[The Effect of Tadalafil on Sexual Function, Urinary Function and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Treated with Brachytherapy].

We compared sexual function by the expanded prostate cancer index composite (sexual domains of EPIC), health-related quality of life (SF-8), and International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS) inpatients using tadalafil after prostate brachytherapy (PB). Forty-five patients who underwent PB between April 2011 and January 2014 were included in this study. Patients were divided into the tadalafil (20 mg,once/week or once/two weeks) treated and non-treated (NT) groups.

[Efficacy of a basket catheter used in transurethral lithotripsy].

Between January 2005 and August 2010, transurethral lithotripsy (TUL) was performed in 117 patients with upper urinary tract stones. TUL was performed without the basket catheter ZeroTipTM in 50 patients (group A) and with ZeroTip TM in 67 patients (group B). There was no significant difference in the successful stone disintegration rate between group A (86%) and group B (90%).

[Analysis of prognostic factor in 52 castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with docetaxel].

The prognostic factor was retrospectively analyzed in 52 castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with docetaxel (DTX) in our institutions from April, 2006 to August, 2009. The treatment outcomes were decided with prostate specific antigen (PSA) progression-free survival and overall survival. These were calculated by Kaplan-Meier methods and tested with Log-rank test.

Matrix metalloproteinase levels in peritoneal effluents were increased in a patient with appendicitis undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

A differential diagnosis of common bacterial peritonitis and appendicitis is difficult in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, and thus the definite diagnosis of appendicitis is often delayed. In this case, a 60-year-old man undergoing CAPD was at first diagnosed with bacterial peritonitis but not appendicitis, and antibiotics were administered. The number of leukocytes in the peritoneal effluent decreased mildly, but the level of C-reactive protein continued to be high and the pain aggravated.

Carvedilol protects tubular epithelial cells from ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting oxidative stress.

Objectives: Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), leading to acute kidney injury, is a frequent complication with renal transplantation and it is associated with graft function. Its pathogenesis involves ischemia, vascular congestion and reactive oxygen metabolites. Carvedilol is an antihypertensive drug with potent anti-oxidant properties.