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Anastomotic fibrous ring as cause of stricture recurrence after Bulbar Onlay Graft Urethroplasty

Buccal mucosa graft onlay urethroplasty represents one of the most widespread methods for repairing strictures in the bulbar urethra.

31 Aug 2006

First legal abortion in Colombia

The first legal abortion in Colombia recently was performed following the legalization of the procedure in certain cases earlier this year, BBC News reports (McDermott, BBC News, 8/25).

30 Aug 2006

Virginian-Pilot examines uterine fibroid removal procedures

The Virginian-Pilot on Monday examined the different surgeries that can remove uterine fibroids.

24 Aug 2006

Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy using the potassium titnyl phosphate laser in a porcine model

Working with an 80 watt KTP laser delivered in a noncontact mode via a 600 micron fiber, these authors successfully completed 15 laparoscopic partial nephrectomies in pigs. This was done without clamping any renal vessels.

21 Aug 2006

Cost-effectiveness of direct vision urethrotomy versus urethroplasty for short bulbar urethral strictures

Urethral stricture disease is an uncommon urologic disorder but carries significant morbidity.

17 Aug 2006

Renal transplantation in children with posterior uUrethral valves

The first description of posterior urethral valves (PUV) was made more than 80 years ago by Hugh Hampton Young and represents a spectrum of severity, ranging from disease incompatible with postnatal life to minimal symptoms that may not manifest until later in life.

17 Aug 2006

Ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy for upper urinary tract calculi with active fragment extraction

In this study, the authors have changed the paradigm for ureteroscopic stone removal in several ways:

15 Aug 2006

Cancer patient receives first proton therapy treatment

A Cocoa Beach man with prostate cancer has become the first patient to undergo treatment at the new University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, the first time the most advanced form of radiation therapy available has been offered in the Southeast.

15 Aug 2006

Conjoined twin sisters survive lengthy, complex surgery

A team of six surgeons in the U.S., after 25 hours of complex surgery have successfully separated four-year-old conjoined twin sisters.

9 Aug 2006

3-year-old Iraqi girl arrives in the U.S. to receive cochlear implant

Amina is a 3-year-old Iraqi girl born with Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss, which means total deafness.

4 Aug 2006

When to stop resuscitation in cardiac arrest cases

According to a newly published report as many as two-thirds of cardiac arrest patients who are taken to hospitals by emergency medical technicians (EMT's) die despite efforts to revive them.

3 Aug 2006

Yttrium-90 to control hepatocarcinoma

The University Hospital at the University of Navarra is the only centre throughout the entire Spanish state for the treatment of liver tumours by means of radioembolisation and the one with the greatest accumulated experiences in the treatment throughout Europe.

10 Jul 2006