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Association of physical therapy techniques can improve pain and urinary symptom...
Hacad,Claudia Rosenblatt; Lucon,Marcos; Milhomem,Suehellen Anne Rocha; Bruschini,Homero; Tanaka,ClariceABSTRACT Purpose: to verify the effects of biofeedback (BF) and manual therapy (MT) associated with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) or postural exercises (PE) in the treatment of bladder pain syndrome (BPS) in women regarding pain and urinary symptoms. Materials and Methods: a parallel-randomized controlled trial was conducted in BPS patients diagnosed according to NIH clinical criteria. Two ...
Evaluation of the metabolism of glycosaminoglycans in patients with interstitia...
Lucon,Marcos; Martins,Joao Roberto; Leite,Katia Ramos Moreira; Soler,Roberto; Nader,Helena B.; Srougi,Miguel; Bruschini,HomeroIntroduction: Painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis (PBS/IC) pathogenesis is not fully known, but evidence shows that glycosaminoglycans (GAG) of bladder urothelium can participate in its genesis. The loss of these compounds facilitates the contact of urine compounds with deeper portions of bladder wall triggering an inflammatory process. We investigated GAG in urine and tissue of PBS/IC and pure stres...
Renal artery pseudoaneurysm after blunt renal trauma: report on three cases and...
Yamacake,Kleiton Gabriel Ribeiro; Lucon,Marcos; Lucon,Antonio Marmo; Mesquita,Jose Luiz Borges; Srougi,MiguelCONTEXT: Renal artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication after renal injury but should be suspected whenever there is recurrent hematuria after renal trauma. CASE REPORTS: We present three cases of pseudoaneurysm after blunt renal trauma and a review of the literature. All patients underwent renal angiography. Two cases were diagnosed during the initial hospital stay due to hematuria, or in the follow-up per...
Laparoscopic ureteropyeloanastomosis in the treatment of duplex system
Hisano,Marcelo; Denes,Francisco T.; Brito,Artur H.; Lucon,Marcos; Machado,Marcos G.; Bruschini,Homero; Srougi,MiguelPURPOSE: Duplex system is one of the most common anomalies of upper urinary tract. Anatomical and clinical presentation determine its treatment. Usually, the upper moiety has a poor function and requires resection, but when it is not significantly impaired, preservation is recommended. Laparoscopic reconstruction with upper pole preservation is presented as an alternative treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four ...
Paternity after vasectomy with two previous semen analyses without spermatozoa
Lucon,Marcos; Lucon,Antonio Marmo; Pasqualoto,Fabio Firmbach; Srougi,MiguelCONTEXT: The risk of paternity after vasectomy is rare but still exists. Overall failure to achieve sterility after vasectomy occurs in 0.2 to 5.3% of patients due to technical failure or recanalization. The objective of this report was to describe a rare but notable case of proven paternity in which the semen analyses had not given evidence of spermatozoa. CASE REPORT: A 44-year-old vasectomized man whose seme...
Avaliação da disfunção erétil em pacientes com doença de Parkinson
Lucon,Marcos; Pinto,Adriana de Souza Santos; Simm,Renata Faria; Haddad,Mônica Santoro; Arap,Sami; Lucon,Antonio Marmo; Barbosa,Egberto ReisTrinta indivíduos portadores de doença de Parkinson (DP) e 30 indivíduos controle foram estudados prospectivamente, através do Índice Internacional de Função Erétil (IIFE) a propósito de avaliar a ocorrência de disfunção erétil (DE). Dos pacientes com DP (idade mediana de 59 anos), 46,66% referiram prática de atividade sexual. Todos parkinsonianos usavam medicação antiparkinsoniana. Neste grupo, 30,00% tinham h...
Primary aortoenteric fistula related to septic aortitis
Tozzi,Fábio Lambertini; Silva,Erasmo Simão da; Campos,Fernando; Fagundes Neto,Henrique Oscar de Azevedo; Lucon,Marcos; Lupinacci,Renato MicelliCONTEXT: Primary aortoenteric fistulas usually result from erosion of the bowel wall due to an associated abdominal aortic aneurysm. A few patients have been described with other etiologies such as pseudoaneurysm originating from septic aortitis caused by Salmonella. OBJECTIVE: To present a rare clinical case of pseudoaneurysm caused by septic aortitis that evolved into an aortoenteric fistula. CASE REPORT: A 6...
Alterações no Sistema de Fibras Elásticas da Fáscia Endopélvica de Paciente Jov...
Rodrigues,Consuelo Junqueira; Fagundes Neto,Henrique Oscar; Lucon,Marcos; Lupinacci,Renato; Petti,Domingos; Ramos,Laudelino de OliveiraÉ apresentado um caso de prolapso do útero de 2º grau em paciente de 18 anos, virgem. Durante o ato cirúrgico corretivo (cirurgia de Gillian) foram recolhidas amostras dos ligamentos e fáscias para avaliação do sistema de fibras elásticas. Foram demonstradas alterações estruturais nas fibras elásticas semelhantes às que ocorrem no envelhecimento, o que promove o enfraquecimento do tecido conjuntivo induzindo ao...