Motion of the kidney between preoperative and intraoperative positioning.

For many laparoscopic surgical procedures, the preoperative images are taken with the patient in a different position than that in which the surgery is performed. The organ shift between positions can affect surgical image guidance, as the organ shifts can complicate image registration. In particular, for partial nephrectomy, the standard clinical approach requires supine preoperative computed tomography, while the surgery is performed in the flank position.

Penile carcinoma: lessons learned from vulvar carcinoma.

Purpose: Penile carcinoma is rare in the developed world and treatment guidelines are often based on marginal clinical data. Prospective controlled studies are virtually absent and meta-analyses are rare. Vulvar carcinoma, on the other hand, has many parallels to penile carcinoma, and the level of evidence for diagnosis and treatment is more robust.

Prediction of the outcome of antenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis: a multivariable analysis.

Purpose: The majority of cases of antenatal hydronephrosis (ANH) resolve postnatally. The purpose of this study was to determine independent predictors for resolution of ANH using a multivariable analysis model.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 100 children (80 males and 20 females, 118 renal units) referred to a single pediatric urology clinic with the diagnosis of ANH.

Exercise improves bladder function in diabetic mice.

Aims: We determined the effect of exercise on bladder dysfunction and voiding frequency in db/db mice.

Materials And Methods: Diabetic db/db female mice (BKS.Cg-Dock7m +/+ Leprdb/J strain) and their age-matched wild-type controls (WT) were equally divided into sedentary and exercise groups.

Atrophic upper pole of a duplex collecting system masquerading as suprarenal mass: a case study and literature review.

The growing use of maternal fetal ultrasound is leading to the discovery of an increasing number of suprarenal masses. Our experience with a cystic suprarenal mass detected on antenatal ultrasound is described. Location and radiographic features could not rule out the possibility of a cystic neuroblastoma; therefore, surgical resection of the mass was performed.