Publications by authors named "Hassan Abolella"
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- The study conducted a systematic review of literature on vesicovaginal fistula (VVF), examining its causes, diagnosis, prevention, and management across both developed and underdeveloped countries.
- The review analyzed 116 articles, ultimately including 43 relevant studies, finding that surgical reconstruction success rates exceed 90%, although outcomes for radiotherapy-induced VVFs are less favorable.
- The research emphasizes that surgical treatment is the primary repair method for VVF, recommending a waiting period of at least 3 months post-inflammation for optimal surgical outcomes.
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- - Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is emerging as a successful treatment for chronic pelvic pain (CPP), with a hypothesis stating its effectiveness in pain improvement.
- - A systematic analysis of 14 studies revealed a significant reduction in pain intensity, with SNM showing notable benefits for both standard and caudal approaches; however, patients without interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) experienced greater relief.
- - Overall, SNM effectively addresses CPP and associated urinary symptoms, proving beneficial for both IC/BPS and non-IC/BPS patients, while the two approaches yielded comparable results.
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- This study presents a unique case of an isolated renal hydatid cyst in a 54-year-old woman, initially misidentified as a possible tumor due to her symptoms and imaging results.
- The patient underwent radical nephrectomy after the imaging indicated a cystic lesion with a double-layer wall, which was later found to be the germinative membrane of the hydatid cyst during histopathological examination.
- The findings suggest that isolated renal hydatid cysts can easily be mistaken for renal tumors, emphasizing the need to include them in the differential diagnosis of renal cystic conditions.
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- The study evaluated the effectiveness of ciprofloxacin (CIP) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC), both individually and combined, against biofilm production on ureteral stent surfaces by various bacteria strains.
- Results showed that both substances inhibited biofilm formation by over 60%, with the CIP/NAC combination being the most effective, achieving up to 100% inhibition and disruption of existing biofilms.
- NAC enhances ciprofloxacin's effects by breaking down the extracellular polysaccharide matrix that protects biofilms, indicating a statistically significant improvement in treatment efficacy.
Background: Staphylococci are a common cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The present study evaluated biofilm forming capacity and the presence of both icaA and icaD genes among staphylococci strains isolated from patients undergoing ureteral catheterization.
Methodology: Different bacterial strains were isolated from urine and stents segments collected from 100 patients.