Urogenital Tuberculosis and Delayed Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study.

Objectives: To identify the causes of delayed diagnosis of urogenital tuberculosis (UGT) through a qualitative study of patients with contracted bladder due to UGT.

Materials And Methods: Eight patients diagnosed with contracted bladder due to UGT were evaluated. Data were obtained using face-to-face in-depth interviews and supplemented with medical records analysis and personal medical files.

Ureteral obstruction may activate kidney latent tuberculosis. A qualitative study.

Objectives: To analyze the hypothesis that ureteral obstruction may activate kidney latent tuberculous though qualitative study of Urogenital Tuberculosis patients.

Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using semistructured interviews in eight patients with Urogenital Tuberculosis. The progression of the disease from the initial symptoms was characterized through the analysis of the clinical and radiological data.

Evaluation of pedometer use in men with lower urinary tract symptoms: a randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: To assess the effect of a pedometer use in men aged between 50 and 59 years presenting lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

Methods: A single-center, not blind clinical trial with two parallel groups and equal randomization was performed with 38 men aged 50-59 years with LUTS. All patients received guidance and encouragement to physical activity practice.

Diagnosis and management of small intestinal injury due to percutaneous renal access.

Purpose: Define factors for proper diagnosis and treatment of small intestinal injury during procedures with percutaneous renal access, thus optimizing favorable outcomes and avoiding complications and death during conservative or surgical approaches.

Materials And Methods: Bibliographic review of case reports available in the literature and presentation of data from an additional case have been carried out.

Results: Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy was the procedure that most frequently caused injury of the small intestine.

Brachytherapy and radical prostatectomy in patients with early prostate cancer.

Objective: this study analyzes the survival of prostate cancer patients cared for at a hospital in Minas Gerais, Brazil according to one of the following treatments: iodine-125 seed implantation or radical prostatectomy. From January 2002 to December 2005, 129 patients underwent either brachytherapy (64 patients) or surgery (65 patients).

Methods: all had prostate-specific antigen, Gleason scores and clinical stage recorded prior to treatment.

A prospective evaluation of plastibell® circumcision in older children.

Introduction And Objective: Circumcision is one of the oldest surgical procedures and one of the most frequently performed worldwide. It can be done by many different techniques. This prospective series presents the results of Plastibell® circumcision in children older than 2 years of age, evaluating surgical duration, immediate and late complications, time for plastic device separation and factors associated with it.