2010
Reconstruction of late‐onset transplant ureteral stricture disease
Helfand BT, Newman JP, Mongiu AK, Modi P, Meeks JJ, Gonzalez CM. Reconstruction of late‐onset transplant ureteral stricture disease. BJU International 2010, 107: 982-987. PMID: 20825404, DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09559.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant ureteral stricturesUreteral strictureGraft failureImmunosuppressive drug regimenKidney-pancreas transplantationStable allograft functionBaseline clinical characteristicsSerum creatinine levelsUrinary tract infectionLarge patient cohortUreteral stricture diseaseTime of reconstructionAllograft functionPostoperative complicationsRenal transplantationClinical characteristicsCreatinine levelsDrug regimenTract infectionsBalloon dilationMedian ageRepeat dilationStricture recurrenceSurgical managementOpen reconstruction
2009
Small bowel perforation during suprapubic tube exchange.
Mongiu AK, Helfand BT, Kielb SJ. Small bowel perforation during suprapubic tube exchange. Canadian Journal Of Urology 2009, 16: 4519-21. PMID: 19222896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuprapubic tube placementTube placementTube exchangeRecurrent urinary tract infectionsSmall bowel perforationUrinary tract infectionCommon urological proceduresBowel perforationCatheter blockageRare complicationTract infectionsSerious complicationsAdjacent organsLower incidenceUrological proceduresComplicationsInjuryPerforationPlacementInitial placementHematuriaPatientsIleumInfectionIncidence