The paper presents the analysis of the up-to-date literature related to the diagnostics and emergency management of testicular trauma. The diagnosticsis based on physical examination of the patient and ultrasound scanning of the organ injured. In case of testiculartrauma, the sensitivity and...
Introduction. Infrared thermography for medical purposes began to be applied in Germany in 1952. Thermography for the diagnosis of varicocele has been applied since 1970. The criteria for the diagnosis of varicocele according to the results of the thermography have changed over time and are...
The aim of the study was validation of the Russian version of the Wisconsin quality of life questionnaire (WISQOL) in patients with urolithiasis.
Material and methods: the language adaptation of the original WISQOL included standard stages: translation,reverse translation, pilot study. Of 108...
Urolithiasis has high medical and social significance, which is accounted by its high incidence, which is up to 10% worldwide and is continuously growing in many countries. Recently, the increase in the incidence of uric acid nephrolithiasis has been recorded, which is connected to the change in...
Relevance.The appearance of disposable flexible ureteroscope on the market is a significant breakthrough in endourology. Routine implementation of flexible ureteropyeloscopy in clinical practice impliessignificant costs for initial acquisition and subsequent expensive maintenance of endoscopes.In...
Duplication of the urethra is a rare abnormality, which forms during embryogenesis from the urethral groove. Up to the date, only about 500 cases of urethral duplication have been described. Its most common form isthe formation of the paraurethral duct.This abnormality is not followed by any...
Introduction. Surgical treatment of stones in the proximal region of the ureteral duct is a complex clinical issue. Despite the availability of various methods of endoscopic treatment, the use of standard approaches does not allow to achieve the optimal results in a number of cases. The application...
The aim of the study was to improve the outcomes of treatment of localized prostate cancer (PC) in patients with contraindications for radical methods.
Materials and methods. The studywas based on the data obtained from treating 145 patientswith localized PC,who underwent low-invasive methods...
In order to minimize the damaging effect of "thermal ischemia" and improve the long-term results of organ preserving operations on the kidneys, some authors suggest using local compression of the parenchyma of the organ at the site of resection by various methods to create a "dry...
Although shock-wave therapy was initially designed as a method of non-invasive destruction of renal and renal duct stones, mode data accumulate that the low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPU) therapy mediates a physiotherapeutic effect by stimulating blood flow and metabolic processes in the organ...