Enhanced neutrophil apoptosis accompanying myeloperoxidase release during hemodialysis.

Biocompatibility of hemodialysis (HD) systems have been considerably improved. However, mortality and morbidity rates of patients have remained high, raising questions regarding the biocompatibility of current systems. In the present study, 70 patients on regular HD (51 males; mean age, 63 years; median duration of HD, 18 months) with high-performance membrane (polysulfone, 77%; polymethylmethacrylate, 23%) at Tohoku University Hospital were examined.

Questionnaire survey on the prescription of renal replacement therapy for acute phase patients on maintenance dialysis who developed cerebrovascular disease.

Background: There is limited information about acute phase renal replacement therapy (RRT) for maintenance hemodialysis patients after the onset of cerebrovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate which modality of renal replacement therapy is currently selected in practice.

Methods: We conducted a mail-based survey in 317 dialysis facilities that were certified by three academic societies that focus on dialysis, neurology, and neurosurgery in Japan.

Penile blood pressure is useful to identify candidates for tadalafil treatment in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms.

Objectives: To determine whether penile blood pressure (PBP) can be used to identify patients who can benefit from tadalafil treatment, the correlation between PBP at baseline and changes in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) induced by tadalafil treatment was studied prospectively.

Patients And Methods: Patients with BPH who were poor responders to α -blockers and took tadalafil instead of an α -blocker were registered between 2014 and 2016. The patients were divided into two groups (low- and high-PBP groups) using the median baseline PBP of 110 mmHg as the threshold.

[Laparoscopic ureteroureterostomy for isolated ureteral injury via retroperitoneal approach following a stab wound: a case report].

Ureteral injuries secondary to noniatrogenic trauma are uncommon. Only 2% to 3% of knife stab wounds to the abdomen result in ureteral injury. As a basic rule, ureteral stenting is mostly sufficient for small lesions, and only larger injuries require open reconstructive techniques.