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Tratamento de Fístulas Uro-Rectais Iatrogénicas em Tumores Pélvicos no Homem: U...
Martins, FE; Martinho, D; Pinheiro, LC; Martins, NM; Ferraz, L; Xambre, L; Costa, L; Lopes, TMIntrodução: As fístulas uro-rectais (FUR) constituem uma complicação devastadora do tratamento de tumores pélvicos e um desafio cirúrgico para o cirurgião reconstrutivo. Contudo, apesar da sua crescente incidência associada a uma utilização cada vez mais frequente das diferentes modalidades não-cirúrgicas, especialmente de radioterapia, com ou sem cirurgia, para o tratamento de tumores pélvicos, a fístula urore...
Management of Iatrogenic Urorectal Fistulae in Men with Pelvic Cancer
Martins, F; Martins, N; Campos Pinheiro, L; Ferraz, L; Xambre, L; Lopes, TINTRODUCTION: Urorectal fistula (URF) is a devastating complication of pelvic cancer treatments and a surgical challenge for the reconstructive surgeon. We report a series of male patients with URF resulting from pelvic cancer treatments, specifically prostate (PCa), bladder (BCa), and rectal cancer (RCa), and explore the differences and impact on outcomes between purely surgical and non-surgical treatment moda...
Tiaprida no tratamento de doentes com dependência alcoólica: qual a evidência?
Abreu, MJ; Ribeiro, H; Ferreira, MC; Namora, N; Martins, T; Ferraz, LIntrodução: A dependência alcoólica repre- senta uma das mais prevalentes perturbações psiquiátricas, constituindo um importante problema de Saúde Pública. O tiaprida é um dos fármacos com indicação clínica nas per- turbações do comportamento na abstinência alcoólica. Objetivo: Esclarecer se a utilização do tiapri- da é fundamentada pela evidência científica no tratamento da dependência alcoólica (sín- drome de...
Caspase signalling pathways in human spermatogenesis
Almeida, C; Correia, S; Rocha, E; Alves, A; Ferraz, L; Silva, JPurpose: Little is known about the apoptotic mechanisms involved in abnormal spermatogenesis. In order to describe the significance of apoptosis in azoospermia, testicular tissue from abnormal spermatogenesis was analysed. Methods: Testicular treatment biopsies were obtained from 27 men. Five presented oligozoospermia, 9 obstructive azoospermia (4 congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens; 5 secondary az...
Ambulatory surgery in urology: first numbers of a successful program.
Espiridião, P; Amorim, R; Costa, L; Oliveira, V; Xambre, L; Pereira, M; Amaral, L; Ferraz, LThe ambulatory surgery includes those surgical procedures that require a small period of post-operative recovery so that the patients will be discharged from the hospital in the same day of the surgical intervention. In Urology, the vast amount of pathology that allows the cure with medium and low complexity surgical procedures makes this specialty a privileged one in which ambulatory surgery is concerned. In t...
Sexually transmitted diseases.
Ferraz, LThe control of STD is a public-health priority. Since STD share many behavioural risk factors, efforts to encourage individuals to modify sexual behaviours and adopt safer sexual practices is very important.; The control of STD is a public-health priority. Since STD share many behavioural risk factors, efforts to encourage individuals to modify sexual behaviours and adopt safer sexual practices is very important.