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From 2006 to 2009 the number of women visiting emergency rooms with new kidney stones rose on average 2.85% per year according to a study by Dr. Ghani, a urology fellow in the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. Another study by Dr. Kirkali and her colleagues at the NIDDM showed that from 1992 [read more…]
Is a vasectomy reversible?
When a man considers a vasectomy he should think that it cannot be undone, and thus “unreversible”. But in reality a vasectomy can be undone with great care and understanding. When a vasectomy is undone it is called a “vasectomy reversal”. Whether or not it will work well enough to return adequate sperm to the [read more…]
What to do when Viagra won’t work?
Most of the men I see with erectile dysfunction (ED) have ED as a result of diabetes and/or hypertension that has slowly caused the small blood vessels to the penis to be compromised much the same way as the small vessels of the heart get diseased. The result is that the vascular performance of [read more…]
Urethral Slings for Incontinence during Vaginal Prolapse Repair
It often happens that new bladder overactivity appears after surgical correction of vaginal prolapse. The bladder neck is kinked by the prolapse, and straightening that kink with surgery can make a woman who was continent newly incontinent because that kink was helping them stay dry with a retentive effect. When the kink is [read more…]