National bias in citations in urology journals: parochialism or availability?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of short-course androgen-suppression therapy (AST) before brachytherapy on all-cause mortality (ACM) rates, stratified by the presence or absence of a history of myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke. AST is used to reduce prostate size to enable men with favourable-risk prostate cancer t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hayes JH,Chen MH,Moran BJ,Braccioforte MH,Dosoretz DE,Salenius S,Katin MJ,Ross R,Choueiri TK,D'Amico AV

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the density of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-lymphocytes in a transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) biopsy of the prostate can be used to predict the progression of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In total, 100 patients were randomly sel...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lamb AD,Qadan M,Roberts S,Timlin H,Vowler SL,Campbell FM,Grigor K,Bartlett JM,McNeill SA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the outcome of nephrectomy and predictors of hypertension (HTN) resolution in children with poorly functioning unilateral kidneys (differential renal function, DRF of < 15%), as concurrent HTN is often an indication for nephrectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Over a 7.5-year period, a single centre ret...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： El-Hout Y,Licht C,Pippi Salle JL,Ngan BY,Bagli DJ,Lorenzo AJ,Farhat WA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of low-dose rate prostate brachytherapy on the sexual health of men with > or = 7 years of prospective evaluation and optimum sexual function before treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 223 patients with T1b to T3a prostate cancer and a median (range) age of 66 (50-82) years were tr...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cesaretti JA,Kao J,Stone NN,Stock RG

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review our experience with intact extraction and morecellation of nephrectomy specimen, and the advantages and disadvantages of morcellation indicated by current reports. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In a previous study, 56 consecutive patients undergoing radical and simple transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrecto...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Varkarakis I,Rha K,Hernandez F,Kavoussi LR,Jarrett TW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyse studies validating the effectiveness of robotic surgery simulators. The MEDLINE(®), EMBASE(®) and PsycINFO(®) databases were systematically searched until September 2011. References from retrieved articles were reviewed to broaden the search. The simulator name, training tasks, participant level, training d...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Abboudi H,Khan MS,Aboumarzouk O,Guru KA,Challacombe B,Dasgupta P,Ahmed K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the possible influence of non-pharmacological interventions, such as compressive bandages and intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC), on leg oedema and nocturnal polyuria (NP), and the possible interrelation between both pathologies in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), as patients with SC...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Viaene A,Roggeman S,Goessaert AS,Kessler TM,Mehnert U,Besien VV,De Muynck M,Everaert K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a rat model of erectile dysfunction (ED) after cavernous nerve injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Given the great similarity between the anatomical structure of the cavernous nerve in rats and humans, 24 rats underwent dissections and the cavernous nerves were identified with the aid of an operating mi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kaufmann O,Claro J,Cury J,Andrade E,Longo B,Aguiar W,Mello L,Srougi M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the relative merits of robotically assisted partial nephrectomy (RPN), using a matched-pair analysis, with laparoscopic PN (LPN). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between July 2006 and August 2007, 12 patients had RPN for tumour; the outcomes were compared retrospectively with 12 matched patients who had LP...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aron M,Koenig P,Kaouk JH,Nguyen MM,Desai MM,Gill IS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate if the obesity paradox, wherein obesity portends worse overall prognosis for a disease but improved outcomes for patients receiving immunotherapy, exists for patients receiving bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in a contemporary cohort. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We performed an Institutional Review Boar...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Brooks NA,Kokorovic A,Xiao L,Matulay JT,Li R,Ranasinghe WKB,Nagaraju S,Shen Y,Gao J,Navai N,Dinney CPN,Grossman HB,Kamat AM

更新日期：2020-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the severity of both stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms during and after the first pregnancy, using a self-reported health-related quality-of-life questionnaire, and to assess the effect of pregnancy and childbirth on bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： van Brummen HJ,Bruinse HW,van de Pol G,Heintz AP,van der Vaart CH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Elderly patients have more years to compound comorbidities and it has previously been shown that comorbidity is an important predictor of overall survival in patients with bladder cancer, including those treated with radical cystectomy (RC). Other stu...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Horovitz D,Turker P,Bostrom PJ,Mirtti T,Nurmi M,Kuk C,Kulkarni G,Fleshner NE,Finelli A,Jewett MA,Zlotta AR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To evaluate whether current nephrectomy pathology reports are sufficient to allow clinicians to use prognostic nomograms, tailor surveillance, enroll patients into adjuvant trials and select systemic therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:• Nephrectomy pathology reports were obtained ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shuch B,Pantuck AJ,Pouliot F,Finley DS,Said JW,Belldegrun AS,Saigal C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To conduct a case-control study evaluating clinical symptom severity and sexual dysfunction in women with ketamine cystitis (KC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:• In total, 29 patients with KC and 27 controls completed the symptoms survey. • Participants completed a visual pelvic pain analogue scale, an O'Leary-Sant...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Jang MY,Long CY,Chuang SM,Huang CH,Lin HY,Wu WJ,Juan YS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility, tolerability, safety and efficacy of using a new surgical technique for the repair of anterior urethral strictures to preserve vascular supply to the urethra and its entire muscular and neurogenic support. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 24 patients (mean age 46 years) underwent ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kulkarni S,Barbagli G,Sansalone S,Lazzeri M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review and create nomograms of flaccid and erect penile size measurements. METHODS:Study key eligibility criteria: measurement of penis size by a health professional using a standard procedure; a minimum of 50 participants per sample. EXCLUSION CRITERIA:samples with a congenital or acquire...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Veale D,Miles S,Bramley S,Muir G,Hodsoll J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether micronutrients in support of the one-carbon cycle and glutathione synthesis are effective in improving sperm damage after surgical varicocoele induction in rats and whether any effect is achieved without a rebound reductive stress as seen with oral antioxidants. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mohammadi P,Hassani-Bafrani H,Tavalaee M,Dattilo M,Nasr-Esfahani MH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the natural history of prostate cancer in men who experience a second biochemical recurrence (BCR) after salvage radiotherapy (SRT) after prostatectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:After undergoing SRT at one of two institutions between 1986 and 2013, 286 patients experienced a second BCR, defined as t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tumati V,Jackson WC,Abugharib AE,Raj G,Roehrborn C,Lotan Y,Courtney K,Bagrodia A,Gahan JC,Zumsteg ZS,Folkert MR,Laine AM,Hannan R,Spratt DE,Desai NB

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of radiotherapy on the outcome of artificial urinary sphincter implantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A series of 72 men who had an artificial urinary sphincter inserted were reviewed retrospectively, analysing in detail the information from 15 patients with a past history of pelvic ra...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Manunta A,Guillé F,Patard JJ,Lobel B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the incidence and time trends of secondary bladder cancer (BCa) and rectal cancer (RCa) after brachytherapy (BT) relative to radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Within the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database (1988-2015), we identified patients with localized PC...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mazzone E,Mistretta FA,Knipper S,Palumbo C,Tian Z,Pecoraro A,Preisser F,Gallina A,Shariat SF,Saad F,Graefen M,Montorsi F,Briganti A,Karakiewicz PI

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study a novel penile reinnervation technique using four sural nerve grafts and end-to-side neurorraphies connecting bilaterally the femoral nerve and the cavernous corpus and the femoral nerve and the dorsal penile nerves. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Ten patients (mean [± sd; range] age 60.3 [± 4.8; 54-68] years...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Souza Trindade JC,Viterbo F,Petean Trindade A,Fávaro WJ,Trindade-Filho JCS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of zoledronic acid (ZA) in osteoporotic patients with prostate cancer receiving either luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists (LHRHA, which accelerate bone loss) or bicalutamide (which preserves bone mineral density, BMD) as androgen-deprivation therapy is the mainstay of trea...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wadhwa VK,Weston R,Parr NJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type - Therapy (case series). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:4. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the results in terms of functional results and morbidity of Z-shaped ileal neobladder performed in a single center. PATIENTS AND METHODS:329 consecutive male patients who had an orthotopic bladder replacement using the Z-shaped...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Neuzillet Y,Yonneau L,Lebret T,Herve JM,Butreau M,Botto H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) before seed implantation, stratified into mild (0-7), moderate (8-19) and severe (>20) categories, predicts brachytherapy-related morbidity in terms of IPSS resolution, catheter dependency and the need for surgical intervention after brachytherap...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gutman S,Merrick GS,Butler WM,Wallner KE,Allen Z,Galbreath RW,Adamovich E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of renal function on the stone-free rate (SFR) of proximal ureteric stones (PUS) after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), as urinary obstruction caused by PUS can impair renal function, and elevated serum creatinine levels are associated with decreased ureteric stone passa...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hung SF,Chung SD,Wang SM,Yu HJ,Huang HS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if athermal methods are as effective in preventing blood transfusions as the use of cautery across various prostate volumes following prostate tissue resection for benign prostatic hyperplasia using Aquablation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The current commercial AQUABEAM robot that performs Aquablation...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Elterman D,Bach T,Rijo E,Misrai V,Anderson P,Zorn KC,Bhojani N,El Hajj A,Chughtai B,Desai M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:•To evaluate the natural history of patients presenting with positive urinary cytology in the absence of clinically identifiable disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:•A surgical database was queried to identify 48 patients with positive urinary cytology of undetermined source. •All patients underwent a thorough uro...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aharony S,Baniel J,Yossepowitch O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the epidemiology of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among men and women, as there are significant unanswered questions about the prevalence and impact of LUTS in different populations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A population-based, cross-sectional survey was completed in Boxmeer (the Netherlands), ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Boyle P,Robertson C,Mazzetta C,Keech M,Hobbs FD,Fourcade R,Kiemeney L,Lee C,UrEpik Study Group.

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the influence of blood sampling/sampling tubes on mass spectrometric and clustering results, and on clinical blood variables, in blood samples collected from healthy volunteers and patients with prostate cancer. PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Two venous blood samples were taken from 12 healthy vo...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pelzer AE,Feuerstein I,Fuchsberger C,Ongarello S,Bektic J,Schwentner C,Klocker H,Bartsch G,Bonn GK

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the suitability of preoperative multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) positivity as a predictor of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed the clinical records of patients who underwent either standard RP or laparoscopic RP between Janu...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hattori S,Kosaka T,Mizuno R,Kanao K,Miyajima A,Yasumizu Y,Yazawa S,Nagata H,Kikuchi E,Mikami S,Jinzaki M,Nakagawa K,Tanimoto A,Oya M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00