Background Schistosomiasis is endemic in 78 countries belonging to tropical and subtropical
areas. However, autochthonous transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis was reported …

Objective To shed light on the current controversy regarding the best treatment option for
managing urachal anomalies in children. Patients and methods A retrospective follow-up of a …

Study Type-Aetiology (case control) Level of Evidence 3b What's known on the subject?
and What does the study add? Hypercalciuria is related with bone mineral density loss. This …

Methods: This is a retrospective study of male patients who underwent surgery for urethral
stricture at our service from January 2008 to June 2012. We analyzed the comorbidities, type, …

Background. The end point of this study was to investigate the prevalence of MS in patients
with ED in comparison with control subjects and to analyse the association with acute phase …

OBJECTIVE To analyse the efficiency of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) vs
retrograde ureteroscopy and holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy, as ESWL is successful in 67–90% …

PURPOSE To compare the use of lubricant gel with lidocaine versus lubricant gel without
anesthetic in flexible cystoscopy in terms of pain and tolerability. MATERIALS AND METHODS …

Our objective was to analyze the advantages of the percutaneous nephrolithotomy in
oblique supine decubitus compared to the prone and dorsal supine position. In 87 patients …

Osteoporosis and osteopenia are an important endocrine-metabolic disease that affect
women and men from a certain age and it has a high risk and health cost. The aim of this short …

… Miguel Ángel Arrabal Polo, Mercedes Nogueras Ocaña, Miguel Arrabal Martín, Sergio
Merino Salas, José Luis Miján Ortiz y Armando Zuluaga Gómez …