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  2. Lead citrate - Wikipedia

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    Lead citrate is a compound of lead and citrate that is primarily used as an enhancer for heavy metal staining in electron microscopy. [2] This salt binds to osmium and uranyl acetate and enhances contrast in many cellular structures. Lead citrate is highly reactive with carbon dioxide.

  3. Prostate steam treatment - Wikipedia

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    From this needle water vapor is circumferentially delivered via 12 holes at the needle’s tip. Depending on the size of the prostate an adequate number of injections is delivered to the two side lobes and to the middle lobe of the prostate. Each injection lasts 9 seconds and the space between adjacent injections is about 10 mm. [citation needed]

  4. Transurethral microwave thermotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Transurethral microwave thermotherapy is a non-surgical, minimally invasive therapy that can be performed under a local anesthetic on an outpatient basis. The treatment involves inserting a special microwave urinary catheter into the hyperplastic prostatic urethra.

  5. Urinary retention - Wikipedia

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    In acute urinary retention, urinary catheterization, placement of a prostatic stent, or suprapubic cystostomy relieves the retention. In the longer term, treatment depends on the cause. BPH may respond to alpha blocker and 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor therapy, or surgically with prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP).

  6. The Water-Method Man - Wikipedia

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    The title refers to a method prescribed to Trumper for the treatment of non-specific urological disorders relating to his abnormally narrow urinary tract. Trumper's urologist, Dr. Jean Claude Vigneron, offers him three options for the treatment of his disorder: abstinence from sex and alcohol, a painful operation to widen the urinary canal, or ...

  7. Diuretic - Wikipedia

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    When this happens, glucose remains in the filtrate, leading to the osmotic retention of water in the urine. Glucosuria causes a loss of hypotonic water and Na + , leading to a hypertonic state with signs of volume depletion, such as dry mucosa, hypotension, tachycardia , and decreased turgor of the skin.

  8. Fluid replacement - Wikipedia

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    Fluid replacement or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic processes. . Fluids can be replaced with oral rehydration therapy (drinking), intravenous therapy, rectally such as with a Murphy drip, or by hypodermoclysis, the direct injection of fluid into the subcutaneous tis

  9. Benign prostatic hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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    94 million men affected globally (2019) [3] Benign prostatic hyperplasia ( BPH ), also called prostate enlargement , is a noncancerous increase in size of the prostate gland . [ 1 ] Symptoms may include frequent urination , trouble starting to urinate, weak stream, inability to urinate , or loss of bladder control . [ 1 ]