(1) Long-term success as measured by relief of symptoms and a state free of stones was attained in 82 per cent of the patients, implying that this form of treatment is indicated for symptomatic caliceal stones.
(2) Macroscopically the kidneys were mostly small with focal scarring of the renal parenchyma and dilatation of the corresponding calices.
(3) The indications for percutaneous removal of calculi in caliceal diverticula depend on two aspects: it should be possible to puncture the caliceal diverticula via by a short parenchymal route coaxial to the axis of the calix and, if the intercostal approach is used, a pleural lesion must be excluded.
(4) Differentiating a ruptured cyst from congenital caliceal diverticulum may sometimes be difficult.
(5) Our previous work indicated that MY1049 was able to grow and produce abundant mycelium in the renal calices of infected mice but that the strain was unable to invasively colonize the renal tissue.
(6) We report 2 cases of definite caliceal diverticula progressing to simple renal cortical cysts.
(7) Clear improvements in demonstrating the details when employing a 28 cm image amplifier input format in place of the additionally used 40 cm are seen only with the system of the renal calices.
(8) The radiographic features of renal coccidioidomycosis parallel those of renal tuberculosis, with feathery, moth-eaten calices, infundibular constriction and caliceal ballooning, and eventual calcification of granulomas.
(9) Lesions treated included 168 caliceal, 111 pyelic, 23 ureteral and 21 coralliform calculi.
(10) We analyze the results achieved by extracorporeal piezoelectric lithotripsy (EPL) in 40 renal units with the following anatomic anomalies: solitary kidney (10), chronic pyelonephritis (8), medulospongiosis (6), caliceal diverticula (5), intrarenal cysts (5), pyeloureteric duplicity (3), megacaliosis (1), horseshoe kidney (1), and ureterocele (1).
(11) The factors were as follows; the shape of calculi: staghorn calculus with multiple small calculi, the shape of the renal collecting system: narrow pelvis with narrow caliceal neck and dilatated calices, and the operative technique: nephrolithotomy.
(12) The stones of 2 failed to disintegrate for migration of the stones into the calices.
(13) We describe a transplanted patient operated on many times for repair of a complex recurrent caliceal fistula that warranted three uncommonly used but effective procedures for closure in order to obtain a viable graft.
(14) Ureteral peristalsis originates in the most proximal parts of the caliceal system.
(15) Several tumors were found in upper and lower calices.
(16) There is continuing debate about the optimum management of patients with calculi in caliceal diverticula.
(17) Ultrasound detected caliceal or cystic changes in 70%.
(18) Currently, there are no guidelines for the selection of patients for caliceal stone removal, although there is no doubt that urologists are taking a more aggressive approach now that treatments with low morbidity are available.
(19) Since ESWL is an effective noninvasive procedure without the need for routine anesthesia and hospitalization, and with prompt return of the patient to a normal life it must be considered the method of choice for lower caliceal stones less than 2 cm.
(20) However, when calices containing CIRF are significantly dilated, further EPL is of no value.
Cilice
Definition:
(n.) A kind of haircloth undergarment.
Example Sentences:
(1) Murray meets the Croatian Maric Cilic in the semi-final on Thursday and, in all probability, Roger Federer in the final on Sunday.
(2) Andy Murray , playing his worst match here in several years, followed the world No1 Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon on Wednesday in three sets that detained young Grigor Dimitrov barely two hours on Centre Court while on an adjacent battlefield the favourite Novak Djokovic needed all five sets to get rid of the No26 seed Marin Cilic.
(3) Cilic will miss the Australian Open while serving out the latter stages of his ban.
(4) Marin Cilic puts in a request for a heart, orders a bucket of guts and proceeds to check his skill-set.
(5) After playing his opening match on an outside court, Cilic took his US Open title defence back to Arthur Ashe Stadium and looked right at home, storming into the third round with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 win over Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy.
(6) He’s getting more experience now playing on the big stage, which definitely is useful when you play in the big tournaments like this.” Cilic’s disappointment at losing was tempered by the knowledge of how far he has come in a year, 12 months after being told during Wimbledon that he had failed a drugs test.
(7) 2.47pm BST Slowly but surely, Marin Cilic is finding his game .
(8) This court is very special for me, brings back special memories,” the ninth seeded Cilic said.
(9) That next challenge is Marin Cilic in the quarter-final, as was also the case last year.
(10) That’s what helped me.” The 6ft 6in Cilic, under the guidance of his new coach, the former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, has added more weight to his serve and generally become more aggressive.
(11) Nishikori, who lost to Marin Cilic in last year’s final, reached the Montreal semi-finals against Andy Murray this month but withdrew from the recent Cincinnati tournament and seems returned to the frailty that dogged him last year.
(12) 1.43pm BST Marin Cilic remains one of the great nearly men of men's tennis, a former top-10 contender, complete with a thunderbolt serve and a powerful net game.
(13) Cilic, fine player though he has been, is no Sharapova in terms of profile or commercial reach.
(14) Following the BMW Open, Cilic was knocked out of the French Open in the third round by Viktor Troicki, who coincidentally was banned in July for 18 months for failing to provide a blood sample at the Monte Carlo Masters in April.
(15) Updated at 3.12pm BST 3.02pm BST At the start of the third, Marin Cilic spies his chance , bouncing to a 0-30 lead against the Djokovic serve.
(16) shouts Marin Cilic as he slides an ace up the centre to move ahead 4-1 with the break.
(17) On Wednesday the Serb produced another example of how dangerous he is when behind as he recovered from two sets to one down to beat Marin Cilic and keep his hopes of winning a second Wimbledon title alive.
(18) Sharapova is likely to escape with punishment similar to that imposed on Marin Cilic , who also pleaded ignorance when caught out in 2013, and was back on court within four months.
(19) A statement from the ITF read: "Mr Cilic ingested the nikethamide inadvertently as a result of taking the Coramine glucose tablets, and did not intend to enhance his performance in doing so, and he therefore met the preconditions which entitle him to a reduction of the Period of Ineligibility for Specified Substance based on an assessment of his fault.
(20) Cilic had a chance to force a decider with a set point in the 10th game but Kyrgios held firm and served out the match with an ace in the tie-break after 85 minutes.