Exaggerated primary endoscope deflection: initial clinical experience with prototype flexible ureteroscopes.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of race on the effectiveness of hormonal therapy in patients with prostate cancer, by comparing the outcomes of Caucasian men (CM) and Japanese-American men (JAM) treated with hormonal therapy at one institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-nine CM and 105 JAM with prostate cancer we...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fukagai T,Namiki TS,Carlile RG,Yoshida H,Namiki M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of intravesical instillation of green tea extract (GTE) on a rat model of bacterial cystitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In vitro bactericidal properties of GTE were analysed by adding GTE to a suspension of uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), streaking on MacConkey agar, and incubating overnight....

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rosenberg S,Horowitz R,Coppenhagen-Glazer S,Pizov G,Elia A,Gofrit ON,Ginsburg I,Pode D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the insertion of a urethral sling at the time of radical prostatectomy (RP) in men at high risk of urinary incontinence after RP. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1998 and 2000, 49 of 871 men undergoing RP at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, were identified as at risk of urinary i...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Westney OL,Scott S,Wood C,Eddings T,Johnson MM,Taylor JM,McGuire E,Pisters LL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the frequency and spectrum of lipophilic Malassezia yeasts within the area of the glans penis and preputial space in healthy men, most of whom were uncircumcised. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:As the glans penis and the prepuce are abundant in sebaceous glands, 130 clinically healthy men were examined ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mayser P,Schütz M,Schuppe HC,Jung A,Schill WB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of bone fractures in patients receiving luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists (LHRH-a) for prostate cancer (in whom a continued low testosterone level after the long-term administration of these drugs reduces bone mineral density), and thus determine the risk of secondary...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hatano T,Oishi Y,Furuta A,Iwamuro S,Tashiro K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between the presence of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) in retropubic radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens and cancer-specific outcomes, including pathological variables and biochemical disease-free survival (bDFS), as HGPIN shares many histopathological char...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pierorazio PM,Lambert SM,Matsukhani M,Sprenkle PC,McCann TR,Katz AE,Olsson CA,Benson MC,McKiernan JM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: It has been suggested that a very short positive margin does not confer additional risk of BCR after radical prostatectomy. This study shows that even very short PSM is associated with increased risk of BCR. OBJECTIVE:To re-evaluate, in a larger coh...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shikanov S,Marchetti P,Desai V,Razmaria A,Antic T,Al-Ahmadie H,Zagaja G,Eggener S,Brendler C,Shalhav A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first two reviews are from the same unit in Germany and describe the well-known but still much discussed ways of improving the prognosis of patients undergoing cystectomy for bladder cancer. The authors review the roles of lymph node dissection and perioperative chemotherapy, and draw conclusions which will be of ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Suttmann H,Kamradt J,Lehmann J,Stöckle M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the metabolic characteristics of elderly patients with recurrent calcium oxalate stones. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Metabolic abnormalities were investigated in 88 patients with recurrent calcium oxalate stones, including 70 aged <60 years and 18 aged >/=60 years. The frequency of each metabolic abnor...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yagisawa T,Hayashi T,Yoshida A,Okuda H,Kobayashi H,Ishikawa N,Goya N,Toma H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the activity of nilutamide as secondary hormonal therapy in patients with androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC), as treatment options are limited for these patients and secondary hormonal therapy with antiandrogens has advantages, including low toxicity, oral administration and high patient ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nakabayashi M,Regan MM,Lifsey D,Kantoff PW,Taplin ME,Sartor O,Oh WK

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) concurrently receiving targeted therapy (TT) or immunotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data on patients with mRCC were extracted from a retrospective international multicentre register...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kroeze SGC,Fritz C,Schaule J,Siva S,Kahl KH,Sundahl N,Blanck O,Kaul D,Adebahr S,Verhoeff JJC,Skazikis G,Roeder F,Geier M,Eckert F,Guckenberger M

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate if moderate chronic kidney disease [CKD; estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 ] is associated with high rates of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) recurrence or progression. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A multi-institutional database identified patients with serum creat...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Blute ML Jr,Kucherov V,Rushmer TJ,Damodaran S,Shi F,Abel EJ,Jarrard DF,Richards KA,Messing EM,Downs TM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether clinicians discuss bone-specific side-effects with patients on androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer, or prescribe lifestyle and pharmacological interventions for low bone mineral density (BMD), as decreased BMD is a common side-effect of ADT, leading to increased risk of...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Panju AH,Breunis H,Cheung AM,Leach M,Fleshner N,Warde P,Duff-Canning S,Krahn M,Naglie G,Tannock I,Tomlinson G,Alibhai SM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is ample evidence from many epidemiological studies that lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and sexual dysfunction are strongly linked, independently of age and comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia and coronary heart disease. However, a causal link between both conditions is not yet estab...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： McVary K

更新日期：2006-04-01 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 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a deep and narrow pelvis on apical positive surgical margins (PSM) at radical prostatectomy (RP), controlling for other clinical and pathological variables and surgical approach, i.e. open retropubic (RRP) vs laparoscopic (LRP), as apical dissection is expected to be more challengin...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Matikainen MP,von Bodman CJ,Secin FP,Yunis LH,Vora K,Guillonneau B,Laudone V,Eastham JA,Scardino PT,Akin O,Rabbani F

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? L-dopa decarboxylase (DDC) has been documented as a novel co-activator of androgen receptor transcriptional activity. Recently, it was shown that DDC gene expression is significantly higher in patients with PCa than in those with BPH. In the present s...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Koutalellis G,Stravodimos K,Avgeris M,Mavridis K,Scorilas A,Lazaris A,Constantinides C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: Systems for image guidance during laparoscopic surgery can be broadly defined as systems that enable the surgeon to refer to preoperatively gathered information during the procedure. For a laparoscopic system the preoperative information can be overl...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Thompson S,Penney G,Billia M,Challacombe B,Hawkes D,Dasgupta P

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the predictive value (PV) for all prostate cancers and for clinically significant cancer undiagnosed after a 10-core biopsy protocol, as the 10-core transrectal ultrasonography-guided biopsy is considered the standard technique of prostatic biopsy due to its high rate of detection of prostatic ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Park PC,Mai KT,Roustan Delatour NL,Morash C,Cagiannos I

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To assess and compare the economic burden of open radical cystectomy (OC) vs robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RC) with pelvic lymph node dissection and urinary diversion. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• A series of 103 and 83 consecutive patients undergoing OC and RC, respectively, were prospective...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lee R,Ng CK,Shariat SF,Borkina A,Guimento R,Brumit KF,Scherr DS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of desmopressin nasal spray on daytime urinary incontinence in women. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A multicentre, multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over exploratory study of women (aged 18-80 years) complaining of severe daytime urinary incontinence was co...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Robinson D,Cardozo L,Akeson M,Hvistendahl G,Riis A,Norgaard JP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type - Therapy (case series). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:4. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The indications and timing of native nephrectomy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is controversial, especially for those undergoing renal transplantation. P...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kirkman MA,van Dellen D,Mehra S,Campbell BA,Tavakoli A,Pararajasingam R,Parrott NR,Riad HN,McWilliam L,Augustine T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the antitumour effect of electroporation (EP), a drug delivery system that has been shown to be effective synergistically with antitumour drugs, with bleomycin on the growth of prostate cancer xenografts in nude mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:PC-3 cells were implanted subcutaneously into nude mic...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ueki T,Uemura H,Nagashima Y,Ohta S,Ishiguro H,Kubota Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether ageing and diabetes alter the expression of the gap junction protein connexin43 (Cx43) and of particular purinoceptor (P2R) subtypes in the corpus cavernosum and urinary bladder, and determine whether changes in expression of these proteins correlate with development of erectile and bla...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Suadicani SO,Urban-Maldonado M,Tar MT,Melman A,Spray DC

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Upper Urinary Tract (UUT) Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) is an uncommon disease and represents approximately 5% of all urothelial carcinomas. We report our series on 73 patients treated with Kidney Sparing Surgery for UUT TCC. Good results have bee...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Simonato A,Varca V,Gregori A,Benelli A,Ennas M,Lissiani A,Gacci M,De Stefani S,Rosso M,Benvenuto S,Siena G,Belgrano E,Gaboardi F,Carini M,Bianchi G,Carmignani G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the cost, quality of life (QoL) and cost-effectiveness of a single-incision mini-sling (SIMS; Ajust(®) , C. R. Bard Inc., New Providence, NJ, USA) compared with a standard mid-urethral sling (SMUS; TVT-O™, Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) in the surgical management of female stress urinary incont...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Boyers D,Kilonzo M,Mostafa A,Abdel-Fattah M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the spontaneous regeneration, over a long period, of the seriously injured sympathetic pathway controlling the prostate. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The hypogastric nerve (HGN), which is part of the sympathetic pathway from the spinal cord to the prostate, was partly removed over half of its length on ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kobayashi T,Kihara K,Hyochi N,Masuda H,Sato K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? In the 1980s and 1990s, a method for direct measurement of pressure and cross-sectional area in women and men was developed. It was successful in terms of obtaining meaningful results in several studies. But the technique, which was based on the field...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aagaard M,Klarskov N,Sønksen J,Bagi P,Colstrup H,Lose G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the angiogenic profiles in the bladder of patients with bladder pain syndrome (BPS)/interstitial cystitis (IC), and to evaluate the relationship between these profiles and associated clinical features including pelvic pain and glomerulations. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Angiogenesis and angiogenic comp...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kiuchi H,Tsujimura A,Takao T,Yamamoto K,Nakayama J,Miyagawa Y,Nonomura N,Takeyama M,Okuyama A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00