All patients who underwent a nephrostomy between the 1st of January 2001 and the 31st of October 2004 were retrospectively identified from the radiology department appointment system. All but one ...

Normal values for Na e per kilogram of body weight were taken from the data of Edelman and his co-workers 4 since the majority of these patients appeared thin and spare, coinciding with the type of ...

Q: How can I know I need to seek treatment? A: If you have any change in urinary patterns such as difficulty urinating, dribbling, urge to urinate at night (nocturia) or blood in the urine (hematuria) ...

Posterior urethral valve: An obstructing membrane in the posterior male urethra as a result of abnormal in utero development. Stenting: A procedure in which a stent (a metal or plastic tube) is ...

Background A 19-year-old mentally retarded man with failed exstrophy repair and ureterosigmoidostomy urinary diversion presented with high fever, vomiting and right-flank pain of 2 days' duration.

Frontometaphyseal dysplasia, or Gorlin-Cohen syndrome, is an X-linked disorder primarily characterized by skeletal dysplasia, such as hyperostosis of the skull and abnormalities of tubular bone ...