Comparison of modified one- and two-layer microsurgical vasovasostomy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between glycogen content in bladder detrusor tissue and historical bladder function in a guinea-pig model of partial bladder outlet obstruction (PBOO). MATERIALS AND METHODS:In male immature guinea pigs PBOO was created with a silver ring around the proximal urethra; a control grou...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： de Jong BW,Wolffenbuttel KP,Arentshorst ME,Lodder P,Kok DJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: The management of patients with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) involves testicular sperm extraction (TESE or microdissection TESE) combined with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Sperm retrieval is successful in up to 50% of men with NOA; h...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Abdel Raheem A,Garaffa G,Rushwan N,De Luca F,Zacharakis E,Abdel Raheem T,Freeman A,Serhal P,Harper JC,Ralph D

更新日期：2013-03-01 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 evaluate how many patients could have undergone partial nephrectomy (PN) rather than radical nephrectomy (RN) before and after neoadjuvant axitinib therapy, as assessed by five independent urological oncologists, and to study the variability of inter-observer agreement. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Pre- and post-...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Karam JA,Devine CE,Fellman BM,Urbauer DL,Abel EJ,Allaf ME,Bex A,Lane BR,Thompson RH,Wood CG

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the outcome of 23 consecutive patients with Fournier's gangrene. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients' charts were reviewed retrospectively from all those treated for Fournier's gangrene between July 1994 and July 1997 at the UCLA affiliated hospitals. RESULTS:Twenty-three patients were identified (mean...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Corman JM,Moody JA,Aronson WJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether the number of unfavourable pretreatment risk factors predicts cause-specific mortality in men treated with prostate brachytherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between April 1995 and March 2006, 739 patients were treated who had at least one of the following adverse risk factors: pretreatment pros...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Taira AV,Merrick GS,Galbreath RW,Butler WM,Lief JH,Wallner KE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility of transcript profiling in diagnostic formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) biopsies for prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Laser-capture microdissection (LCM) was used to microdissect glandular epithelium as well as stromal tissue in archival prostate needle biopsies...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rogerson L,Darby S,Jabbar T,Mathers ME,Leung HY,Robson CN,Sahadevan K,O'Toole K,Gnanapragasam VJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the renal functional outcomes for patients treated with open partial nephrectomy (OPN) or radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for tumours in a solitary kidney, as renal masses in a solitary kidney present a challenging treatment dilemma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective review of institutional datab...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Raman JD,Raj GV,Lucas SM,Williams SK,Lauer EM,Ahrar K,Matin SF,Leveillee RJ,Cadeddu JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the significance of viable tumour in the prostate of patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated the clinicopathological features, including follow-up, of 40 men with metastatic AIPC who had a transrectal biopsy of the prostate. RESULTS:P...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aragon-Ching JB,Gillespie J,Price DK,Chuaqui R,Rodriguez-Canales J,Steinberg SM,Dahut WL,Figg WD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision to take a prostate biopsy is traditionally guided by a digital rectal examination and measurement of serum total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA). However, both techniques are subject to inherent weaknesses. The prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3), a gene-based marker, specific for prostate cancer, supplements ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kirby RS,Fitzpatrick JM,Irani J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Percutaneous renal cryoablation is a safe and effective treatment for patients with small renal masses, who are poor surgical candidates. Oncological outcomes from previous percutaneous ablation studies are difficult to interpret because of the large ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Schmit GD,Thompson RH,Kurup AN,Weisbrod AJ,Carter RE,Callstrom MR,Atwell TD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate long-term oncological outcomes after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). To identify parameters influencing recurrence-free survival in a single-institution series. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients underwent LRP using the transperitoneal retrograde Heilbronn technique. High-risk patien...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hruza M,Bermejo JL,Flinspach B,Schulze M,Teber D,Rumpelt HJ,Rassweiler JJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:To determine whether dendritic cells (DC) transduced with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) gene can induce PSA-specific cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTL) against prostate cancer cells, and whether bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) cell-wall skeleton (CWS) can enhance the maturation of DC-PSA and the killing activi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fujii R,Iwahashi M,Kikkawa K,Inagaki T,Kohjimoto Y,Ojima T,Mori T,Kuramoto T,Nishizawa S,Azuma I,Yamaue H,Shinka T,Hara I

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the concentration of nitric oxide (NO) and the location and change in the expression of NO synthase (NOS) isoforms in the testes of subfertile men with varicocele, and to compare the NO concentration or NOS expression with clinical variables, to determine the role of NO on the pathophysiology of ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shiraishi K,Naito K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of gene-expression profiling as a predictor of the status of the regional nodes in patients with penile carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Tumour samples of 56 patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma were analysed for the gene expression on 35 k oligoarrays; 32 were from patients wit...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kroon BK,Leijte JA,van Boven H,Wessels LF,Velds A,Horenblas S,van't Veer LJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the performance of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Risk Calculator (PCPT-RC) and two iterations of the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) Risk Calculator, one of which incorporates prostate volume (ERSPC-RC) and the other of which incorporates prostate volume an...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Foley RW,Maweni RM,Gorman L,Murphy K,Lundon DJ,Durkan G,Power R,O'Brien F,O'Malley KJ,Galvin DJ,Brendan Murphy T,William Watson R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate peri-operative peripheral and renal venous plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), platelet-derived growth factor type BB (PDGF-BB), transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, endostatin, and thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) in relation to pathological variables and prognosis, as pro- and...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Klatte T,Böhm M,Nelius T,Filleur S,Reiher F,Allhoff EP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate prospectively the accuracy of computer-aided three-dimensional (3D) volume-rendered computed tomography (CT) in determining the appropriate anatomical limits (tumour size, tumour location, multifocality and vascular supply) and as a potential tool in the preoperative simulation of nephron-sparing ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wunderlich H,Reichelt O,Schubert R,Zermann DH,Schubert J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of serum vitamin D level on male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Men with LUTS who visited the outpatient clinic of the urology department at one of two hospitals between March 2014 and April 2017 were eligible for inclusion in the study. The impact of vitami...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yoo S,Oh S,Kim HS,Choi HS,Park J,Cho SY,Son H,Jeong H,Lee HW,Cho MC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the mechanism that underlies the effect of shock wave (SW) rate on the performance of clinical lithotripters. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The effect of firing rate on the pressure characteristics of SWs was assessed using a fibre-optic probe hydrophone (FOPH 500, RP Acoustics, Leutenbach, Germany). Sh...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pishchalnikov YA,McAteer JA,Williams JC Jr

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the meaning that men attach to their experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and to understand 'bother' in the context of those meanings. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixteen men with symptoms suggestive of LUTS and/or an enlarged prostate were recruited from the outpatient urology clini...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gannon K,Glover L,O'Neill M,Emberton M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of the direct radionuclide cystogram (DRC) in detecting vesico-ureteric reflux compared with the micturating cysto-urethrogram (MCU) in the same initial setting, in infants younger than one year. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The results from the dual cystograms of 62 refluxing infants < ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： McLaren CJ,Simpson ET

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To examine how the introduction of medical therapy for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) might have changed the indications, patient characteristics and outcomes in men undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) over two decades (1988-2008). PATIENTS AND METHODS:• All patients w...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Izard J,Nickel JC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE • To evaluate a novel technique to lower positive surgical margin rates while preserving as much of the neurovascular bundles as possible during nerve-sparing robotic prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS • In situ intraoperative frozen section (IFS) was performed during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostate...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lavery HJ,Xiao GQ,Nabizada-Pace F,Mikulasovich M,Unger P,Samadi DB

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term results of salvage cystectomy after interstitial radiotherapy (IRT) and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for transitional cell carcinoma, and to assess the morbidity and functional results of the different urinary diversions used. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records of 27 patients tre...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nieuwenhuijzen JA,Horenblas S,Meinhardt W,van Tinteren H,Moonen LM

更新日期：2004-10-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a simplified and effective method for substratification of M1 castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) by correlating progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) with simple quantification of skeletal metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 561 men with M1 CRPC were studied longitudinally. I...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tait C,Moore D,Hodgson C,Brown M,Morris T,Growcott J,Malone M,Hughes A,Renehan A,Clarke NW,Dive C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the chemopreventive effects of a selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor, meloxicam, and a selective epidermal growth factor (EGF)-receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, gefitinib (as a single agent) on a carcinogen-induced rodent bladder carcinogenesis model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study compr...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hattori K,Iida K,Joraku A,Tsukamoto S,Akaza H,Oyasu R

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether ureteroscopy (URS) before radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract urothelial carcinomas (UTUCs) has an impact on oncological outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We performed a systematic literature search of PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE for citations published prior to Septe...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Guo RQ,Hong P,Xiong GY,Zhang L,Fang D,Li XS,Zhang K,Zhou LQ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00