Emergency versus elective ureteroscopic treatment of ureteral stones.

Introduction: This retrospective study investigates the role of the emergency ureteroscopic (URS) approach in the definitive treatment of ureteric stones.

Methods: We reviewed all patients admitted for ureteric stones from May 2003 to December 2010. Those who underwent URS stone treatment were selected and stratified into emergency (EMG) and elective groups (ELG).

Emergency double-J stent insertion following uncomplicated Ureteroscopy: risk-factor analysis and recommendations.

Purpose: Emergency double-J (DJ) stenting following ″uncomplicated″ ureteroscopic (UURS) stone treatment is both morbid and costly. Our study aims at identifying those patients who are more likely to require such an extra procedure. Handling of this complication will also be highlighted.

Laparoscopic splenectomy: consensus and debatable points.

Introduction: The emergence of minimally invasive techniques has broadened interest in splenectomy for a variety of haematological illnesses. Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is currently considered the gold standard for the treatment of various haematological disorders.

Purpose: The literature was reviewed to highlight points of consensus and debatable points regarding best practice in LS, looking at issues such as bleeding and conversion, splenomegaly, splenic retrieval techniques, types of instruments used, hand-assisted LS (HALS), complications, approaches, accessory spleen and splenosis.

Urodynamic detrusor overactivity in patients with overactive bladder symptoms.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between urodynamic detrusor overactivity (DO) and overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms in men and women.

Methods: We reviewed the records of adult males and females who attended a tertiary referral center for urodynamic evaluation of OAB syndrome symptoms with the presence or absence of DO. DO was calculated for symptoms alone or in combination.

A placebo-controlled trial of the effects of hydrochlorothiazide on nocturnal enuresis.

Objective: To assess the efficacy, tolerability and side effects of the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in the management of monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis by a placebo-controlled double-blind crossover trial.

Patients And Methods: Forty patients suffering from nocturnal enuresis were blindly randomized into 2 groups of equal numbers. Group 1 first received placebo for 3 months, and group 2 received oral HCTZ once daily for the same period.