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Category: 2010
TURis plasma vaporization in non–muscle invasive bladder cancer–the first Romanian experience with a new technique
Introduction: The development of bipolar resection using saline irrigation provided significant improvements in NMIBT treatment. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a newly introduced endoscopic...
Stress levels, Alexithymia, Type A and Type C personality patterns in undergraduate students
Introduction: Since there have been a number of empirical observations that may lead to the conclusion of an increasing rate of risk behaviors in Romanian students, such as aggression, over–competitive conduct and lack of...
Chronic myeloid leukemia therapy in the era of tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The first molecular targeted treatment
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia is the first malignant disorder with a specific genetic abnormality in the background. Known as a disease with an inexorable progression to acute leukemia for many years, its natural history has been...
Ureteroscopy – an essential modern approach in upper urinary tract diagnosis and treatment
In recent years, urology has seen a real explosion in the development of new technologies. Modern treatment techniques replaced classic therapeutic methods, among which open surgery had an important role. Endourologic therapies...
Placebo Effects in Neurological Diseases
There is an imperious need of redefining placebo effect in contemporary times. The effects of sham medical intervention, combined with a careful observation of the natural evolution of a disease, could reveal the true efficiency...
From interstitial cystitis to chronic pelvic pain
There are still many things to be found out about interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) because the pathological processes underlying the condition are not yet elucidated, biological markers of the condition...
Nonoperative management of high degree hepatic trauma in the patient with risk factors for failure: have we gone too far?
Background: Nonoperative management (NOM) of liver trauma is currently rather the rule than the exception. However, the current evidence presents subgroups of patients at higher risk for NOM failure. These patients must be...