Childhood absence epilepsy and benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes: a narrative review analysis.

Background: Recent studies have shown a possible coexistence of absence seizures with other forms of epilepsy. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the possible contemporary or subsequent presence of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BECTS) in pediatric epileptic patients.

Data Sources: A PubMed systematic search indexed for MEDLINE, PubMed and EMBASE was undertaken to identify studies in children including articles written between 1996 and 2015.

Case selection for high-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy.

Transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Different devices and operating software have been used in various clinical trials. The objective of this study was to identify the possible baseline parameters that could be used to identify the best responders to different microwave devices and treatment programs.

A prospective study of the safety and efficacy of suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Purpose: We investigate the safety and efficacy of suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy, and the change in bladder wall thickness after surgery.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a prospective 1 center study of 32 consecutive patients who underwent transvesical prostatectomy from December 1996 to March 1997 for benign prostatic hyperplasia with large prostate volume, who were followed for 1 year. Pressure flow study and transrectal sonography were performed at baseline and repeated at 6 months.

Invasive and minimally invasive treatment modalities for lower urinary tract symptoms: what are the relevant differences in randomised controlled trials?

Objectives: This manuscript reviews the outcomes of invasive and minimally-invasive treatments of lower urinary tract symptoms due to prostatic enlargement.

Methods: The MEDLINE database was searched for Medical Subject headings and text words including prostatic hyperplasia, treatment, surgery, thermal treatments, thermotherapy, laser, TUNA and vaportrode. Data from both randomised and non-randomised controlled trials were considered.

Management of symptomatic BPH in Italy: who is treated and how?

Objective: To investigate the management of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Italy.

Methods: Information on diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment was obtained from two different questionnaires independently mailed to urological centers in Italy. Data on drug treatments were obtained from a national database.

The diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction in men by ultrasound measurement of bladder wall thickness.

Purpose: The objective of the study was to investigate specificity and sensitivity of bladder wall thickness in the diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction.

Materials And Methods: The study included 174 patients referred to our prostate centers for lower urinary tract symptoms. Free uroflowmetry and pressure-flow studies were performed in duplicate as part of the diagnostic evaluation.

The prediction of clinical outcome from transurethral microwave thermotherapy by pressure-flow analysis: a European multicenter study.

A total of 100 patients treated with a single session of microwave thermotherapy at 4 European centers was stratified according to 2 different types of obstruction (constrictive and compressive) and compared to clinical outcome at 6 months. Patients had a Madsen-Iversen score of 8 or more, maximum flow rate of 15 ml. per second or less and residual urine volume of 300 ml.

Local immunotherapy of superficial bladder cancer by intravesical instillation of recombinant interleukin-2.

Local immunotherapy of superficial bladder cancer by endovesical administration of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) was investigated in a phase I-II study. Twenty-five patients with Ta-T1, N0, M0, G1-G2 transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder received an induction course of rIL-2 (10 daily instillations) with the tumor in place using an interpatient dose escalation scheme from 3 to 18 x 10(6) IU/day. Seven to fourteen days after the end of the induction course, the objective clinical response was evaluated and transurethral resection of the bladder tumor was carried out.

[Transurethral thermotherapy by microwaves in patients with benign obstructive prostatic hypertrophy].

The effect of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) with Prostatron in patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy was investigated. Two hundred and one patients were treated between January 1991 and June 1992 after informed consent was signed. The following examinations were carried out at screening: interview (including symptoms score evaluation), physical examination (including digital rectal examination), haematology and blood chemistry (including prostate specific antigen), ECG, chest Xray, kidney, bladder and prostate (transrectal) ultrasound sonography (USS) and uroflowmetry; pressure-flow study was performed in a selected group of patients.

Review of norfloxacin in lower urinary tract infections.

A review of worldwide clinical trials with norfloxacin in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), as well as our personal experience with 215 assessable patients, is presented. Almost all patients received 400 mg b.i.