PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC receives FDA approval for Plenaxis
... of neurological compromise due to metastases, (2) ureteral or bladder outlet obstruction due to local encroachment or metastatic disease, or (3) severe bone pain from skeletal metastases persisting on narcotic analgesia. Plenaxis TM is not indicated for use in women or children. Commenting on the approval...JCI Table of Contents, November 14, 2003
...demonstrate that in mice lacking Smad3, unilateral ureteral obstruction does not cause epithelial-mesenchymal ... tubulointerstitial fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction AUTHOR CONTACT: Akira Ooshima Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan. Phone: 073-4...Treatment Of Distal Ureteral Stones: ESWL Versus URS: A Prospective Randomized Study
... the ureter). They treated80 patients with distal ureteral stones. Forty had stones smaller than 5millimeters and 40 larger. Following ureteroscopy, surgeons routinely placed astent, a device to provide support for tubular structures. The researchersconcluded that URS was superior to EWSL in: operating t...