Prenatal genetic diagnosis: Fetal therapy as a possible solution to a positive test.

Background: Fetal abnormalities cause 20% of perinatal deaths. Advances in prenatal genetic and other types of screening offer great opportunities for identifying high risk pregnancies.

Methods: Through a literature search, here we summarise what are the prenatal diagnostic technique that are being used and how those techniques may allow for prenatal interventions.

Complications related to in vitro reproductive techniques support the implementation of natural procreative technologies.

Background And Aim: Infertility affects ~20% of the couples in the world. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are currently the most common treatment option for infertility. Nevertheless, ARTs may be associated with complications for mothers and/or offspring.

[Comparison of low-power laser and ultrasound litotripsy in the management of middle-distal ureteral stones].

Objective: To compare the success rates and complications of ultrasound and low-power Holmium laser-assisted ureteroscopy (URS) in managing middle-distal ureteral stones.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the records of 90 patients with middle-distal ureteral stones who underwent ureteroscopic lithotripsy at our institution from May 2006 to April 2010. 45 patients were treated with ultrasound (mean size 6.

Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder in a male patient: clinicopathologic analysis of a case.

Clear cell adenocarcinoma arising in the lower urinary tract is unusual. We report a case of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder in a 54-year-old male. Cystoscopic examination revealed a tumour arising from the dome of the urinary bladder.