Simple and practical nomograms for predicting the stone-free rate after shock wave lithotripsy in patients with a solitary upper ureteral stone.

Purpose: To develop practical nomograms for predicting the stone-free rate after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in patients with a solitary stone in the proximal ureter.

Methods: Between July 2006 and June 2015, 319 patients with a proximal ureteral stone who underwent preoperative non-contrast enhanced computed tomography (NCCT) and subsequently received SWL were identified. Patients' age, gender, laterality, stone size, mean and maximum Hounsfield Unit (HU) of the stone, and skin-to-stone distance (SSD) were assessed.

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Japan from 2000 to 2015.

Background: Gonococcal infections are difficult to treat because of their multidrug antimicrobial resistance. The outbreak of antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has begun in Asia and particularly in Japan. Therefore, it is very important that we understand the trend of antimicrobial resistance of N.

A single 2 g oral dose of extended-release azithromycin for treatment of gonococcal urethritis.

Objectives: We treated gonococcal urethritis in men with a single 2 g dose of azithromycin extended-release formulation (azithromycin-SR) to determine its microbiological outcomes and tolerability.

Patients And Methods: We enrolled 189 Japanese men with gonococcal urethritis between April 2009 and December 2013. The patients were given a single 2 g dose of azithromycin-SR.

[The efficacy of imidafenacin in patients with over active bladder, nocturia, or sleep disorders (Sayama-Iruma-Hannou study)].

The effect of imidafenacin for the treatment of over active bladder (OAB), in 100 patients with urgency, nocturia or sleep disorders was examined by an open-labeled, non-randomized,non-controlled study. Prior to administration and at 4 weeks after administration (0.1 or 0 2 mg/day, p.