Objectives: Tribulus terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae) which is called Al-Gutub (in Iraqi dialect) or Quti;ba (in classical Arabic medicine), and Zea mays were both used alone or in combination by Iraqi herbalists to propel urinary stones. We studied the aqueous extract of the leaves and fruits of T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the treatment outcome and differentiate between the individual behavior of the tumor stages that were studied (Ta, T1, and T2a) with special reference to T2a tumors.
Methods: This study was carried out at Al-Rasheed Military Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, during a 12 year period. Fifty-six patients with Ta, T1, and T2a (superficial invasion of muscularis propria) transitional cell carcinomas of the bladder, have been retrospectively analyzed.