Complete Erosion of Abdominal Cerclage Into the Bladder.

Background: Abdominal cerclage is indicated for some women with cervical insufficiency. Long-term complications from cerclage are rare.

Case: Here we report the case of a patient who presented with recurrent urinary tract infection and hematuria 5 years after laparoscopic abdominal cerclage.

Heightened suspicion and rapid evaluation with CT for early diagnosis of partial renal infarction.

Background And Objective: Although renal infarction has been well studied and clearly defined, it remains greatly underdiagnosed, resulting in significant morbidity. Acute segmental renal infarction is a diagnosis even more problematic, as the problem can appear insidiously and masquerade as other entities including stone, infection, and even tumor. The clinical manifestations and evaluation of partial renal infarction in our patients were reviewed.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy with renal angiomyolipomas: a rare challenge.

Renal angiomyolipomas (AML) are vascular tumors associated with a risk of spontaneous bleeding. Renal trauma may also initiate such hemorrhage. We present a case in which we initially avoided direct puncture and the possible risk of bleeding through extensive renal AMLs and then subsequently performed a direct puncture through the tumors.

Complete renal embolization as an alternative to nephrectomy.

Purpose: Simple nephrectomy is technically demanding in patients with recurrent inflammation or bleeding. It is also unwise to subject patients in poor health to the rigors of an extensive operative procedure. We report our experience with complete renal embolization as a safe and reliable alternative to surgical nephrectomy.

The in vitro bactericidal effect of microwave energy on bacteria that cause prostatitis.

Objectives: We investigated the in vitro nonthermal effects of microwaves delivered from Prostatron 2.0 on Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae.

Methods: The fingers of powder-free, sterile gloves were ligated, and bacterial solutions were transferred into the remaining area of the glove.