Publications by authors named "Takuji Izumi"
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- * Researchers analyzed data from 226 patients and found that factors like age, TrD-S, and stone location were significant predictors of whether patients would achieve a stone-free status after treatment.
- * The modified scoring system, called the Quadruple D score, showed better predictive accuracy for stone-free rates compared to the TrD-S alone.
We investigated the effects of aging on the stone-free rate (SFR) after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) for the treatment of proximal ureteral calculi. A total of 247 consecutive patients were retrospectively selected, classified into seven groups set at 10 year increments (from 20 to 90 years), and examined for SFR after SWL. According to our final analysis, 185 male and 62 female patients with an average age of 54.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to assess stone-free rates following extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) of pure calcium oxalate (CaOx) stones in the proximal ureter.
Material And Methods: The investigators retrospectively examined 53 patients with 5-10 mm pure CaOx stones in the proximal ureter from the medical archives of 593 consecutive patients treated with ESWL. The compositions of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) and dihydrate (COD) in a given stone were determined by infrared spectrometry.
Objectives: We evaluated posterior retroperitoneoscopic partial adrenalectomy with regard to operative complications, operation time, intraoperative blood loss.
Patients And Methods: Between January 1997 and April 2002, we performed 47 posterior retroperitoneoscopic partial adrenalectomies. There were 18 males and 29 females with a mean age of 48 years (range 28-82 years).