Publications by authors named "Masoud Etemadian"
Purpose: To investigate the influence of bimanual compression of abdomen-flank to control bleeding after completion of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) including tubeless PCNL.
Materials And Methods: This study is a parallel-group randomized clinical trial with 1:1:1 randomization. Ninety patients who were candidates for PCNL during July to October 2019 were enrolled.
Purpose: Percutaneous-nephrolithotomy (PCNL), is the current modality of choice for large renal stones. Delayed post-op bleeding may herald pseudo aneurysm (PA) or arteriovenous fistula (AVF) necessitating costly and inconsistently available angioembolization, or prolonged hospitalization. The goal of this study is to identify criteria that may predict response to conservative therapy, for delayed bleeding from post PCNL intrarenal vascular lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In recent decades, many countries have utilized public-private partnership (PPP) as a development initiative to reform their healthcare sectors. The present study examines the feasibility of implementing public-private partnerships for development of hospital services in Shiraz, Iran.
Methods: This was a descriptive study of questionnaires carried out on one of Iran's major southern cities (Shiraz) in 2016.
Aim: miRNAs have been suggested as biomarkers for bladder cancer. We aimed to find a diagnostic panel of miRNAs based on differential expression of miRNAs in urine specimens of patient with bladder cancer compared with control group.
Methods: miR-141, miR-10b, miR-34b and miR-103 were selected to assess their expression in urine samples of 66 bladder cancer patients and 53 matched controls using quantitative real time PCR.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of tolterodine and gabapentin vs placebo in catheter related bladder discomfort (CRBD) following percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).
Materials And Methods: This study was a double-blind parallel group randomized clinical trial. Patients who were candidates of PCNL were enrolled.
Background: The optimal treatment is not possible yet for chronic prostatitis due to the unknown etiology of the diseases. We aimed to investigate the association of infection with chronic prostatitis.
Methods: In this prospective case-control study that conducted in Imam Hospital Complex affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran from 2014 to 2015, patients with diagnosis of chronic prostatitis according to the criteria of National Institute of Health (NIH) were enrolled.
Purpose: To investigate the influence of stone opacity in plain radiography on stone free rate and complications ofpercutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).
Materials And Methods: A number of 101 patients who underwent PCNL between July-September 2015 wereprospectively included. Stone opacity was judged on preoperative plain Kidney-Ureter-Bladder X-ray.
Objective: To review the experiences of selected countries in the use of public-private partnership in the provision of hospital services.
Methods: This comparative study was conducted in 2015 in Iran. To collect data, valid databases as well as articles, theses, reports and related books in the field of private-sector partnership in hospital services were employed.
Introduction: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been constructively considered in recent years to reform health sectors in many countries. This study aimed at explaining the strategies to develop and promote PPPs in the provision of hospital services in Iran.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2015.
Introduction: We report our experience with laparoscopic management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in horseshoe kidneys.
Methods: Between February 2004 and March 2014, 15 patients with horseshoe kidneys and symptomatic ureteropelvic junction obstruction underwent laparoscopic management at our national referral centre. Depending on the anatomy and presence of obtrusive vessels or isthmus, we performed either dismembered, Scardino or Foley YV pyeloplasty, or Hellstrom vessel transposition.
Purpose: To examine the effects of antibiotic prophylaxis on postoperative infection rate in patients with negative urine cultures undergoing ureteroscopy (URS).
Patients And Methods: Using the Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society (CROES) URS Global Study database, patients with a negative baseline urine culture undergoing URS for ureteral stones (n=1141) or kidney stones (n=184) not receiving antibiotic prophylaxis were matched with those who were predefined by risk factors, including gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, and ureteral stent placement. Patient characteristics, operative data, and postoperative outcomes, including the development of urinary tract infection (UTI) and fever, in the two groups were compared.
Purpose: To evaluate meperidine-sparing effect of intravenous (IV) paracetamol in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).
Patients And Methods: One hundred patients who underwent PCNL were randomized to paracetamol (n=50) and placebo (n=50) groups. Patients received 100 mL of physiologic saline with or without 1 g IV paracetamol every 8 hours after PCNL up to 24 hours in the paracetamol and placebo groups, respectively.
Purpose: To review our 5-year experience in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for horseshoe kidney with large stone burden or failed shockwave lithotripsy (SWL).
Materials And Methods: During 5 years (2006 to 2011), PCNL was performed on 21 patients with horseshoe kidney stone. We evaluated patients (age and gender), stones characteristics (size, number, side, and site), surgical technique, and outcomes.
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of pediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) using adult sized instruments in the management of pediatric urolithiasis.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 38 children younger than 15 years who had undergone 45 PCNLs with adult sized instruments in our center between August 2007 and February 2010.
Results: There were 26 boys and 12 girls, with a mean age of 8.
Introduction: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the recommended first-line treatment for staghorn stones. To achieve complete stone clearance, PCNL may require using multiple tracts.
Objective: To evaluate outcome of PCNL in patients with staghorn calculi and its correlation with the number of tracts and stone features.
We evaluated the outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. A total of 60 patients with a creatinine level greater than 1.5 mg/dL who underwent PCNL were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare outcomes in two groups of patients with kept and discarded nephrostomy tube after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) complicated with bleeding.
Materials And Methods: Two hundred patients who had undergone PCNL complicated with hemorrhage were recruited in this study. Patients were randomly allocated to two groups: group A, who underwent tubeless PCNL and tract port was packed for 3 to 4 minutes after removing Amplatz sheath, and group B, for whom a 24-F nephrostomy tube was left in place at the end of the procedure.
Introduction: Secondary diverticula initially serve as a pop-off mechanism in high-pressure voiding. Large diverticula, however, have been implicated in bladder-neck and ureteral obstruction and frequently demand definitive treatment, which, so far, has usually meant excision. We present this first report on using the diverticulum for laparoscopic urothelialized bladder augmentation as a novel procedure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We present our experience in continuing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) versus delayed PCNL when purulent fluid is aspirated during access to the pyelocaliceal system.
Materials And Methods: This randomized controlled study was carried out on patients who had purulent urine in the pyelocaliceal system at the initial puncturing during PCNL. Patients with recent untreated urinary tract infection, thick or foul pus in aspirated urine, fever, and immunocompromised condition were excluded.