Selected spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with profound spasticity may be treated by implantation of a baclofen pump for intrathecal administration of baclofen. The pump is implanted in the abdominal ...
Open surgery has a minor role in the treatment of urinary calculi. A variety of anatomic abnormalities may prohibit endoscopic, percutaneous, or ESWL access to a calculus, and in such cases, an open ...
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Significantly higher frequencies of renal calculi were found among the 625 parents and sibs of 106 subjects prone to calcium oxalate stone formation as compared with 576 corresponding relatives of ...
Vision – To be the world's leading and most trusted provider of information and services that will make a real difference in clinical practice and improve outcomes for patients. Mission – To lead the ...
For clinicians, bladder stones (vesical calculi) are less a disease and more a symptom of a deeper problem, usually stasis or ...
Kidney stones rank right up at the top of the most painful health conditions, according to patients asked to rate their discomfort on a scale of 1 to 10. Kidney stones are hard pellets composed of ...