Chronic transfusion on thalassemia patients may cause excess of body iron. The increase of body iron may stimulate oxidant production such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) that measured as malondialdehyde (MDA). Increase of ROS production cause cell including erythrocyte membrane destruction that contained lipid compound. The purpose of this research iso determine the corelation between serum l…
Abstract Objective: To know pregnancy outcome in the tubal reversal of sterilized women.Method: Literature review.Results: Sterilization is considered the most common contraception methods in United States of America, approximately 39% women in reproductive age (15 - 44 years) used this method. However, approximately 15% of these patients deplored this decision due to the influence of their ow…
Osteoporosis is characterized by lower bone mineral density (BMD) and microarchitectural degeneration, which tends to increase bone fragility and fracture risk. Bone microstructure depends on interactions between the mineral atoms, which may perform substitution or incorporation into bone crystals, and may dynamically take over the function of calcium or may become a complementary part. The min…
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare straight type versus coiled type Tenckhoff catheter for continuous ambulatory peritoneal alysis (CAPD) in end stage renal disease. Material & method: A prospective cohort study enrolled end-stage renal disease patients undergoing CAPD for renal replacement therapy in Urology and Nephrology Department, Sardjito Hospital from January to Decem…
Objective: To study the relationship between obesity, prostate specific antigen (PSA) level, and prostate volume in patients with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) without urinary retention.Material & Method: Twenty two BPH patients without urinary retention was enrolled in this study. Patients were classified into 2 groups based on body mass index (BMI). The first group consisted of 11 patient…
Background: Consuming tempeh regularly increases the levels of isoflavones in the our body influencing the IFNγ and macrophage activating factor (MAF) that lead to the in increase in the ability of macrophage phagocytosis. Macrophage phagocytosis gives an illustration of the macrophages ability as the first line of phagocytic cells to digest foreign particles. This study aims at finding out th…