Kidney ultrasound - what is important for a urologist?

Kidney ultrasound is one of the basic procedures in the practice of a urologist. Apart from the location and the size, description of renal morphology should contain the thickness of the anterior lip parenchyma in a transverse section and the location of possible narrowings. Uneven outline of the kidney is a sign of past inflammatory conditions.

Novel trends in transrectal ultrasound imaging of prostate gland carcinoma.

Carcinoma of the prostate gland is the most common neoplasm in men. Its treatment depends on multiple factors among which local staging plays a significant role. The basic method is transrectal ultrasound imaging.

Benign fibroepithelial polyp of the ureter.

Benign tumors of the ureter are rare and most often appear in the form of fibroepithelial polyps [1]. Fibroepithelial polyps represent from 2 to 6% of all benign tumors of the urinary tract [2]. The Authors report on two cases of fibroepithelial polyps of the ureter, which they treated between 1993-2009.

Detection, localisation and characterisation of prostate cancer by prostate HistoScanning(™).

Unlabelled: What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Prostate cancer is one of the few solid-organ cancers in which imaging is not used in the diagnostic process. Novel functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques offer promise but may not be cost-effective. Prostate HistoScanning(™) (PHS) is an ultrasound-based tissue characterisation technique that has previously shown encouraging results in the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer.

Cizolirtine citrate is safe and effective for treating urinary incontinence secondary to overactive bladder: a phase 2 proof-of-concept study.

Background: Antimuscarinic agents currently dominate medical treatment for urinary incontinence secondary to overactive bladder (OAB). Alternatives to improve their risk-benefit ratio are welcomed.

Objective: To demonstrate the efficacy and safety of oral cizolirtine citrate in this indication.

Analysis of microcracks caused by drop shatter testing of porcine kidneys.

Although kidney trauma is a relatively common injury, its microscopic biomechanics are poorly understood. Experimental low-grade trauma in pig kidneys was studied using optical microscopy. We observed ruptures in the cortex as well as in the medulla.

Possibilities of experimental verification of the validity of urethral pressure profilometry.

Objectives: The aim is to define conditions for exact measurement of urethral pressure profile, to prepare an aparatus and fabricate an artificial urethra for testing measuring catethers. To examine it's qualities by experiment.

Methods: We designed a measuring appliance and a specialized software for measuring and evaluating.

Surface morphology of kidney, ureters and urinary bladder models based on data from the visible human male.

The aim of the present work was to create a simplified high-resolution three-dimensional model of kidneys, ureters and urinary bladder in a data form suitable for finite element/volume based numerical simulations. The exterior morphology of the organs was based on images from the Visible Human Male data set. In both the right and left kidney, there were defined their topographic relations to the neighbouring anatomical structures.