Use of Flexible Cystoscopy to Insert a Foley Catheter over a Guide Wire in Spinal Cord Injury Patients: Special Precautions to be Observed by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Peter Hughes, Tun Oo

“…Therefore, antibiotics should be given to patients who get haematuria or urethral bleeding following urethral catheterisation over a guide wire. (3) Some spinal cord injury patients may have a small capacity bladder; in these patients, the guide wire, which is introduced into the urinary bladder, may fold upon itself with the tip of guide wire entering the urethra. …”
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Presenting as Bilateral Ptosis in a Sri Lankan Child by Ishara Kumarasiri, Ruwan Samararathna, Udara Sandakelum, Oshanie Muthukumarana, Reha Balasubramaniam, Sachith Mettananda

“…He did not have seizures, blurring of vision, limb weakness, swallowing or breathing difficulties, or bladder dysfunction. On examination, he had bilateral ptosis, gait ataxia, and dysmetria. …”
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Hepatitis in Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Infection by Markus U Göttke, Philip Wong, Channy Muhn, Mansour Jabbari, Suzanne Morin

“…Local immunotherapy with an attenuated live strain of Mycobacterium bovis, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is an effective and frequently used treatment for in situ transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. Success rates are high, and serious side effects are infrequent but can affect every organ system. …”
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Pathological features and immunohistochemical characteristics of clear cell (glycogen-rich) urothelial carcinoma: a case report and systematic review of the literature by Weiming Wang, Baogang Zhang, Zhangli Wu, Chuanling Hou, Mengyao Li, Tianyi Zhang

“…Abdominal ultrasound and CT urography revealed a soft tissue mass on the right side of the bladder wall, measuring 30 × 30 mm, with a broad base connected to the bladder wall. …”
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Study of miRNA Based Gene Regulation, Involved in Solid Cancer, by the Assistance of Argonaute Protein by Surya Narayan Rath, Debasrita Das, V Badireenath Konkimalla, Sukanta Kumar Pradhan

“…Solid tumor is generally observed in tissues of epithelial or endothelial cells of lung, breast, prostate, pancreases, colorectal, stomach, and bladder, where several genes transcription is regulated by the microRNAs (miRNAs). …”
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Uroprotective and Hepatoprotective Potential of Anagallis arvensis against the Experimental Animal Model by Ushna Shabbir, Irfan Anjum, Muhammad Naveed Mushtaq, Muhammad Nasir Hayat Malik, Sana Ismail, Joham Javed, Saeeda Noreen, Ayesha Pervaiz, Anika Tariq, Misbah Wazir, Zeenat Islam, Muhammad Majid, Sehrish Mansha, Zaka Ur Rehman

“…Oral administration of methanol extract of A. arvensis significantly reduced bladder weight, vesical vascular permeability, edema, hemorrhage, nitric oxide, IL-6, and TNF-α, while the level of catalase and glutathione peroxide was increased. …”
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Clonally Related Plasmablastic Lymphoma Simultaneously Occurring with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Norisato Hashimoto, Tomoki Ueda, Shinichiro Hiraiwa, Takuma Tajiri, Naoya Nakamura, Kenji Yokoyama

“…Here, we report a case of composite lymphoma of PBL and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL); that is, PBL in the urinary bladder and DLBCL in the nasal cavity occurred simultaneously. …”
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Therapeutic Targeting of MOAP-1 in Cancer: A Systematic Review of Current Approaches and Future Directions by Xinwei Koong, Keyun Look, Amar Daud Iskandar Abdullah, Kuan Onn Tan, Vasudevan Mani, Hooi-Leng Ser, Khang Wen Goh, Ali Saleh Alkhoshaiban, Long Chiau Ming

“…Its potential as a therapeutic target in bladder, breast, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) offers intriguing new therapeutic approaches. …”
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Accuracy of algorithms to identify patients with a diagnosis of major cancers and cancer-related adverse events in an administrative database: a validation study in an acute care h... by Takashi Fujiwara, Yasuyuki Okumura, Hironobu Tokumasu, Takashi Kanemitsu, Kosei Tajima, Akinori Yuri, Masahiro Iwasaku

“…Sensitivity and PPV for death were as follows: lung, 97.0% (84.2 to 99.9) and 100.0% (84.2 to 100.0); breast, 100.0% (1.3 to 100.0) and 100.0% (1.3 to 100.0); colorectal, 100.0% (28.4 to 100.0) and 100.0% (28.4 to 100.0); ovarian, 100.0% (35.9 to 100.0) and 100.0% (35.9 to 100.0); bladder, 100.0% (9.4–100.0) and 100.0% (9.4 to 100.0); prostate, 75.0% (19.4 to 99.4) and 100.0% (19.4 to 100.0). …”
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Fish Nematode Huffmanela spp. (Enoplea: Trichinellida: Trichosomoididae) by Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman, Fauve Wilson

“…They commonly affect many tissues in particular the swim bladder, gut mucosa, skin, and musculature (Carballo and Navone 2007). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1276 …”
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Fish Nematode Huffmanela spp. (Enoplea: Trichinellida: Trichosomoididae) by Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman, Fauve Wilson

“…They commonly affect many tissues in particular the swim bladder, gut mucosa, skin, and musculature (Carballo and Navone 2007). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1276 …”
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Nocturnal enuresis: A call for advocacy by J John, A Wright

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Septicemia and Aortic Valve Endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a Homeless Man by Dean Campbell, Mark Cowan

“…His course was complicated by an allergic reaction to ampicillin, urinary bladder infection, respiratory failure, and acute kidney injury. …”
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Laparoscopic excision of deep rectovaginal endometriosis in BSGE endometriosis centres: a multicentre prospective cohort study by Paul Smith, Lucky Saraswat, Sanjay Vyas, Thomas Ind, Ertan Saridogan, Elizabeth Ball, Edward Morris, James Clark, Tony Chalhoub, David Rowlands, Moiad Alazzam, Dominic Byrne, Tamara Curnow, Alfred Cutner, T Justin Clark, Iris Menninger, Yousri Afifi, Kevin Phillips, Saikat Banerjee, Robert Richardson, Jeremy Hawe, Barry Whitlow, Emmanuel Ofuasia, Ashwini Trehan, Tyrone Carpenter, Christian Becker, Stuart Jack, Kumar Kunde, Chris Barnick, Alan Farthing, Graham Phillips, John Bidmead, Mohamed Abdel-aty, George Botros, Marlin Mubarak, Christian Kremer, Stanley Okolo, Edmond Edi-osagi, Kamel Shehata-iskander, Gaity Ahmad, Jonathan Frappell, Brice Rodriguez, Yemi Coker, Gourab Misra, Adam Moors, Chris Guyer, Caroline Overton, Suku George, Oliver Chappatte, Richard Penketh, Funlayo Odejinmi, Keith Louden, Jon Hughes

“…Serious perioperative and postoperative complications including major haemorrhage, infection and visceral injury were recorded.Results At 6 months postsurgery, there were significant reductions in premenstrual, menstrual and non-cyclical pelvic pain, deep dyspareunia, dyschezia, low back pain and bladder pain. In addition, there were significant reductions in voiding difficulty, bowel frequency, urgency, incomplete emptying, constipation and passing blood. …”
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Expression of EZH2 and H3K27me3 predicts tumor biology of urothelial carcinoma by Rasheeda Mohamedali, Suvradeep Mitra, Swarnendu Mandal, Prasant Nayak, Amit K. Adhya, Suvendu Purkait

“…Aim: To assess the role of EZH2 and H3K27me3 in the carcinogenesis of urothelial carcinoma of urinary bladder. Materials and Methods: One hundred fifty consecutive urothelial carcinoma cases of urinary bladder (54.7% high-grade) were included in this study. …”
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US Pilot Study of Lumbar to Sacral Nerve Rerouting to Restore Voiding and Bowel Function in Spina Bifida: 3-Year Experience by Kenneth M. Peters, Holly Gilmer, Kevin Feber, Benjamin J. Girdler, William Nantau, Gary Trock, Kim A. Killinger, Judith A. Boura

“…To report our experience with creating a skin-central nervous system-bladder reflex arc with intradural lumbar to sacral motor root microanastomosis to restore bladder/bowel function in spina bifida patients. …”
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Application of Skin Electrical Conductance of Acupuncture Meridians for Ureteral Calculus: A Case Report by Wu-Chou Lin, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Jian-Ming Xu, Der-Cherng Chen, Wen-Chi Chen, Chao-Te Lee

“…This case suggests that bladder meridian electrical conductance might be used as a supplemental method for ureteral calculus diagnosis.…”
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MR Imaging in Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Descent: Supine versus Sitting Position by Francesca Iacobellis, Antonio Brillantino, Adolfo Renzi, Luigi Monaco, Nicola Serra, Beatrice Feragalli, Aniello Iacomino, Luca Brunese, Salvatore Cappabianca

“…In rest and squeezing phases, positions of bladder, vagina, and ARJ were significantly different when the patient was imaged in supine versus sitting position. …”
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Economic Impact of Postoperative Urinary Retention in the US Hospital Setting by Weijia Wang, Arielle Marks-Anglin, Vladimir Turzhitsky, Robert J. Mark, Aurelio Otero Rosales, Nathaniel W. Bailey, Yiling Jiang, Joseph Abueg, Ira S. Hofer, Toby N. Weingarten

“…Patients were divided into 2 groups: those experiencing POUR (composite of retention of urine, insertion of temporary indwelling bladder catheter, insertion of non-indwelling bladder catheter) during index hospitalization following surgery and those without POUR. …”
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The Benefits of Using a Small Caliber Ureteroscope in Evaluation and Management of Urethral Stricture by Walid Shahrour, Pankaj Joshi, Craig B. Hunter, Vikram S. Batra, Hazem Elmansy, Sandesh Surana, Sanjay Kulkarni

“…A glide wire would be passed to the bladder under vision. Stricture length, tissue quality, presence of other proximal strictures, false passages, and bladder tumors or stones would be assessed visually. …”
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