Modified induction course: a solution to side-effects?

abstract：CONTEXT:Sexual dysfunction is common in patients who undergo radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (PCa). OBJECTIVE:Review the available literature concerning prevention of, and management strategies for, post-RP sexual dysfunction in terms of postoperative treatments for erectile function (EF), sexual desire...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Salonia A,Burnett AL,Graefen M,Hatzimouratidis K,Montorsi F,Mulhall JP,Stief C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present the current status of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with respect to transferability, learning curve, and outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The data of 5824 patients who underwent LRP in 18 centers by 50 urologists from March 1999 to August 2004 were analyze...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Rassweiler J,Stolzenburg J,Sulser T,Deger S,Zumbé J,Hofmockel G,John H,Janetschek G,Fehr JL,Hatzinger M,Probst M,Rothenberger KH,Poulakis V,Truss M,Popken G,Westphal J,Alles U,Fornara P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In hormone refractory prostatic carcinoma (HRPCa), the majority of patients have bone metastases only, which are by definition non-measurable. This makes objective evaluation of chemotherapeutic agents difficult. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a dynamic model was analyzed as potential auxiliary end point ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Schmid HP,Morant R,Bernhard J,Maibach R,Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK).

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The best sequence of targeted therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has not been sufficiently defined. OBJECTIVE:To describe the efficacy and toxicity of sequential everolimus (EV) versus receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (rTKI) following failure of first rTKI treatment. DESIGN, ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Busch J,Seidel C,Kempkensteffen C,Johannsen M,Wolff I,Hinz S,Magheli A,Miller K,Grünwald V,Weikert S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously published preliminary findings showed promising activity of paclitaxel in chemotherapy-pretreated metastatic penile cancer. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the activity and safety of paclitaxel in pretreated metastatic penile cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:Twenty-five patients were enrolled in ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Di Lorenzo G,Federico P,Buonerba C,Longo N,Cartenì G,Autorino R,Perdonà S,Ferro M,Rescigno P,D'Aniello C,Matano E,Altieri V,Palmieri G,Imbimbo C,De Placido S,Mirone V

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of lectins on cultured renal cell carcinoma and normal renal cells was studied. Ricin II showed effective inhibition of 3H-uridine and 3H-thymidine uptake by renal cell carcinoma and normal renal cells in all cases. Normal renal cells were more resistant to the inhibitory effect of ricin II as compared to r...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Bazeed MA,Becht E,Schärfe T,Schmidt J,Jacobi GH,Thüroff JW

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results obtained from the nephrosonographic study of 61 functionally inactive kidneys of 57 patients are presented. Its usefulness as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of hydronephrosis, renal agenesis and retroperitoneal collections is stressed. ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Martínez-Piñeiro JA,García JA,Hidalgo L,de la Peña J

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of leiomyosarcoma of the prostate in a 26-year-old man is presented. The short duration of symptoms, the typical sensation at rectal palpation, and the sudden fast increase in growth are stressed. The bad prognosis justifies an agressive therapeutical approach. ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Vereecken RL,Lauweryns J,Drochmans A,Van Dijck X

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The conventional Fuhrman grading system, which categorizes renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with grades I, II, III, and IV, is the most widely used predictor assessment of RCC cancer-specific mortality (CSM). OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to test the prognostic ability of simplified Fuhrman grading schemes...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Sun M,Lughezzani G,Jeldres C,Isbarn H,Shariat SF,Arjane P,Widmer H,Pharand D,Latour M,Perrotte P,Patard JJ,Karakiewicz PI

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate some risk factors which could affect the isolation rates of various uropathogens and their in vitro susceptibility to antibiotics in ambulatory and hospitalized patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective study was conducted in a microbiological laboratory at Pisa Hospital. Nine-hundred and sev...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Bonadio M,Meini M,Spitaleri P,Gigli C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic utility of free prostate specific antigen (fPSA), alpha-1- antichymotrypsin-bound PSA (PSA-ACT), complexed PSA (cPSA), and including their associated ratios to total PSA (tPSA) in serum for discrimination between prostate cancer (PCa) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). METHODS...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Lein M,Jung K,Elgeti U,Petras T,Stephan C,Brux B,Sinha P,Winkelmann B,Schnorr D,Loening S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the bladder is a rare entity and when found in such an unusual location is often difficult to distinguish from other vesical or extravesical neoplasms. Understanding of the pathobiological characteristics of this malignancy has been hampered not only because of its rarity but also by ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Melekos MD,Matsouka P,Fokaefs E,Pantazakos A,Repanti M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following injection of carbon suspension into the bladder wall of white rats, carbon particles were observed in the cytoplasm of cells located as the alveolar macrophages. Following injections of a solution of AgNO3 into the bladder wall of white rats, dark stained spots were observed in the cytoplasm of cells located...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Bertheussen KJ,Nissen HM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Urodynamic investigations provide an objective, quantitative evaluation of urinary function in patients with benign prostatic obstruction (BPO). The effects of doxazosin, a selective alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, on urodynamic measurements were investigated in three double-blind, placebo-controlled clinic...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Abrams P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Nocturia is a common urologic symptom that has been covered in a variety of reported studies in the literature but is not specifically covered in current guidelines. OBJECTIVE:To comprehensively review the literature pertaining to the definition, etiologies, and consequences of nocturia and assess the evidence...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Cornu JN,Abrams P,Chapple CR,Dmochowski RR,Lemack GE,Michel MC,Tubaro A,Madersbacher S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A resectoscope with continuous irrigation, suction and low intravesical pressure has been described. Advantages of this instrument include: no interruption, better endoscopic vision by a continuous clear inflow of more than 500 ml/min at 70 cm pressure, less bleeding, no air bubbles, constant intravesical pressure les...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Iglesias JJ,Fiore G

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oncologic safety of blunt tumor enucleation (TE) of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) depends on the presence of a continuous pseudocapsule (PS) around the tumor and on the possibility of obtaining negative surgical margins (SMs). OBJECTIVE:To investigate the PS and SMs after TE to define the real need to take...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Minervini A,di Cristofano C,Lapini A,Marchi M,Lanzi F,Giubilei G,Tosi N,Tuccio A,Mancini M,della Rocca C,Serni S,Bevilacqua G,Carini M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It is known that African American men have a greater risk of prostate cancer than white men. We investigated whether this was true for first-generation black Caribbean and black African men in the United Kingdom. METHODS:A clinical cohort study design recruiting all cases of prostate cancer diagnosed over a...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Ben-Shlomo Y,Evans S,Ibrahim F,Patel B,Anson K,Chinegwundoh F,Corbishley C,Dorling D,Thomas B,Gillatt D,Kirby R,Muir G,Nargund V,Popert R,Metcalfe C,Persad R,PROCESS study group.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether cardiovascular morbidity differs following initiation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists compared with an antagonist. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:Pooled data from si...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Albertsen PC,Klotz L,Tombal B,Grady J,Olesen TK,Nilsson J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From February to September 1987, a prospective study was performed at two clinics to compare the Piezolith and the Dornier HM3+ lithotripters. Based on the same clinical indications for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, 334 patients were treated with the Dornier HM3+ and 378 patients with the Piezolith. Whereas s...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Rassweiler J,Gumpinger R,Bub P,Kohl H,Mayer A,Eisenberger F

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective follow-up (range 9.4-22 years, mean 13 years) study of 83 patients with grade I-III (WHO) bladder carcinomas was performed. Nuclear area (mean +/- SD 59.7 +/- 18.7 microns2) and the SD of nuclear area (mean +/- SD 19.7 +/- 13.4 microns2) were determined by using morphometric methods. The SD of nuclear ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Lipponen PK,Collan Y,Eskelinen MJ,Pesonen E,Sotarauta M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty has been quoted to have equivalent success rates to the traditional open procedure in the treatment of pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO). The aim of this study was to report our experience with laparoscopic pyeloplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients with PUJO...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Davenport K,Minervini A,Timoney AG,Keeley FX Jr

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The long-term outcome of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is unpredictable because of, among others, the risk of breakdown of one of its components. Our objective was to define a strategy for an accurate diagnosis and an appropriate management of these problems. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From 1985 to 2000, 298 ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Maillet F,Buzelin JM,Bouchot O,Karam G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Review the literature on phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is), addressing critical issues in their current and future use, assessing unanswered questions, and identifying research needs. METHODS:A MEDLINE search was conducted on PDE5-Is, with emphasis on clinical trials and experience, for interpret...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Hatzimouratidis K,Hatzichristou D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms resulting from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is varied, and significant side effects, particularly concerning sexual function, affect uptake. The prostatic urethral lift (PUL) procedure is a recent addition to the armamentarium for BPH treatment, with independent ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Perera M,Roberts MJ,Doi SA,Bolton D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transurethral microwave thermotherapy of 340 patients treated at our center for benign prostatic hypertrophy shows the importance of the role played by two thermoregulation processes during the procedure. The first one is artificial and automatically driven by the machine (the power output and cooling rate are adjuste...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Devonec M,Berger N,Fendler JP,Joubert P,Nasser M,Perrin P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acucise balloon catheter has been proposed as an alternative to open surgery for the treatment of strictures of the ureteropelvic junction because of its low morbidity and the short hospital stay following the endoscopic procedure. The objective of this study was to evaluate the results of this technique appl...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Touiti D,Gelet A,Deligne E,Fassi-Fehri H,Benrais H,Martin X,Dubernard JM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary sediment of 56 patients with active urinary infection were studied through a direct immunofluorescence technique in order to detect the presence of antibody-coated bacteria (ACB). In 35-36 pyelonephritis cases the results were positive. However, in 11 cases with lower urinary infection there was no sign of...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Pujol A,Linares F,Muñoz J,Rusconi A,Orejas V,Serrallach N,Acomar P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical models and early clinical data suggest an interplay between the gut microbiome and response to immunotherapy in solid tumors including metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We sought to characterize the stool microbiome of mRCC patients receiving a checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) and to assess treatment-relat...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Salgia NJ,Bergerot PG,Maia MC,Dizman N,Hsu J,Gillece JD,Folkerts M,Reining L,Trent J,Highlander SK,Pal SK

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended ipsilateral lymphadenectomy performed on 102 patients with renal cell carcinoma revealed 21 patients (21%) having regional lymph node metastasis. Of the 21 patients, 6 (6%) had single-node metastasis and 15 (15%) multiple-node metastasis. PT, pV, pM, cell type and grade were all correlated with regional node ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Tsukamoto T,Kumamoto Y,Miyao N,Yamazaki K,Takahashi A,Satoh M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00