objectives: the aim of this study is to determine the prevalent of fecal outlet abstract  obstruction (foo) and associated risk factors in women aged 40 and older. methods & materials: in this cross sectional study, a total of 800 women were 1- assistant professor, department of randomly selected via cluster sampling among residents of area zone 17 of tehran health management and and were inter...

a 6-year-old male crossbred dog was referred to the veterinary medical teaching hospital of islamic azad university of karaj with the history of abdominal distention, rectal tenesmus and stranguria. abdominal radiographs and ultrasonography indicated large distended urinary bladder and prostatic enlargement. ecg showed temporary episodes of atrial standstill. the only abnormalities detected by ...

background: gastric outlet obstruction (goo) due to peptic stricture is one of three known complications of peptic ulcer disease and usually requires therapeutic intervention for symptoms relief. after benjamin sb who primarily used balloon dilation for treatment of goo in 1982, some series has been published investigating procedure efficacy with different results. the purpose of this study is ...

PURPOSE We investigated the relationship between ultrasound estimated bladder weight/corrected ultrasound estimated bladder weight and the bladder outlet obstruction index derived from pressure flow study to evaluate its diagnostic efficacy to predict bladder outlet obstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total 193 men older than 50 years with lower urinary tract symptoms were enrolled in this s...

IntroductionFetal bladder outlet obstruction (or lower urinary tract [LUTO]) is most commonly caused by posterior urethral valves and atresia can lead to abnormal renal development pulmonary hypoplasia. It associated with a high rate of perinatal morbidity mortality.DefinitionPrenatally detected LUTO occurs because blockage in the (the outlet) developing fetus leads megacystis, thickened wall, ...

Isolated gastric Crohn's disease is unusual and a rare cause of pyloric outlet obstruction. If medical therapy is ineffective, patients may require surgery to relieve gastric outlet obstruction. Herein we describe a patient with isolated gastric Crohn's disease with pyloric outlet obstruction who was steroid-dependent and had a relapse despite receiving biologic and immunomodulatory therapy, bu...

Isolated gastric Crohn’s disease is unusual and a rare cause of pyloric outlet obstruction. If medical therapy is ineffective, patients may require surgery to relieve gastric outlet obstruction. Herein we describe a patient with isolated gastric Crohn’s disease with pyloric outlet obstruction who was steroid-dependent and had a relapse despite receiving biologic and immunomodulatory therapy, bu...

PURPOSE We quantified the physiological variability of clinical and pressure-flow study variables in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic enlargement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Symptom scores were measured, and advanced urodynamic studies with pressure-flow analysis were performed in 178 patients before and 6 months after a period a watchful waiting. RESULTS Patients without bladder outle...