Publications by authors named "Ajay Kanbur"
Suprapubic catheterization (SPC) is a commonly used technique for urinary bladder drainage. As an SPC may be needed for long term, the catheter needs to be changed every 2-6 weeks. Change of SPC is a simple and a safe outpatient procedure.
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- Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is a prevalent and complex issue with varied treatment options and no definitive guidelines, leading to differing management practices internationally.
- A comprehensive survey with 336 responses from specialists in 49 countries explored current medical and surgical strategies for NOA, analyzing results against existing guidelines and offering expert recommendations.
- Key findings included diverse approaches to hormonal therapy, significant variation in sperm retrieval success rates, and differing protocols around varicocele repair and follicle-stimulating hormone cutoff levels for sperm retrieval.
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- * Conducted from July to September 2022, a questionnaire gathered responses from 367 doctors in 49 countries, focusing on how they diagnose NOA through methods like hormone tests and genetic analyses.
- * The survey identified that while many practices align with guidelines, significant differences in approaches were found, underscoring the need for standardized, evidence-based international guidelines for NOA evaluation.
Drug-induced priapism is well known and papaverine is the most common drug known to cause priapism. Drotaverine, an analog of papaverine, is used extensively to treat Colicky pain. We report the first case of drotaverine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext Background: While the semen analysis appears to be the cornerstone in the evaluation of male fertility, the testicular size is a cheap, easy, and convenient to measure yet an ignored parameter for predicting the same. There is insufficient literature for identifying the testicular size cutoff among the Indian men.
Aims: The study is aimed to correlate between the testicular volume and length with exocrine testicular function and to set a cutoff size for infertility in Indian men.