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The dynamics of disease prevalence and healthcare systems continue to change dramatically in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This is a result of multiple factors including the demands of an ageing population in the context of increasing life expectancy and the rise of non-communicable diseases putting an additional burden on an already weak healthcare system. Further healthcare deficiency is attributable to additional factors such as low financial budgets, political conflicts and civil war, as well as continuing burden of communicable diseases, which are known to be the major risk to health in LMICs. Surgical needs largely remain unmet despite a Lancet report published in 2015. Various deficient aspects of healthcare systems need to be addressed immediately to provide any hope of creating a sustainable healthcare environment in the coming decades. These include developing strong primary and secondary care structures as well as strengthening tertiary care hospitals with an adequately trained healthcare workforce. The facilities required to improve patients' access to healthcare cannot be developed and sustained solely within the local budget allocation and require major input from international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization as well as a chain of donor networks. To create and retain a local healthcare workforce, improved training and living conditions and greater financial security need to be provided. Finally, healthcare economics need to be addressed with financial models that can provide insurance and security to the underprivileged population to achieve universal health coverage, which remains the goal of several global organizations promoting equity in high-standard healthcare provision.
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Países em Desenvolvimento , Cobertura Universal do Seguro de Saúde , Atenção à Saúde , Pessoal de Saúde , Humanos , Organização Mundial da SaúdeRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Detrusor myectomy is a recognized method of bladder augmentation for treating refractory detrusor overactivity. Herein we report the long-term outcomes of this procedure at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, UK. METHODS: Detrusor myectomy was carried out in 33 patients (7 males, 26 females) with urodynamically proven detrusor overactivity between 1995 and 2002. The mean patient age was 33 years (range 5-62). A total of 18 patients had idiopathic detrusor overactivity, whereas 15 had neurogenic detrusor overactivity. RESULTS: A total of 24 patients had a detrusor myectomy alone, whereas eight patients had a detrusor myectomy with implantation of artificial urinary sphincter. One patient had detrusor myectomy with transuretero-ureterostomy. The mean follow up was 148 months (range 108-192). A total of 10 of the 18 patients with idiopathic detrusor overactivity (55.5%) and six of the 15 patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (40%) showed marked improvement in symptoms. Detrusor overactivity was completely abolished in 11 patients and significantly reduced in five. Postoperatively, mean cystometric capacity improved from 290 to 458 mL, whereas mean maximum amplitude of detrusor contraction was reduced from 44 cm/H(2) O to 20 cm/H(2) O. An overall success rate of 48.5% (16/33 patients) was achieved. Intermittent self catheterization was needed to achieve bladder emptying in 12 of the 16 (75%) patients. Of the remaining 17 patients who did not improve, six had CLAM enterocystoplasty carried out and two await the operation. An ileal conduit diversion and suprapubic catheter insertion was carried out in one patient each, whereas seven patients declined any further intervention. CONCLUSIONS: Detrusor myectomy offers a reasonable long-term success rate to patients undergoing surgical treatment for refractory detrusor overactivity.
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Músculo Liso/cirurgia , Bexiga Urinária Hiperativa/cirurgia , Bexiga Urinária/cirurgia , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Contração Muscular , Músculo Liso/fisiopatologia , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento , Bexiga Urinária/fisiopatologia , Bexiga Urinária Hiperativa/etiologia , Bexiga Urinária Hiperativa/fisiopatologia , Esfíncter Urinário Artificial , Urodinâmica , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We aim to explore the practice of who makes the PCNL tract in the U.K. and Northern Ireland as well as presenting our data for two different approaches to PCNL tracts in Northern Ireland. A national questionnaire survey was carried out across the National Health Services hospitals in U.K. In addition, a retrospective analysis of 134 PCNL cases was carried out. Group I included 103 (77%) cases with urologist-made tracts, while group II included 31 (23%) cases with radiologists-made tracts. The survey suggested that 45% (42) of the hospitals adopted a radiologist-made tract, 44% (41) use urologist-made tract, while the remaining 11% (11) use both. Most of the radiologists' performed tracts in our series were for complex cases. Failed access occurred in 6 (5.8%) in group I and none in Group II. The overall stone-free rate was 92 and 50% for group I and II, respectively. There is a better stone clearance rate in Group I (p = 0.0016). This however is likely to be attributed to the complexity of the cases in group II. However, urologist made percutaneous tract is safe and efficacious but a team approach with radiology is needed for more complex cases.
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Cálculos Renais/terapia , Nefrostomia Percutânea/métodos , Radiologia/métodos , Urologia/métodos , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Coleta de Dados , Humanos , Relações Interprofissionais , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Irlanda do Norte , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medicina Estatal , Resultado do Tratamento , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox (L.)), with an over-one-thousand-years long history in cultivation, is still a popular ornamental woody plant in China. The tepals of wintersweet flower are waxy in nature and the overall color of the flower is yellow, while the inner tepals range from yellow to red, which makes it an ideal plant to study floral color formation in ornamental shrubs. In our current work, HPLC analysis revealed that the principal pigments in tepals were the metabolite of flavonoids. All the tepals were containing quercetin, kaempferol 3Orutinoside and rutin while cyanidin3Oglucoside and cyanidin3Orutinoside were only found in the in the red tepals. Moreover, we found the rutin as the principal component of all the pigments revealed. As well as in this study, a reference transcriptome library constructed from two varieties H29 and H64 flower. Further, 30 proteins of flavonoid biosynthesis pathway were identified in H29 flower using proteome analysis. Based on these dataset, the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway was also speculated. After quantitative analysis of gene expression, we found that ANS act as an on-off switch for the accumulation of red pigments and had positive correlations with various steps genes of the flavonoid pathway. This expression profiling demonstrates that no gene products compete for common substrates to redirect the metabolic flux in wintersweet. It is also demonstrated that high expression of F3'H would provide sufficient content of the precursor, dihydroquercetin, for both flavonol and anthocyanin biosynthesis. The results help us to deepen and enrich the gene resource of color formation in wintersweet flower, and provide specific breeding strategies for increasing diversity of flower color.
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Calycanthaceae/metabolismo , Flavonoides/biossíntese , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Vias Biossintéticas , Calycanthaceae/química , Calycanthaceae/genética , Calycanthaceae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Flavonoides/isolamento & purificação , Flores/química , Flores/genética , Flores/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Flores/metabolismo , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Filogenia , Proteômica , Análise de Sequência de RNARESUMO
Renal cell carcinoma presents with metastatic disease in approximately 30% cases. While surgical intervention remains the standard of care for organ confined disease, its role is limited in the management of metastatic disease. Over the last decade, cytoreductive nephrectomy prior to immunotherapy has demonstrated significant improvement in overall survival for appropriately selected patients. This review summarizes the evidence for the role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in combination with immunotherapy and discusses its potential role in the current era of targeted molecular therapy.
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Uretero-Iliac artery fistulas (UAFs) are very uncommon in urological practice. The rarity of this clinical entity may lead to a delayed or missed diagnosis which can result in life-threatening consequences. We present a case of a right ureteric and right external iliac artery fistula, its presentation, diagnosis, and management along with the review of the literature.
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We present a case of an 80-year-old woman with intermittent flank pain, who was found to have a ureteric valve causing significant hydronephroureterosis. We discuss the role of holmium laser in successfully ablating the lesion, and present a review of the literature.
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We present the case of a 52-year-old man, with a history of malignant melanoma, who presented with a testicular lump. Radical orchidectomy confirmed a metastatic malignant melanoma. We discuss salient features of this disease in the light of the published literature.
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We present a case of a 22-year-old man who presented with traumatic unilateral testicular dislocation resulting from a blunt scrotal injury. Colour flow Doppler imaging revealed a viable testis dislocated in the inguinal canal. Inguinal exploration confirmed a healthy and viable testis, which was relocated in the scrotum and an orchiopexy was performed. The patient made an uneventful recovery. We recommend early intervention once the diagnosis of testicular dislocation is established to preserve testicular function.
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Dermoid cyst of the spermatic cord is an extremely rare pathology seen at the urological clinic. We present the case of a 26-year-old man who presented with a groin lump, thought to be a lipoma or a hydrocoele of the cord. The final histopathological analysis established the diagnosis of a dermoid cyst.