Glucose-regulated protein 78 expression in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare outcomes of renal transplantation (RTx) in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) resulting from lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) vs other causes. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A database of children (<18 years old) who underwent RTx between May 2008 and April 2012 was reviewed. Patients were ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Saad IR,Habib E,ElSheemy MS,Abdel-Hakim M,Sheba M,Mosleh A,Salah DM,Bazaraa H,Fadel FI,Morsi HA,Badawy H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the possible influence of non-pharmacological interventions, such as compressive bandages and intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC), on leg oedema and nocturnal polyuria (NP), and the possible interrelation between both pathologies in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), as patients with SC...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Viaene A,Roggeman S,Goessaert AS,Kessler TM,Mehnert U,Besien VV,De Muynck M,Everaert K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To evaluate the effect of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) on sexual function in the short (6 months), medium (6 years) and long (12 years) term and assess the conformity between patient and partner regarding sexual function. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• A prospective cohort study set at the Aberde...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mishriki SF,Grimsley SJ,Lam T,Nabi G,Cohen NP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of comorbidity among patients with prostate cancer in relation to tumour and patient characteristics and to assess if comorbidity was a determining factor in the treatment choice for patients with localized prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Serious comorbidity was recorded in t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Post PN,Kil PJ,Hendrikx AJ,Janssen-Heijnen ML,Crommelin MA,Coebergh JW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? There have been few studies evaluating the prognostic value of epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers in renal cell carcinoma (RCC); therefore, the significance of these markers in the prognosis of patients with RCC, particularly that in those with...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Harada K,Miyake H,Kusuda Y,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:• To investigate a new method of vas deferens radiography for ejaculatory duct obstruction (EDO). • To evaluate the effect of a procedure involving dilation of the ejaculatory duct by F9 seminal vesicoscopy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• Twenty-two patients with EDO were diagnosed using semen analysis, semen fruct...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Xu B,Niu X,Wang Z,Li P,Qin C,Li J,Liu B,Wang P,Jia Y,Wu H,Zhang W

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the surgical management of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a solitary kidney (managed preferentially by nephron-sparing surgery, NSS, to avoid dialysis) and extending into the renal vein or inferior vena cava (T3b). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We identified 13 patients treated surgically bet...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sengupta S,Zincke H,Leibovich BC,Blute ML

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), an indirect indicator of lipid peroxidation-induced injury by reactive oxygen species, in testicular biopsy specimens from infertile patients with and without varicocele. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Levels of MDA were measured in the testicular biopsy specimens from ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Köksal IT,Tefekli A,Usta M,Erol H,Abbasoglu S,Kadioglu A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of urethral ultrasonography (sono-urethrography, SUG) in determining the length of anterior urethral strictures, and for predicting the degree of spongiofibrosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 52 patients with anterior urethral strictures detected on retrograde urethrography (RUG) wer...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gupta N,Dubey D,Mandhani A,Srivastava A,Kapoor R,Kumar A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our contemporary experience with renal autotransplantation (AT), an established treatment for managing patients with a shortened ureter or renovascular disease, as despite its historical importance, AT remains an underused technique by urologists. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients undergoing AT bet...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Webster JC,Lemoine J,Seigne J,Lockhart J,Bowers V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of cycling oestrogen in rabbits, as oestrogen is essential for physiological maintenance and integrity of the female urogenital tract. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Changes in circulating oestrogen have marked effects on the bladder of experimental animals, with ovariectomy (Ovx) inducing sm...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Palmieri K,Mannikarottu AS,Chichester P,Kogan B,Leggett RE,Whitbeck C,Levin RM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY TYPE:Therapy (case series). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:4. OBJECTIVE:To present our institution's experience of selective embolization of renal angiomyolipomas with alcohol and the long-term follow up data. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This retrospective study included 34 patients treated between October 1997 and October 2007 (...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chick CM,Tan BS,Cheng C,Taneja M,Lo R,Tan YH,Lin SE,Tay KH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our current procedure of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP), and to assess the effect of the learning curve on perioperative data, early oncological outcomes and functional results, as RALP has increasingly become a treatment option for men with localized prostate cancer. PA...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ploussard G,Xylinas E,Salomon L,Vordos D,Hoznek A,Abbou CC,De La Taille A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine any bias by authors of different nationalities in their citation rate of selected urological journals in papers published in the British Journal of Urology and the Journal of Urology. METHODS:Using a simple computer program and text files of accepted reports in the BJU, or those available on CD-...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Grange RI

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a modification of the posterior prone retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy, which allows the entire operation to be performed through a single instrument port. PATIENTS AND METHODS:With the patient prone, a retroperitoneal working space is created using a custom-made balloon lateral to the sacrospina...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Msezane LP,Mushtaq I,Gundeti MS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether a panel of kallikrein markers in blood: total, free and intact prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and kallikrein-related peptidase 2, could be used as a non-invasive alternative for predicting prostate cancer on biopsy in a screening setting. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The study cohort comprised pr...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Carlsson SV,Peltola MT,Sjoberg D,Schröder FH,Hugosson J,Pettersson K,Scardino PT,Vickers AJ,Lilja H,Roobol MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the demographic, behavioural, clinical and medical history characteristics of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and asymptomatic controls, to identify characteristics that might be associated with this syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Self-administered epidemiologic...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pontari MA,McNaughton-Collins M,O'leary MP,Calhoun EA,Jang T,Kusek JW,Landis JR,Knauss J,Litwin MS,CPCRN Study Group.

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To highlight the existence of Schistosoma haematobium in certain ethnic minority groups in Britain and in English citizens who have recently visited Africa and the Middle East, so that general practitioners and paediatric nephrologists/urologists are aware of its occurrence and consider it among the different...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Samuel M,Misra D,Larcher V,Price E

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of commercially available single-layer small intestinal submucosa (SIS) for urethral replacement, both as an onlay and as a tube, in a rabbit model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-six male rabbits were assigned to four experimental groups. Group 1 had the ventral wall of the penile urethra ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： El-Assmy A,El-Hamid MA,Hafez AT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the expression of thymidylate synthase (TS), a key enzyme in DNA synthesis that is over-expressed in several cancer cells, in bladder cancer and its association with patient prognosis and the response to adjuvant therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 67 bladder tissue specimens were obtained f...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Li Y,Li X,Dai H,Sun X,Li J,Yang F,Gu H,Yang Y,Jin Z,Chu Y,Jin X,Kakehi Y,Wu X

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Renal forniceal rupture is a common finding in patients with ureteral obstruction. It is thought to be due to increased renal pelvis pressure from backup of urine, causing one or more renal fornices to leak urine. This phenomenon has not been systemat...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gershman B,Kulkarni N,Sahani DV,Eisner BH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To interrogate enriched prostate cancer cells and autologous non-malignant prostate epithelial cells from men with localized prostate cancer, in order to identify early oncogenic pathways. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We collected malignant and matched non-malignant prostatectomy samples from men with adenocarcinoma...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sluka P,Pezaro C,Wardan H,Sengupta S,Davis ID

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) printing or additive manufacturing is a new technology that has seen rapid development in recent years with decreasing costs. 3D printing allows the creation of customised, finely detailed constructs. Technological improvements, increased printer availability, decreasing costs, improved cell cul...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chen MY,Skewes J,Desselle M,Wong C,Woodruff MA,Dasgupta P,Rukin NJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the neurophysiological and vascular factors in diabetic impotence, particularly the role of autonomic neuropathy on venous leakage and erectile impotence. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-four diabetic men with impotence were investigated using various neurophysiological and radiological methods. The...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Colakoglu Z,Kutluay E,Ertekin C,Altay B,Killi R,Alkis A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potentiation of erectile responses induced by electrical stimulation (ES) of the dorsal penile nerve (DPN) in the urethane-anaesthetized rat by the selective melanocortin receptor 4 agonist MB243. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Intracavernosal and blood pressures (ICP and BP, respectively) were monitore...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Allard J,Reynolds DS,Edmunds NJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 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 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 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 increase the clinical usefulness of the actively deflectable flexible ureteroscope by making sequential changes in design and then using these prototypes clinically; and to develop a clinical series using the optimum prototype and contrast it with an extensive database of patients treated with the traditio...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Johnson GB,Grasso M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possibility of using urodynamic variables to predict upper urinary tract dilatation (UUTD) in children with neurogenic bladder-sphincter dysfunction (NBSD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 200 children with NBSD, of whom 103 had UUTD and 97 did not; they were examined using routine...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wang QW,Wen JG,Song DK,Su J,Che YY,Zhang P,Du AM,Wang DX,Zhu QH,Wei JX

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00