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Video-TUR has become a very important new technique in urology, causing far less discomfort than conventional techniques for the surgeon. A mini-chip camera (Olympus OTVS-2) is attached to the lens system of a continuous-flow resectoscope (Olympus). A television monitor (Sony PVM 1442) provides reliable guidance for the cutting loop when resection is necessary for the treatment of benign hypertrophy or carcinoma of the prostate or carcinoma of the bladder. To maintain a good intravesical flow system, which is very important for a clear field of view, a suprapubic cystostomy should be placed. The surgeon sits in a comfortable position with both eyes on the screen so that eye-strain, back pain and mental stress can be reduced. The excellent depth perception is due to a 50-times enlargement by the camera, so that tissue-orientated TUR is possible. Even when it is not possible to place the patient in an optimal position, because of scrotal hernia or coxarthrosis, TUR can still easily be performed. In 120 transurethral prostate resections and 30 transurethral bladder tumour resections, the video technique has proved comfortable for the surgeon and safe for the patient. Video-TUR has been helpful in the presentation of this technique in urologic teaching. TUR of the prostate has been freed from much of its mystique, since the procedure can be watched while it is in progress. The video technique has opened up a new epoch in endourology, whose importance cannot yet be realized.
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PMID:[Video-guided TUR]. 169 46

We measured activities of dynorphin-converting enzyme (DCE), substance P endopeptidase (SPE) and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in 13 patients with rhizopathic pain from an herniated lumbar disc, in 9 patients with pain from coxarthrosis and in 11 control patients without pain. In the patients with disc hernia and coxarthrosis, another sample of CSF was analyzed 3-12 months after treatment, when pain had subsided. The DCE activity in the patients was higher than that in both the control patients and the patients with pain from coxarthrosis (nociceptive pain). Similarly, the activity of SPE was lower in the patients with herniated lumbar disc than in controls and in the patients with coxarthrosis. After treatment, the difference in activity compared to controls was lower, but still significant in patients with herniated discs. The ACE activity did not differ from controls in patients with ischialgia, while it was increased in patients with coxarthrosis. This increase also remained after arthroplasty with pain relief. In conclusion, measurements of neuropeptides may be useful for evaluating neuropathic pain.
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PMID:Neuropeptide-converting enzymes in cerebrospinal fluid: activities increased in pain from herniated lumbar dis, but not from coxarthrosis. 862 79

Obturator hernia is a rarely seen disease that frequently affects females and the elderly population. It is clinically characterized with pain generally involving the hip region, and unless suspected, its diagnosis is difficult. Another reason for pain in the hip region and orthopedic surgery is coxarthrosis. The patient should be evaluated in detail radiographically and clinically before surgery. Although preoperative clinical examinations and radiographic findings support the indication for orthopedic surgery performed due to coxarthrosis, the probability of the presence of other pathologies accompanying the present disease should not be forgotten. In this article, we report an obturator hernia incidentally diagnosed in a 65-year-old female patient who was performed total hip arthroplasty due to coxarthrosis.
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PMID:An incidental diagnosis of obturator hernia during total hip arthroplasty. 2541 66