Nitric oxide produced in the testis is involved in dilatation of the internal spermatic vein that compromises spermatogenesis in infertile men with varicocele.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate cell division cycle 91-like 1 (CDC91L1; also called phosphatidylinositol glycan class U, PIG-U) expression in bladder cancer at both the mRNA and protein levels, and to study its clinical and prognostic significance, as CDC91L1 was recently identified as a new oncogene in human bladder cancer a...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shen YJ,Ye DW,Yao XD,Trink B,Zhou XY,Zhang SL,Dai B,Zhang HL,Zhu Y,Guo Z,Wu G,Nagpal J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence of severe pain after ureteric stent removal. To evaluate the efficacy of a single dose of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) in preventing this complication. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was performed at our ins...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tadros NN,Bland L,Legg E,Olyaei A,Conlin MJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To evaluate the functional and morphological outcome after open pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) with huge renal pelvis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• A retrospective review of all cases who underwent pyeloplasty for huge renal pelvis was conducted. • Records were evaluated with respect t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sarhan O,Helmy T,Abou-El Ghar M,Baky MA,El-Assmy A,Dawaba M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD) is variant of neurogenic bladder dysfunction caused by suprasacral neurological abnormalities and may be associated with serious complications if unrecognised. This paper focuses on the clinical features as well as challenges and limitations in the diagnosis of DSD. ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Bacsu CD,Chan L,Tse V

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship of preoperatively measured cardiorespiratory function, to the development of postoperative complications and length of hospital stay (LOS) in a cohort of patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC), as RC and conduit formation is curative but is associated with significant postop...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Prentis JM,Trenell MI,Vasdev N,French R,Dines G,Thorpe A,Snowden CP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a contemporary series of patients with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP, an inflammatory condition of the kidney that has traditionally been treated with open nephrectomy, ON), managed with either ON or laparoscopic nephrectomy (LN), as early reports suggest that the benefits of LN do not ext...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Guzzo TJ,Bivalacqua TJ,Pierorazio PM,Varkarakis J,Schaeffer EM,Allaf ME

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a novel urine-collection device (UCD) that automatically collects a midstream urine (MSU) sample, and compare contamination rates to those of the conventional MSU sampling method, as the contamination of urine samples for microbiological analysis in women leads to diagnostic ambiguity and unnecess...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Jackson SR,Dryden M,Gillett P,Kearney P,Weatherall R

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To study the role of peroperative transrectal ultrasonography (peTRUS) for the dissection of the bladder neck during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Integrated peTRUS in the da Vinci S system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) was used for bladder neck identificat...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： van der Poel HG,de Blok W,Bex A,Meinhardt W,Horenblas S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the workload of bladder cancer surveillance on the British urologist. Methods Thirty-one consultant urologists serving a population of 4.8 million were sent postal questionnaires eliciting their views on the management of superficial bladder cancer. The number, type and outcome of cystoscopies per...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wright MP,Jones DJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 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? Previous reports showed controversial evidence supporting the role of sex steroids, mainly testosterone, in the etiology and pathogenesis of prostate cancer (PCa). The bioavailability of sex stero...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Salonia A,Gallina A,Briganti A,Zanni G,Suardi N,Capitanio U,Colombo R,Bertini R,Freschi M,Guazzoni G,Rigatti P,Montorsi F

更新日期：2011-04-01 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 characterize serial long-term histological changes in mesenchymal cells infiltrating a collagen-based matrix, as in a hollow organ with differentiated urothelial lining created intraperitoneally by grafting cultured urothelial cells, mesenchymal cells with smooth-muscle immunohistochemical characteristics ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moriya K,Kakizaki H,Watanabe S,Sano H,Nonomura K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare in vivo the potency and bladder-vascular selectivity of ATP-sensitive potassium channel openers (KCOs) (-)-cromakalim, WAY-133537 and ZD6169 and a muscarinic antagonist, tolterodine in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Bladder and arterial pressures were monitored simultaneously, before and after increa...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fabiyi AC,Gopalakrishnan M,Lynch JJ 3rd,Brioni JD,Coghlan MJ,Brune ME

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To describe the rationale and design of the Bladder Cancer Prognosis Programme (BCPP), and to demonstrate the capability of this design. METHODS There is a need to understand the determinants of bladder cancer to help reduce recurrence, progression, morbidity, mortality and related costs. We previously showe...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zeegers MP,Bryan RT,Langford C,Billingham L,Murray P,Deshmukh NS,Hussain S,James N,Wallace DM,Cheng KK

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the changes in cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), E-cadherin and alpha-catenin expression after partial bladder outlet obstruction (PBOO), and whether a selective COX-2 inhibitor (celecoxib) might inhibit COX-2 expression and have beneficial effects on urothelial cell-to-cell interactions in rats subjecte...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Erdogru T,Celik-Ozenci C,Seval Y,Emreoglu I,Ustunel I,Korgun E,Koksal TI,Baykara M,Demir R

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential of p21 as a gene therapy treatment for prostate cancer, by introducing p21 into both androgen-dependent (AD) and -independent (AI) human prostate cancer cell lines via a recombinant adenoviral vector, Ad5CMV-p21, carrying human p21 cDNA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The LNCaP, DU145 and PC-3...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gotoh A,Shirakawa T,Wada Y,Fujisawa M,Okada H,Kamidono S,Hamada K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the value of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in the detection of significant prostate cancer (PCa) and to compare transperineal MRI/ultrasonography fusion biopsy (fusPbx) with conventional transrectal systematic biopsy (sysPbx) in biopsy-naïve patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Th...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Borkowetz A,Hadaschik B,Platzek I,Toma M,Torsev G,Renner T,Herout R,Baunacke M,Laniado M,Baretton G,Radtke JP,Kesch C,Hohenfellner M,Froehner M,Schlemmer HP,Wirth M,Zastrow S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes in protein leakage in the glomerular filtration barrier, and in the ability of the tubule to reabsorb proteins during and after acute urinary retention (AUR). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Glomerular and tubular function was investigated in 24 men during AUR (mean age 68 years, mean retention time...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mustonen S,Ala-Houhala IO,Tammela TL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback with verbal instructions as learning tools of pelvic muscle exercises (PMEs) in the early management of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-two consecutive patients (mean age 64 years, sd...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Floratos DL,Sonke GS,Rapidou CA,Alivizatos GJ,Deliveliotis C,Constantinides CA,Theodorou C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between the levels of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and the severity of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men with diabetes mellitus (DM). PATIENTS AND METHODS:This cross-sectional study included sexually active men with a diagnosis of DM attending a urological medical centre from J...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rhoden EL,Ribeiro EP,Riedner CE,Teloken C,Souto CA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the expression of transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta1) in penile tissue from rats after bilateral cavernosal nerve (CN) ablation, mimicking patients who have had no nerve-sparing during prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ten adult male rats (neurectomy group) had a bilateral CN resecti...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hu WL,Hu LQ,Li SW,Zheng XM,Tian BC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify biomarkers that predict the response to standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) of patients newly diagnosed with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC) in order to improve therapeutic decision-making, and to investigate whether the characterization of baseline circulating tumo...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yang YJ,Kong YY,Li GX,Wang Y,Ye DW,Dai B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the performance of two established androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7) mRNA detection systems, as paradoxical responses to next-generation androgen-deprivation therapy in AR-V7 mRNA-positive circulating tumour cells (CTC) of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) could be...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Bernemann C,Steinestel J,Humberg V,Bögemann M,Schrader AJ,Lennerz JK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present two patients with the tuberous sclerosis complex in whom giant angiomyolipomas (AMLs) were managed conservatively for >20 years, as large (>4 cm) symptomatic AMLs are generally treated with embolization or nephrectomy because of the risks of haemorrhage. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The first patient init...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Danforth TL,Lane BR,Novick AC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the outcomes of complete surgical resection of T4 prostate cancer after inductive androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), as inductive ADT and subsequent radical prostatectomy (RP) is not recommended by any guideline yet. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A monocentric RP database was queried for patients initi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hajili T,Ohlmann CH,Linxweiler J,Niklas C,Janssen M,Siemer S,Stoeckle M,Saar M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine some of the genetic alterations involved in the pathogenesis and progression of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Materials and methods In a population-based study, freshly frozen tissue was collected from all patients newly diagnosed with urinary bladder cancer in the Stockholm region ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wada T,Louhelainen J,Hemminki K,Adolfsson J,Wijkström H,Norming U,Borgström E,Hansson J,Steineck G

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the impact of endoscopic incision (EI) for ureterocele as an initial procedure, by performing a retrospective chart review, focusing on the prevalence of and risk factors for symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) after EI. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In the present study we included children with ur...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moriya K,Nakamura M,Nishimura Y,Kanno Y,Kitta T,Kon M,Shinohara N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Huggins and Hodges demonstrated the responsiveness of prostate cancer to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), androgen-suppressing strategies have formed the cornerstone of management of advanced prostate cancer. Approaches to ADT have included orchidectomy, oestrogens, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Schröder F,Crawford ED,Axcrona K,Payne H,Keane TE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00