conclusions aki is common in urology patients. the underlying aetiologies of aki in this group may explain a lower overall mortality, although increasing aki severity remains a marker of patients at higher risk of poor outcomes. the low rate of renal recovery suggests that urology patients who sustain aki are exposed to a significant risk of ckd and its attendant consequences for long term heal...

From 1983 until 1987, 4177 outpatient urologic procedures were performed at Shahid Labbafi Nejad Medical Center. 34% of the cases were open surgical, while 66% were endourologic procedures. There was no surgical complication related to the outpatient aspect of the procedure. Rate of infection in open surgical cases was almost zero. The number of procedures was increased each succeeding yea...

from 1983 until 1987, 4177 outpatient urologic procedures were performed at shahid labbafi nejad medical center. 34% of the cases were open surgical, while 66% were endourologic procedures. there was no surgical complication related to the outpatient aspect of the procedure. rate of infection in open surgical cases was almost zero. the number of procedures was increased each succeeding year. al...

The pre-transplantation goal of the urologist is the optimization of urinary tract condition. Therefore, urologic surgery may be needed before or after renal transplantation. We analyzed the results of urologic surgery performed because of de novo urologic diseases. Between January 1986 and January 2001, 281 patients underwent renal transplantation, and 23 urologic surgical procedures were perf...

Background: The field of urology has undergone unprecedented advances in the past decades and the developments in modern urology which are practiced today have been made possible by the remarkable strides surrounding surgery made in the mid and late 20th century. Objectives: The study was aimed at assessing the extent of urologic conditions and the treatment modalities in the study area. Method...

CONTEXT The incidence of postoperative complications is still the most frequently used surrogate marker of quality in surgery, but no standard guidelines or criteria exist for reporting surgical complications in the area of urology. OBJECTIVE To review the available reporting systems used for urologic surgical complications, to establish a possible change in attitude towards reporting of comp...

Growing data suggest that lymphadenectomy is a critical component of the surgical management of urologic malignancies with both diagnostic and therapeutic benefit. The increased use of minimally invasive approaches for the management of urologic malignancies may be in conflict with the need for more extensive lymphadenectomy with these procedures. The purpose of this review is to summarize the ...

We conducted a literature review of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), focusing on urologic procedures with gastrointestinal tract access, to update on the development of this novel surgical approach. As part of the methods, a comprehensive electronic literature search for NOTES was conducted using PubMed and Cochrane Library from March 2002 to February 2016 for papers rep...

INTRODUCTION To describe the urologic outcomes of contemporary adult spina bifida patients managed in a multidisciplinary clinic. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective chart review of patients seen in our adult spina bifida clinic from January 2004 to November 2011 was performed to identify urologic management, urologic surgeries, and co-morbidities. RESULTS 225 patients were identified (57....

OBJECTIVES To propose relaparoscopy as a feasible diagnostic tool and an efficient treatment in early abdominal complications after urologic laparoscopic procedures in selected patients that require surgical intervention. METHODS Between January 2008 and April 2011, a total of 246 laparoscopic urologic procedures were performed at our institution. There were 81 radical nephrectomies (33%), 46...