Controlled Synthesis of Coral-Like CuO Dendrites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance.

In this work, coral-like CuO dendrites were successfully synthesized by a solvothermal method in the mixed solvent of distilled water and ethanol with assistance of dodecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (DTAB). The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis techniques, to investigate their structure and morphology. The coral-like CuO dendrites were about 1 m in length, with many dendrites pointing to a common center.

Reconstruction of bladder function and prevention of renal deterioration by means of end-to-side neurorrhaphy in rats with neurogenic bladder.

Aims: To investigate the feasibility of restoring bladder function and prevention of renal deterioration by neurorrhaphy in rats with neurogenic bladder (NB).

Methods: Forty-two rats were assigned to the end-to-side nerve coaptation group (ECG, n = 16), no nerve coaptation group (NCG, n = 16), and control group (CG, n = 10). In the ECG, the left ventral root (VR) and dorsal root (DR) of L6 and S1 were transected, and the distal stump of L6VR was sutured to the lateral face of L4VR.

Prevalence of Spina Bifida Occulta and Its Relationship With Overactive Bladder in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese People.

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of spina bifida occulta (SBO) and its relationship with the presence of overactive bladder (OAB) in middle-aged and elderly people in China.

Methods: A cross-sectional community-based survey was carried out at 7 communities in Zhengzhou City, China from December 15, 2013 to June 10, 2014, where residents aged over 40 years were randomly selected to participate. All of the participants underwent lumbosacral radiographic analysis and relevant laboratory tests.

Percutaneous intrarenal marsupialization of symptomatic peripelvic renal cysts: a single-centre experience in China.

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE.The aim of this study was to report the authors' experience with percutaneous intrarenal marsupialization of symptomatic peripelvic renal cysts.

Material And Methods: Thirty-one patients (16 male and 15 female, with a mean age of 49 years) with a peripelvic renal cyst associated with chronic flank or lumbar pain or urinary infection were selected for percutaneous intrarenal marsupialization with a 2 μm laser in the authors' centre from January 2005 to December 2010.

[Percutaneous nephroscopic 2 µm laser incision and drainage treatment of peripelvic renal cysts].

Objective: To explore the surgical approaches, efficacy and safety of percutaneous nephroscopic 2 µm laser incision and drainage in the treatment of peripelvic renal cysts.

Methods: The peripelvic renal cysts were punctured percutaneously. A 1.

Transurethral 2-microm laser in the treatment of urethral stricture.

Objectives: To evaluate the curative efficacy of transurethral 2-mum thulium laser urethrotomy in the treatment of urethral stricture.

Methods: Two hundred and thirty-eight patients suffering from urethral stricture, all male, aged 47.3 (36-58), underwent transurethral 2-mum thulium laser urethrotomy.

[Efficacy of transurethral 2 microm laser urethrotomy in the treatment of urethral stricture and atresia].

Objective: To evaluate the curative efficacy of transurethral 2 microm thulium laser urethrotomy in the treatment of urethral stricture and atresia.

Methods: 192 patients suffering from urethral stricture (n = 179) or atresia (n = 13), all male, aged 45.4 (38-56), underwent transurethral 2 microm thulium laser urethrotomy.