Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
May 2024
The textile industry is known for its significant environmental impact, and as such, there is a growing need to assess the industry's production practices. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an effective tool for measuring the environmental impact of textile products from raw material production to end-of-life disposal. Surat city, known as textile hub of India, has multiple industrial clusters that play host to different elements of the textile value chain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We examined contemporary patterns in treatment of male stress urinary incontinence and identified predictors of undergoing specific surgical procedures.
Methods: Utilizing the AUA Quality Registry, we identified men with stress urinary incontinence utilizing International Classification of Disease codes and related procedures for stress urinary incontinence performed from 2014 to 2020 utilizing Current Procedural Terminology codes. Characteristics of the patient, surgeon, and practice were included in a multivariate analysis of predictors of management type.
Background: Urethral stricture is a relatively frequent problem often requiring multiple surgical interventions. The objective of this study was to compare the clinicopathologic features of urethral resections from patients who underwent open end-to-end anastomotic urethroplasty and later recurred compared to those who did not.
Methods: A retrospective review of the pathology files identified 36 consecutive patients who underwent urethroplasty.