a 4-day-old holstein bull calf with considerable oedema of the belly (water belly) was referred to theveterinary teaching hospital of the school of veterinary medicine, shiraz university. the owner did notobserve any urination since birth. rupture of the urethra was suspected. perineal urethrotomy was performed. subsequently, catheterization of urethra revealed the obstruction near the external...

A 4-day-old Holstein bull calf with considerable oedema of the belly (water belly) was referred to theVeterinary Teaching Hospital of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University. The owner did notobserve any urination since birth. Rupture of the urethra was suspected. Perineal urethrotomy was performed. Subsequently, catheterization of urethra revealed the obstruction near the external...

Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare anomaly in women and is characterized by congenital aplasia of the uterus and vagina, with normal development of secondary sexual characteristics and a normal karyotype. We report a case of a 38-year-old women with MRKH syndrome that had experienced urethral sex for many years. She presented with urinary incontinence and dyspareunia. The ...

background: the treatment of urethral stricture in female patients is through dilatation of the urethra by tubes of increasing diameter. there are two main methods: intermittent dilatation and on demand dilatation. objectives: the main aim of this study was to compare the results of these two methods, and to determine the best one. patients and methods: in this clinical trial study, we reviewed...

Congenital complete vaginal atresia with cervical aplasia is a rare obstructive reproductive tract malformation.We present clinical case of 12 years old girl genetic KBG Syndrome, admitted in the Pediatric Unit acute recurrent abdominal pain, vomiting and dehydratation.Written informed consent was obtained from patient parents for publication this report. The local institutional review board ex...

Prune-Belly syndrome is a disorder characterized by the following triad of symptoms: deficiency of the abdominal muscles, malformations of the urinary tract and bilateral cryptorchidism. This study included a total of 16 patients. The findings included clinical characteristics, diagnostics, therapy and long-term clinical outcomes. All patients were asked to complete a questionnaire and, in some...

Epispadias is a rare urogenital malformation characterized by more or less complete aplasia of the upper part of the urethra. It is commonly associated with bladder exstrophy. Isolated epispadias occurs in 10% of cases. Continent and incontinent epispadias may be distinguished. We report the case of a 29-year old patient presenting with dysuria associated with the impossibility of having sexual...

Morphological characteristics of 108 cases of uni- and bilateral aplasia of the vertebral artery (VA) in reports or images of retrospective studies, including one recent case, published between 1967 and 2016 are analyzed. Incidence, gender, persistence of carotid-vertebrobasilar anastomosis (CVBA), associated with other vascular variants, and vascular pathology in each group of uni- and bilater...

objective(s): we aimed to study the effect of trimetazidine (tmz) on urethral wound repair. materials and methods: a total of 52 male rats were used; 8 groups were formed: 1-week and 3-week control (c1,c3), sham (s1, s3), oral (ot1, ot3), and intraurethral tmz (iut1, iut3) groups. serum and urine total antioxidant capacity (tac), total oxidant capacity (toc), and 8-hydroxy-deoxy-guanosine (8-oh...