Belleli, 1885; Turner, 1909), and that adult worms of S. haematobium, often coupled males and females, may be found in t...

Schistosomiasis or bilharziasis is a parasitic disease caused by flatworms plathelminthes (bilharzias schistosomes) that live in the venous vascular system. This major public health problem countries located tropics and subtropics. The paper focuses on contributing to eradication of schistosomiasis Côte d'Ivoire highlighting endogenous knowledge Attie people medicinal plants used for treatment ...

Bilharzia is a public health problem in Cote dIvoire, especially rural areas. This study was conducted the locality of Guebo 2 located 45.2 kilometres from Abidjan, northwest Yopougon, with aim assessing epidemiological status bilharzia school environment where cases urinary had been reported 2012 prevalence 42.8%. 119 pupils were sampled schools A and B, Year 3, 4, 5 6 pupils. Urine stool samp...

Human schistosomiasis, also known as bilharziasis is a complex of acute and chronic parasitic infections caused by mammalian blood flukes belonging to the genus Schistosoma. The disease is endemic in 74 countries with an estimated 200 million people infected, of whom 120 million are symptomatic and 20 million have severe disease. Six hundred million people are at risk of infection [1]. The infe...