Masaki Horiba

PHOTOSELECTIVE VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: INITIAL EXPERIENCE IN 250 JAPANESE PATIENTS

RESULTS: : In all 250 patients, PVP was performed successfully. Mean operation time was 70 minutes (range 17 to 218). No major complication occurred intraoperatively and no blood transfusions were necessary. Immediate postoperative serum sodium values were normal. At 1, 3 and 6 months after surgery mean IPSS decreased from 20.9 preoperatively to 9.6, 8.9 and 8.3, the mean QOL score improved from 5.2 to 2.4, 2.2 and 2.0, the mean Qmax (ml/s) increased from 8.4 to 16.9, 16.4 and 16.8, and the mean Vres (ml) decreased from 137 to 31, 24.5 and 31.4, respectively. Mean PSA value (ng/ml) decreased

Clinical Studies of Cefpirome in the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Enterococcus faecalis

During the period June 1994 to May 1996 the clinical effectiveness, bacteriologic response, and chronologic shifts of sensitivity of E. faecalis to CPR was studied in 56 patients with complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) considered to be caused by E. faecalis. Inclusion criteria were pyuria before treatment of

Prolonged Warm Ischemia Affects Long-Term Prognosis of Kidney Transplant Allografts From Non–Heart-Beating Donors

5 WBC/hpf and bacteriuria

Favorable prognosis of kidney allografts from unconditioned cadaveric donors whose procurement was initiated after cardiac arrest

10 CFU/mL. Eight patients were excluded because of pyuria less than 5 WBC/hpf and bacteriuria less than 10 CFU/ mL, concomitant use of another antibiotic or funguria. Forty-eight patients (34 males and 14 females) were evaluated for the clinical efficacy of CPR. Fourteen patients had long-term indwelling catheters. Fourteen patients had complicated pyelonephritis, and 34 patients had complicated cystitis. Patients received i.v. 0.5 or 1 g of CPR twice daily for more than 5 days. All cases were evaluated by response of bacteriuria and pyuria on the fifth day according to Japanese UTI criteria such as excellent, moderate, and poor (Ohkoshi 1987). Minimal inhibition concentrations (MICs) of E. faecalis to CPR, ceftazidime, piperacillin, cefpiramide, and ofloxacin were measured by Japanese standard method (Report of CJSASTB, 1990). MIC distribution of E. faecalis to CPR was compared to the results obtained from isolates in other time periods of 1987–1989.