living related kidney doner findings, results and effects

One hundred kidney donors over the legal of 18 years [622 males and 38 females] were reviewed. The left kidney was chosen in 65 donors and the right in 35 preferring the kidney with a single artery [as it was in 78 donors]. The hot ischemic time ranged from six and a half to fourteen and a half minute and the cold ischemic time ranged from 95 to 195 minutes. The morbidity included pleural injury [4 patients] and jaundice [1 patient]. Only 82 donors appeared for follow up in a period raging from 3 months to 10 years after the operation. There was no signifidant hypertension. Eleven out of thirty-eight female patients had one or multiple pregnancies and all donors returned to their original work or activities, there was no mortality. The results of donor nephrectomy are encouraging and until cadaveric kidneys become available in our country we need to continue using living related donors with good selection preoperative and postoperative care

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in Iraq

Sixteen cases of Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis [XGP] were treated in Saddam Medical City Hospital, Baghdad. There were 11 males and 5 females. The age ranged from 5 - 70 years. In ten cases the right kidney was involved and in six patients the left kidney was affected. the, bacteria incriminated in the urinary tract infection were Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella

Smooth muscle tumors of the scrotum: Report of 3 new cases

Three cases of non-epithelial tumours of the scrotum are presented. A suggestion for the management was made which would depend on the grade of the smooth muscle tumour. This can be decided from the first operation by doing a frozen section examination

Ventral diverticual of the anterior urethra: single-staged open surgical excision

Four male patients with anterior urethral diverticulum are presented. In three of the patients the diverticulum contained calculi. All were treated successfully by single-staged open surgical excision and urethral closure

first five years experience with optical urethrotomy in Iraq

Optical urethrotomy was performed on 102 male patients with urethral strictures. The majority [67.7%] of the patients required no further procedures. The rest required multiple urethrotomies until they were asymptomatic with a good urinary stream. Optical urethrotomy is a simple and efficient initial treatment for male urethral strictures

In vitro activity of gentamycin, tobramycin, and kanamycin on pseudomonas aeruginosa causing urinary tract infection

Tobramycin and gentamycin were found to have a satisfactory in vitro activity against isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing urinary tract infections

In vitro sensitivity of pseudomonal aeruginosa isolated from urinary tract infection

Urine samples from 193 patients with symptoms of urinary tract infection were examined bacteriologically. Twenty six samples had Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Their sensitivity were tested against 16 different antibacterial agents using filter paper disc diffusion method.The best antibacterial agents for inhibiting the growth of this organism in vitro were in this order: colistin, carbenicillin, gentamycin and tobramycin

In vitro drug resistance of E coli strains causing urinary tract infections

140 cases of urinary tract infection due to E. coli were examined bacteriologically and their sensitivity to different antimicrobial drugs were tested. The resistant [R+] strains of E. coli were incriminated in 90% of the cases while only 10% of the cases were due to the sensitive [R-] strains of E. coli. Only 19 isolates were resistant to nitrofurantoin and 66 to co-trimoxazole