Associations of Blood and Urinary Heavy Metals with Stress Urinary Incontinence Risk Among Adults in NHANES, 2003-2018.

People come into contact with heavy metals in various ways in their daily lives. Accumulating evidence shows that toxic metal exposure is hazardous to human health. However, limited information is available regarding the impact of metal mixtures on stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

The regular use of calcium channel blockers before flexible URS appears to facilitate primary UAS insertion: a retrospective study in a single center.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of regular use of CCB before flexible URS for successful primary UAS insertion.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 209 patients who underwent flexible ureteroscopy (URS) for upper urinary tract calculi between Jan 2021 and Dec 2021. Patients were divided into two groups based on whether calcium channel blockers (CCB) were used (n = 72) or not (n = 137).

Urethral Reconstruction Using Everted Saphenous Vein Graft in a Rabbit Model: One-Year Outcomes.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of using everted saphenous vein graft for urethral reconstruction.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-five adult male rabbits were divided into 7 groups randomly: experimental group A, B, C, D, E, stricture control group and normal control group (n = 5). In experimental groups and the stricture control group, a urethral mucosa defect (1.

Laparoscopic onlay lingual mucosal graft ureteroplasty for proximal ureteral stricture: initial experience and 9-month follow-up.

Purpose: We present our initial experience and 9-month outcomes of the novel technique of laparoscopic onlay lingual mucosal graft ureteroplasty for proximal ureteral stricture.

Materials And Methods: In June 2015, transperitoneal laparoscopic onlay lingual mucosal graft ureteroplasty was performed on a male patient with proximal stricture of the left ureter. The patient complained with left frank pain.