Severe complications of circumcision: an analysis of 48 cases.

Objective: Circumcision is still the most commonly performed surgery in Islamic and Jewish societies. We report the findings of 48 cases referred for serious complications after circumcision that needed secondary surgical interventions. The aim of this study is to emphasize the important problem of circumcision complications.

Virtual computed tomography cystoscopy in bladder pathologies.

Objective: Assessed the usefulness of virtual cystoscopy performed with multidetector computed tomography (CT) in patients with different urinary bladder pathologies compared to the conventional cystoscopy.

Materials And Methods: Eighteen patients with different bladder pathologies, which consisted of 11 tumors, 3 diverticula, 2 trabecular changes and 2 stones, were assessed with conventional cystoscopy and virtual CT cystoscopy. The results of virtual CT cystoscopy were compared with the findings of conventional cystoscopy.

Effect of indapamide on urinary calcium excretion in patients with and without urinary stone disease.

Background: Indapamide is an antihypertensive agent similar to thiazides, but with some different effects. Thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics are useful in preventing recurrent urinary stone formation due to their hypocalciuric effects.

Objective: To determine the hypocalciuric and other effects on certain laboratory parameters of indapamide 1.