Publications by authors named "M Monga"
Decades of research have made clear that host-associated microbiomes touch all facets of health. However, effective therapies that target the microbiome have been elusive given its inherent complexity. Here, we experimentally examined diet-microbe-host interactions through a complex systems framework, centered on dietary oxalate.
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- Fluorescence microscopy has advanced to subnanometer resolution but struggles to visualize single proteins or small complexes; researchers have developed a method called ONE microscopy to address this.
- ONE microscopy expands specimens, tags them with fluorophores, and captures videos to analyze fluorescence fluctuations, allowing for the visualization of individual proteins' shapes at around 1-nm resolution.
- This technique can observe protein conformational changes and has potential applications in clinical settings, such as analyzing protein aggregates in cerebrospinal fluid from Parkinson's patients, bridging high-resolution biology and light microscopy for new discoveries.
Retrograde intrarenal surgery with or without ureteral access sheath: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Int Braz J Urol
September 2024
Introduction: The ureteral access sheath (UAS) is a medical device that enables repeated entrance into the ureter and collecting system during retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). Its impact on stone-free rates, ureteral injuries, operative time, and postoperative complications remains controversial. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing RIRS with versus without UAS for urolithiasis management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare the outcomes of retrograde flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) with retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy (RLU) for large proximal ureteric stones.
Patients And Methods: A prospective randomised trial was conducted from January 2018 through December 2022 including patients with impacted proximal ureteric stones of 15-25 mm. Patients underwent fURS or RLU.