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S V Kotwal

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Urological complications of live related donor renal transplantation: 13 years' experience at a single center.

BACKGROUND: This study is a retrospective analysis of urological complications and their treatment in our series of live-donor renal transplantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The series comprised of 500 patients. All underwent extravesical ureteroneocystostomy and all except a few initial patients were stented. RESULTS: There were 92 complications in 82 patients (18.4%). Urinary leakage occurred in 1.2%. There were no intrinsic ureteric obstructions. Extrinsic ureteric obstruction occurred in 0.8% of cases. The incidence of UTI was 15.4% and of urethral strictures 1%. CONCLUSION: The technique of stented extravesical ureteroneocystomy has led to an extremely low rate of urological complications in our series, over a long time and in a substantial number of patients.

Adult↗

Placenta percreta invading the bladder causing exsanguinating hemorrhage.

We report a case of placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder that presented as gross hematuria. The patient had normal cystoscopic findings initially and other radiological investigations were reported as normal. However, she had catastrophic second hemorrhage and in spite of bilateral internal iliac artery ligation, hysterectomy and bladder closure with resuscitative measures, she could not be saved.

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Intracavernous papaverine for impotence in spinal cord injured patients.

The majority of the spinal cord injury patients in our centre are young healthy males aged between 20 and 40 years. Loss of erection and inability to have coitus and father children have been responsible for inadequate sociosexual rehabilitation. In 1985, under urologist supervision, intracavernosal papaverine injection treatment was started in 101 volunteers, 65 paraplegics and 36 tetraplegics. Satisfactory erection sufficient for coital penetration was possible in 98 patients. Three had prolonged erection lasting beyond 4 hours. Only one required irrigation of the corpus with saline to achieve detumscence. One patient developed cavernosal fibrosis necessitating discontinuing the injection. Administration was under medical supervision so that possible complications of priapism/systemic effects could be promptly managed.

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A simple loop catheter for ureteric calculus retrieval.

The fabrication and use of a simple looped catheter for ureteric stone retrieval are reported. In a series of 46 patients the loop was passed successfully in 28 and the stone dislodged in 20 (71.4%). This device can be made by any urologist, using cheap, readily available materials. Complications are few and the success rate is high.

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