The safety of ureteral stenting with the use of potassium citrate for management of renal uric acid stones.

Objectives: The objective is to evaluate the relative risks of ureteric stents application while managing uric acid stones with potassium citrate in terms of stone encrustations and urinary tract infection (UTI).

Patients And Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients with renal uric acid stones who received K citrate from 2013 to 2018. Patient's demographics were collected.

The Effectiveness of Tamoxifen in the Prevention of Recurrent Urethral Strictures Following Internal Urethrotomy.

Objective: Tamoxifen was not used earlier in clinical practice to decrease the urethral re-stricture rate after visual internal urethrotomy (VIU). In this study, we are the first to report the use of Tamoxifen as an adjuvant therapy to decrease the re-fibrosis and stricture recurrence post-VIU.

Patients And Methods: Between 2015 and 2017, 60 patients underwent VIU for post-traumatic bulbar urethral stricture ≤1 cm.

Mature Cystitic Teratoma of the Bladder Masquerading as a Distal Ureteral Stone.

A 27-year woman presented with irritative lower urinary tract symptoms and alleged small right distal ureteric stone that had been diagnosed with KUB and non-contrast spiral CT. Patient was scheduled for ureteroscopic lithotripsy, revealing absence of the presumed stone, while cystoscopy showed unexpected 2 cm pedunculated grayish white lesion, situated on the right lateral wall of the bladder with sparse hairs covering it. An incomplete TURBT was done; the histological findings correlated with the gross picture seen on cystoscopy.

Interleukins 12 and 13 levels among beta-thalassaemia major patients.

The role of inflammatory cytokines in the pathophysiology of beta-thalassaemia is still unclear. In this study production levels of interleukins (IL)-12 and IL-13 were measured by commercial ELISA in culture supernatants of mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells-from 30 non-splenectomized beta-thalassaemia cases with iron overload and 20 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals. IL-12 levels were significantly lower among cases compared with controls (91.