LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN PYELOPLASTY: COMPARISON OF TWO SURGICAL APPROACHES- A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE OF THREE YEARS

Laparoscopic versus open pyeloplasty: Comparison of two surgical approaches- a single centre experience of three years

Background: Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) causes hydronephrosis and progressive renal impairment may ensue if left uncorrected.Open pyeloplasty remains the standard against which new technique must be compared.We compared laparoscopic (LP) and open pyeloplasty (OP) in a randomized prospective trial.Materials and Methods: A prospective r

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HIV aspartyl peptidase inhibitors interfere with cellular proliferation, ultrastructure and macrophage infection of Leishmania amazonensis.

BACKGROUND: Leishmania is the etiologic agent of leishmanisais, a protozoan disease whose pathogenic events are not well understood.Current therapy is suboptimal due to toxicity of the available therapeutic agents and the emergence of drug resistance.Compounding these problems is the increase in the number of cases of Leishmania-HIV coinfection, du

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Electron microscopic observation of human auricular chondrocytes transplanted into peritoneal cavity of nude mice for cartilage regeneration

Restoration of damaged cartilage tissue has been deemed futile with current treatments.Although there have been many studies on cartilage regeneration thus far, there is no report that chondrocytes were completely re-differentiated in vitro.The clarification of cellular composition and matrix production during cartilage regeneration must be elucida

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