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CHIRURGIE PROSTATE [3 records]

Record 1 2014-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
  • Genitourinary Tract
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

Pelvic floor exercise, or Kegel exercise, consists of repeatedly contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor, now sometimes colloquially referred to as the "Kegel muscles."

CONT

Kegel exercises strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, which support the uterus, bladder, small intestine and rectum ...

Key term(s)
  • Kegel exercises
  • pelvic floor exercises

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
  • Appareil génito-urinaire
  • Muscles et tendons
CONT

Un gynécologue nommé Kegel a créé dans les années 1940 des exercices visant à renforcer le plancher pelvien afin que celui-ci soutienne mieux la vessie et le col vésical. Autrefois, les femmes faisaient ces exercices après un accouchement pour renforcer leur plancher pelvien et éviter les fuites accidentelles d’urine causées par la toux, le rire ou les éternuements. Toutefois, avec le temps, on a découvert que le renforcement du plancher pelvien peut réduire l'irritabilité de la vessie et servir à supprimer l'urgence d’aller aux toilettes chez les hommes et les femmes. Les exercices de Kegel aident aussi les hommes qui ont subi une chirurgie radicale de la prostate.

Key term(s)
  • exercices de Kegel

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
CONT

The outcome of a psychoeducational treatment programme for very early-onset schizophrenics was compared with a standard reference treatment.

CONT

Intravenous immune globulin are recommended unequivocally for some diseases... Large amounts of immune globulin, such as 400 to 2000 mg/kg are proposed over a period of two to five days. The safety of this treatment, which may be introduced without any special structure, is a very interesting quality of the intravenous immune globulin therapy. However, comparative efficacy against reference therapy, surveillance for long-term positive and adverse effects and cost-effectiveness should be carried out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
CONT

La chirurgie est considérée comme le traitement de référence de l'hypertrophie bénigne de prostate(HBP) au stade obstructif. Résection endoscopique de prostate(RTUP) et adénomectomie par voie sus-pubienne sont les actes les plus pratiqués par les urologues.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genitourinary Surgery
OBS

Glossary of Nosocomial Infections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie génito-urinaire
OBS

Lexique des infections nosocomiales.

Spanish

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