LARGE ORTHOTOPIC RESERVOIR STONE BURDEN: ROLE OF OPEN SURGERY

Large orthotopic reservoir stone burden: Role of open surgery

Purpose: To present our experience in open poucholithotomy as a primary management of large orthotopic reservoir stone burden and discuss different management options.Materials and Methods: Records of men underwent radical cystectomy and orthotopic urinary diversion were retrospectively reviewed as regards pouch stone formation.Patients with large

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Geriatric head injuries. Experience and expectations

It is widely known that global citizenry is continuing to age.The elderly head trauma patients, comprising 4.83% in our series are important from neurosurgical aspects.We conducted a study of elderly head injury patients admitted to our unit in last 11 years.Out of 620 patients, 423 males and 197 female, constituting a ratio of 2.1:1.Fall constitut

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Interleukin-10 enhances the oxidized LDL-induced foam cell formation of macrophages by antiapoptotic mechanisms

Interleukin (IL)-10 may have a therapeutic potential in atherosclerosis, but its mechanisms Service of action have not been clarified.Foam cell formation is a key event in atherogenesis, and apoptosis of these lipid-laden cells may promote plaque destabilization.We sought to explore whether IL-10 could have plaque-stabilizing properties in acute co

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