Benign prostatic hyperplasia: symptoms and objective interpretation.

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:Children with neurogenic hyper-reflexive bladder in whom classical therapy with anticholinergic drugs and intermittent catheterization fails are threatened by high intravesical pressure, vesicoureteral reflux, and impairment of kidney function. Surgery, such as bladder augmentation, is often necessary in suc...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Schulte-Baukloh H,Michael T,Stürzebecher B,Knispel HH

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES:Interest in laparoscopic assisted radical cystectomy (LRC) and robotic assisted radical cystectomy (RRC) is increasing at select centers worldwide. In this update we present the recent worldwide experience and critically evaluate the role of minimally invasive radical surgery for patients with bl...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Haber GP,Crouzet S,Gill IS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To design a proper follow-up for cystectomy and ileal conduit urinary diversion for primary bladder transitional carcinoma, we compared the radiographic characteristics of recurrent malignant upper tract lesions with those of benign ureteroileal anastomosis strictures. METHODS:Over a 20-year period, we foll...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Tsuji Y,Nakamura H,Ariyoshi A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent phase III studies in hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) showed an improvement in terms of overall survival (OS), objective response (OR) and biochemical response (BR); however, chemotherapy is usually accompanied by negative side effects that determines poor quality of life (QoL) and only margi...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Falsaperla M,Morgia G,Tartarone A,Ardito R,Romano G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Intermittent hormonal treatment of prostate cancer was first developed based upon experimental study results. Using the Shionogi mouse breast cancer model, it was shown that the tumor grows rapidly in the presence of androgens, then undergoes apoptotic regression when androgens are removed. This apoptoti...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Rambeaud J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients diagnosed with locally progressive prostate cancer can be divided into three groups according to the stage of their disease. The first group includes patients with locally progressive cancer presenting initially as either T3 or T4; the second group involves individuals treated curatively who then develop loca...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Newling DW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data describing urinary health in elderly, community-dwelling prostate cancer (PCa) survivors are limited. OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms, urinary bother, and incontinence in elderly PCa survivors compared with peers without PCa. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:A cr...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Kopp RP,Marshall LM,Wang PY,Bauer DC,Barrett-Connor E,Parsons JK,Osteoporotic Fractures in Men MrOS Research Group.

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of gemcitabine plus vinorelbine chemotherapy in patients with advanced bladder carcinoma who are unsuitable for or who have failed cisplatin-containing chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-one patients with advanced transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder w...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Türkölmez K,Bedük Y,Baltaci S,Göğüş C,Göğüş O

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To propose a scoring system of difficulties for the most currently performed laparoscopic procedures in urology. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Each current laparoscopic procedure has been evaluated according to three different criteria: technical difficulty, operative risk and the attention required. Each criterion is...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Guillonneau B,Abbou CC,Doublet JD,Gaston R,Janetschek G,Mandressi A,Rassweiler JJ,Vallancien G

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder is rare. Only 16 cases are recorded in the literature, although two meet the requirements for being considered of urachal origin. We present the third case of signet cell adenocarcinoma of urachal origin. ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Alonso-Gorrea M,Mompo-Sanchis JA,Jorda-Cuevas M,Froufe A,Jiménez-Cruz JF

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study reports one case of transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) in a 23-yr-old woman with right flank pain and recurrent urinary tract infection due to a nonfunctional right kidney. She underwent nephrectomy by transvaginal NOTES using the endoscope by vaginal access and two ad...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Branco AW,Branco Filho AJ,Kondo W,Noda RW,Kawahara N,Camargo AA,Stunitz LC,Valente J,Rangel M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Side-effects are commonly manifested during intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy of superficial bladder cancer. This often causes delays or interruptions of the instillations and consequently reduces the efficacy of treatment. Treatment strategies aimed at reducing the side-effects of BCG immunoth...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Bassi P,Spinadin R,Carando R,Balta G,Pagano F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) who progress after platinum-based chemotherapy have had few treatment options and uniformly poor outcomes. Atezolizumab (anti-programmed death-ligand 1) was approved in the USA for cisplatin-ineligible and platinum-treated mUC based on IMvigor210, a phase 2...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Perez-Gracia JL,Loriot Y,Rosenberg JE,Powles T,Necchi A,Hussain SA,Morales-Barrera R,Retz MM,Niegisch G,Durán I,Théodore C,Grande E,Shen X,Wang J,Nelson B,Derleth CL,van der Heijden MS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Treatment of patients with mucosal prostatic urethral transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is controversial. In this study, we evaluated the outcome of patients with mucosal prostatic urethral TCC who were managed conservatively. METHODS:The data of 290 consecutive male patients with superficial TCC of the blad...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Canda AE,Tuzel E,Mungan MU,Yorukoglu K,Kirkali Z

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin, differential diagnosis and therapy of rare testicular tumors are reviewed. 5% of all testicular tumors are rare tumors. Most of these rare tumors are of non-germ cell origin. ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Friedrichs R,Rübben H,Lutzeyer W

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Based on a recently introduced mathematical model approach we show that uroliths located in the urinary tract (UT) can substantially deplete the urinary concentrations of lithogenic constituents by continuous growth. METHODS:To illustrate the influence of the urinary depletion effect on urinalysis, a "typic...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Laube N,Pullmann M,Hergarten S,Schmidt M,Hesse A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polygraphic exploration during sleep using cystomanometry was performed in 20 patients aged 7-17 years with primary (17) or secondary (3) enuresis. In this group of patients, 9 presented with isolated nocturnal enuresis while 11 patients had associated diurnal micturition troubles. During this study we documented 24 e...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Robert M,Averous M,Besset A,Carlander B,Billiard M,Guiter J,Grasset D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testosterone (T) induces a rapid relaxation in vascular tissues of different species due to a nongenomic effect of this steroid on vessels. Different mechanisms have been proposed to explain T-induced vasodilatation but the effective mechanism(s) and the mediators involved are still a matter of debate. OBJE...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Bucci M,Mirone V,Di Lorenzo A,Vellecco V,Roviezzo F,Brancaleone V,Ciro I,Cirino G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of orthotopic renal transplantation with urinary shunt, using the ileal conduit as an alternative in cases of pathologically nonviable lower urinary tract, is described. Various techniques for heterotopic renal transplantation using the ileal conduit have been used. We feel that orthotopic renal transpla...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Cornejo F,Arango O,Talbot-Wright R,Carretero P,Gil-Vernet JM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate NMP22, BTA-Stat and BTA-Trak tests in monitoring recurrent transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. METHODS:The tests were performed in 179 selected patients being followed up for recurrent superficial bladder tumors: 55 patients had bladder recurrence and 124 patients were recurrence free. T...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Serretta V,Pomara G,Rizzo I,Esposito E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal ultrasound has set the stage for new trends in the diagnosis and treatment of many urinary tract malformations, in particular duplication of the renal collecting system with ureterocele. The authors have reviewed their experience with 41 ureteroceles in 7 years. The 36 patients were divided into two groups: t...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Caione P,Zaccara A,Capozza N,De Gennaro M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the activity and safety of intravesical instillations of 80 mg epirubicin in a selected patient population with T1G2 primary and multiple superficial bladder tumors. To assess the completeness of the transurethral resection (TUR) at 4 weeks (second look) and to compare the histology of local and ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Torelli F,Catanzaro F,Conti G,Comeri CG,Risi O,Pino R,Lissoni G,Borin R,Minocci D,Monesi G,Baresi A,Perego S,Caruso GM,Scardino G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To summarize monoinstitutional experience with gastrointestinal (GI) presentations of germ cell malignancy and to review recent medical literature on this issue. METHODS:Retrospective review of 5 cases with advanced germ cell malignancy (testicular 2 and retroperitoneal 3) and involvement of the upper GI tr...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Nord C,Fosså SD,Giercksky KE

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) status and hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) following hormone therapy based on immunohistochemical study. METHODS:Seventy-two prostate cancer specimens obtained at radical prostatectomy and 21 prostate cancer autopsy specimens...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Hirano D,Okada Y,Minei S,Takimoto Y,Nemoto N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:10 patients underwent transurethral thermotherapy and after few days were submitted to open prostatectomy. The surgical specimens were compared to those of 2 other patients used as controls. Pathological specimens were evaluated using histological and immunohistochemical stains. Microscopic examination showed a well-p...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Perachino M,Bozzo W,Puppo P,Vitali A,Ardoino S,Ferro MA

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:International official guidelines recommend urodynamic (UDS) evaluation in patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP). However, the real benefit of this examination is still the subject of heated and controversial debate. Therefore, we aimed to assess the correlation between urinary symptoms and UDS findings ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Serati M,Salvatore S,Siesto G,Cattoni E,Braga A,Sorice P,Cromi A,Ghezzi F,Bolis P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00