The role of urine cytology in the assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether a history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or positive STI serology is associated with prevalent and incident benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)/lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)-related outcomes in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. METHODS:Self-...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Breyer BN,Huang WY,Rabkin CS,Alderete JF,Pakpahan R,Beason TS,Kenfield SA,Mabie J,Ragard L,Wolin KY,Grubb RL 3rd,Andriole GL,Sutcliffe S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the feasibility of using laser energy during nerve-sparing robotically assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), as the energy sources currently used for haemostasis in RARP adversely affect cavernous nerve function, while clips require application by a skilled assistant, but laser energy potentially...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gianduzzo T,Colombo JR Jr,Haber GP,Hafron J,Magi-Galluzzi C,Aron M,Gill IS,Kaouk JH

更新日期：2008-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our current procedure of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP), and to assess the effect of the learning curve on perioperative data, early oncological outcomes and functional results, as RALP has increasingly become a treatment option for men with localized prostate cancer. PA...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ploussard G,Xylinas E,Salomon L,Vordos D,Hoznek A,Abbou CC,De La Taille A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association of patient age with pathological and long-term oncological outcomes after radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder carcinoma, as this disease, like many others, increases in incidence with age. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 241 consecutive patients with invasive blad...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Resorlu B,Beduk Y,Baltaci S,Ergun G,Talas H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of long-term clomiphene citrate (CC) therapy in symptomatic patients with hypogonadism (HG). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Serum T, oestradiol and luteinizing hormone (LH) were measured in patients who were treated with CC for over 12 months. Additionally, bone densitometry (BD) resu...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moskovic DJ,Katz DJ,Akhavan A,Park K,Mulhall JP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse tumour extent as a predictor of cancer progression after radical prostatectomy (RP), using a multivariate Cox regression model, as several variables (e.g. Gleason grade and tumour stage) are well-established prognostic factors in prostate cancer but it is uncertain if the visual estimation of tumou...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Jones TD,Koch MO,Lin H,Cheng L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the utility of cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive (Dermabond, Ethicon, Somerville, NJ, USA; an effective means of epithelial skin closure) under a diaper (i.e. constantly exposed to bodily fluids) in 25 children (not toilet-trained) undergoing inguinal surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective revi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ferlise VJ,Ankem MK,Barone JG

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a modification of the posterior prone retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy, which allows the entire operation to be performed through a single instrument port. PATIENTS AND METHODS:With the patient prone, a retroperitoneal working space is created using a custom-made balloon lateral to the sacrospina...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Msezane LP,Mushtaq I,Gundeti MS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the oncological outcomes of patients with specimen Gleason 8 and 9 prostate cancers and to determine factors that predict biochemical recurrence-free survival (BCRFS) after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Of 4156 patients who underwent RARP from January 2001 to 2...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wambi CO,Siddiqui SA,Krane LS,Agarwal PK,Stricker HJ,Peabody JO

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of new-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) and of worsening glycaemic control in established DM after starting androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer, as ADT is associated with altered body composition, potentially influencing insulin sensitivity. PATIENTS AND METHODS ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Derweesh IH,Diblasio CJ,Kincade MC,Malcolm JB,Lamar KD,Patterson AL,Kitabchi AE,Wake RW

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the clinical significance of hypertension (HTN), neutropaenia and thrombocytopaenia as possible new biomarkers of sunitinib efficacy in non-trial patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 181 consecutive patients with mRCC were treated with sunitinib; 39 ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rautiola J,Donskov F,Peltola K,Joensuu H,Bono P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• Obesity induced by high-fat diet (HFD) is one of the most important risk factor for the development of erectile dysfunction (ED) in man. This study aimed to characterize the ED resulting from obesity associated with HFD in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:• C57BL/6 mice fed for 10 weeks with either HFD to induc...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Toque HA,da Silva FH,Calixto MC,Lintomen L,Schenka AA,Saad MJ,Zanesco A,Antunes E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To create an experimental animal model to examine changes in bladder volume and histology after bladder augmentation in growing individuals and from the model, evaluate a method using demucosalized intestinal grafts and short-term bladder drainage. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study comprised 21 piglets: in gro...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Clementson Kockum C,Willén R,Malmfors G

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations of a range of personal and clinical variables with bladder cancer survival in men and women in NSW to see if we could explain why bladder cancer survival is consistently poorer in women than in men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All 6880 cases of bladder cancers diagnosed in NSW betwee...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tracey E,Watt H,Currow D,Young J,Armstrong B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To assess the feasibility of radical prostatectomy (RP) in a series of patients with prostate cancer with very high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels by comparing the clinical outcomes of different PSA thresholds (20.1-50 ng/mL, 50.1-100 ng/mL and >100 ng/mL, respectively). PATIENTS AND METHODS:• With...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gontero P,Spahn M,Tombal B,Bader P,Hsu CY,Marchioro G,Frea B,Van Der Eeckt K,Kneitz B,Frohneberg D,Tizzani A,Van Poppel H,Joniau S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is known on the subject? and What does the study add? Substantial experience of the outcomes has been gathered regarding the acute and sub-acute experience with various types of corrective procedures for POP. These include long-term POP correction as well as more recent recognition of improvement in functional di...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gomelsky A,Penson DF,Dmochowski RR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present paper was to determine the impact of testicular cancer (TC) and its treatments on fertility and to review the current management options for the infertile patient with TC, both before diagnosis and after treatment, with the aim of providing practical recommendations to update contempor...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moody JA,Ahmed K,Yap T,Minhas S,Shabbir M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To investigate the role of c-kit-positive interstitial cells (ICCs) in mediating muscarinic receptor-induced phasic contractions of isolated bladder strips from streptozotocin(STZ)-induced diabetic rats and to confirm the expression and location of ICCs in the rat bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS:• Bladders ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Vahabi B,McKay NG,Lawson K,Sellers DJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To evaluate the functional and morphological outcome after open pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) with huge renal pelvis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• A retrospective review of all cases who underwent pyeloplasty for huge renal pelvis was conducted. • Records were evaluated with respect t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sarhan O,Helmy T,Abou-El Ghar M,Baky MA,El-Assmy A,Dawaba M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship of preoperatively measured cardiorespiratory function, to the development of postoperative complications and length of hospital stay (LOS) in a cohort of patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC), as RC and conduit formation is curative but is associated with significant postop...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Prentis JM,Trenell MI,Vasdev N,French R,Dines G,Thorpe A,Snowden CP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potentiation of erectile responses induced by electrical stimulation (ES) of the dorsal penile nerve (DPN) in the urethane-anaesthetized rat by the selective melanocortin receptor 4 agonist MB243. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Intracavernosal and blood pressures (ICP and BP, respectively) were monitore...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Allard J,Reynolds DS,Edmunds NJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the variability of subjective tutor performance improvement (Pi) assessment and to compare it with a novel measurement algorithm: the Pi score. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The Pi-score algorithm considers time measurement and number of errors from two different repetitions (first and fifth) of the same...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Veneziano D,Canova A,Arnolds M,Beatty JD,Biyani CS,Dehò F,Fiori C,Hellawell GO,Langenhuijsen JF,Pini G,Rodriguez Faba O,Siena G,Skolarikos A,Tokas T,Van Cleynenbreugel BSEP,Wagner C,Tripepi G,Somani B,Lima B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study age- and sex-specific use and costs of incontinence aids distributed free of charge in Sweden. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The study was conducted in the county of Jämtland, Sweden (132,000 inhabitants). The use and cost of incontinence aids for people living in their homes and the total cost of incontinen...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Samuelsson E,Månsson L,Milsom I

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a contemporary series of patients with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP, an inflammatory condition of the kidney that has traditionally been treated with open nephrectomy, ON), managed with either ON or laparoscopic nephrectomy (LN), as early reports suggest that the benefits of LN do not ext...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Guzzo TJ,Bivalacqua TJ,Pierorazio PM,Varkarakis J,Schaeffer EM,Allaf ME

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish a consensus on the utility of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) to identify patients for focal therapy. METHODS:Urological surgeons, radiologists, and basic researchers, from Europe and North America participated in a consensus meeting about the use of mpMRI in focal therapy of ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Muller BG,Fütterer JJ,Gupta RT,Katz A,Kirkham A,Kurhanewicz J,Moul JW,Pinto PA,Rastinehad AR,Robertson C,de la Rosette J,Sanchez-Salas R,Jones JS,Ukimura O,Verma S,Wijkstra H,Marberger M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of sildenafil on noradrenaline- and potassium-induced contractions of isolated human seminal vesicles (SVs), as premature ejaculation is a relatively common male sexual dysfunction that currently lacks an adequate therapy, and recent in vitro tests showed that sildenafil induces rel...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gajar SA,Tano T,Resende AC,Bitencourt JA,de Lemos Neto M,Damião R,Criddle DN,Soares de Moura R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To investigate the feasibility of tissue-engineered corpus cavernosum (TECC) with muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) as seed cells and determine the growth potential in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS:• Acellular corporal collagen matrices (ACCMs) were obtained from adult rabbit penis by a cell removal procedur...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ji C,Min F,Liang W,Chen Y,Pan S,Bin L,Chen S,Wei Z,He T,Gu Y,Zhang J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the use of sodium pentosan polysulphate (SPP) for haemorrhagic cystitis (HC), a potentially life-threatening side-effect in patients treated with pelvic radiotherapy or cyclophosphamide, and which can be difficult to manage as patients often have significant comorbidity. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Betwee...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sandhu SS,Goldstraw M,Woodhouse CR

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To determine (i) the presence of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) in the urinary bladder; (ii) whether or not endogenous fatty acid ethanolamides are synthesized by the bladder; (iii) the effects of FAAH inhibition on referred hyperalgesia associated with acute bladder inflammation in rats. MATERIALS AND ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Merriam FV,Wang ZY,Hillard CJ,Stuhr KL,Bjorling DE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:•  To systematically review the current literature concerning perioperative, functional and oncological outcomes reported after open and minimally invasive prostate cancer surgery specifically from institutions within Australasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:•  Four electronic databases were searched to identify s...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cathcart P,Murphy DG,Moon D,Costello AJ,Frydenberg M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00