bladder exstrophy/phosphatase

OBJECTIVE Introduction of intestinal tissue in the urinary tract results in numerous metabolic changes. This study investigates the effects of augmentation sigmoid colocystoplasty on the physical growth and bone mineralization in bladder exstrophy patients. METHODS Physical growth, serum

OBJECTIVE To determine serum levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men born with bladder exstrophy and to investigate the clinical utility of this test in the bladder exstrophy population. METHODS Ten men aged 19 to 45 years with a history of bladder exstrophy underwent digital rectal

Bladder exstrophy patients with or without augmentation have not been investigated according to metabolic bone problems, bone ages and growth, and development in details yet. We studied alterations in growth, bone ages, biochemistry of bone, bone mineral densities (BMD) of the forearm, neck of femur

Surgical anastomosis of the ureter in the sigmoid could lead to osteomalacia. The pathogenesis of this disease is rather complicated and involves several factors, the most important of which is hyerchloremic acidosis associated with modifications of transport across the intestinal lining, and in

We report a case of adenocarcinoma metastatic to the abdominal wall in a 71-year-old man with a history of primary bladder adenocarcinoma. CT-guided core biopsy was performed; imprints and histologic sections showed malignant glands lined by tumor cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and prominent