Ureteroscopy and Holmium:YAG Laser Lithotripsy For Upper Tract Stones in a New Urology Centre: Our Initial Experience.

Background: To demonstrate the outcome of our initial experience in the management of upper tract stones with ureteroscopy and Holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy.

Methodology: The data of thirty-two patients who had ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy for upper urinary tract stones at a private urology centre in Awka, Anambra State Nigeria from September 2020 to June 2022 (20months) were retrospectively studied. Their sociodemographic data, clinical symptoms, the location and size of the stones, preoperative and postoperative stent use, hospital stay, complications, and stone-clearance rates were analyzed.

Urethral Stricture and Urethroplasty Practice in a Teaching Hospital in Anambra, South-Eastern Nigeria.

Background: Management of urethral stricture disease remains a challenge in the field of urology. Though several options exist for its management, urethroplasty has proved to give the best outcome.

Methodology: This is a retrospective study of urethral strictures and urethroplasties for 5years spanning from January 2015 to December 2019 at a tertiary teaching hospital in Anambra, South East Nigeria.

Iatrogenic Vesicojejunal Fistula Six Years Following Subtotal Hysterectomy: Diagnostic Challenges and Management.

Enterovesical fistula represents an abnormal communication between the urinary bladder and the gastrointestinal tract. It can result spontaneously from different disease processes, but can also complicate a surgical procedure. While most involve the large bowel, few involve the small bowel and these present with more clinical problems, as well as challenges in diagnosis and management.

Correlation between Body Mass Index and Gleason Score in Men with Prostate Cancer in Southeastern Nigeria.

Introduction: Prostate cancer has an increasing global burden. The clinical course varies from an indolent disease to a rapidly aggressive cancer. It is associated with higher mortality in less developed nations due to late presentation.