Long-term functional and morphological outcome after pyeloplasty for huge renal pelvis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the associations of host metabolic factors and metabolic syndrome on prostate cancer-specific death (PCSD) and overall survival (OS) in patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for biochemically recurrent disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The analysis included 273 patients with pr...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rudman SM,Gray KP,Batista JL,Pitt MJ,Giovannucci EL,Harper PG,Loda M,Mucci LA,Sweeney CJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify the sensitivity of the bladder tumour antigen (BTAstat, Bard Urological, Covington, GA) test against the sensitive procedure of photodynamic diagnosis (PDD), in which 5-aminolaevulinic acid (5-ALA, a precursor of fluorescent porphyrins) is absorbed by the tumour and detected by ultraviolet cystoscop...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lipinski M,Jeromin L

更新日期：2002-05-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse functional outcomes and complication rates of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation with a distal bulbar double cuff (DC) for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in men with and without a history of external beam radiotherapy (RT). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data of all patient...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Maurer V,Marks P,Dahlem R,Rosenbaum CM,Meyer CP,Riechardt S,Fisch M,Ludwig T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm abnormal glycosylation of Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) in patients with interstitial cystitis (IC). PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The sialic acid content of THP, a critical component of its biological activity, is reduced in patients with IC. N-glycan shows reduced levels of high molecular weight ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Argade SP,Vanichsarn C,Chenoweth M,Parsons CL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the natural history of a group of patients who underwent contact laser prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients were followed up at 5 years after enrolling in a prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial of TURP vs contact laser pros...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Keoghane SR,Sullivan ME,Doll HA,Kourambas J,Cranston DW

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the outcome 10 years after an individual course of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) exercises for genuine stress incontinence. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Postal questionnaires were sent to 52 women who had undergone PFM training 10 years earlier, and their medical files were reviewed. The main outcome measur...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cammu H,Van Nylen M,Amy JJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the perioperative complications and early oncological results in a comparative study matching open radical retropubic (RRP) and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) groups. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From August 2002 to December 2005 we identified 294 patients undergoing RARP for clinically locali...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Krambeck AE,DiMarco DS,Rangel LJ,Bergstralh EJ,Myers RP,Blute ML,Gettman MT

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Study Type - Diagnostic (exploratory cohort) Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The widespread use of serum PSA testing followed by TRUS-guided biopsy have resulted in profound prostate cancer stage migration with many patients presenting with focal rather than mul...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Washington SL,Bonham M,Whitson JM,Cowan JE,Carroll PR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the mid-term safety and efficacy of the ALTIS® single-incision sling (Coloplast Corp., Minneapolis, MN, USA) for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We conducted a prospective, single-arm, unsponsored, observational single-centre trial in a cohort of patients undergoing ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Morán E,Pérez-Ardavín J,Sánchez JV,Bonillo MA,Martínez-Cuenca E,Arlandis S,Broseta E,Boronat F

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：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 two methods of reducing the urine output during treatment (the most easily manipulated variable) in patients undergoing intravesical instillation with mitomycin C, where the concentration-time curve also depends upon dose, diluent volume, residual urine volume, and drug absorption and degradation....

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cliff AM,Heatherwick B,Scoble J,Parr NJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the long-term functional outcomes and complications after continent cutaneous diversion with the Lundiana pouch. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Complications, re-operations, renal function, and continence were ascertained from patient charts. Outcome variables were validated by a second and independent...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Liedberg F,Gudjonsson S,Xu A,Bendahl PO,Davidsson T,Månsson W

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the mechanisms of neurokinin A- and substance P-induced contractions of rat urinary bladder smooth muscle, and to compare them with those of the muscarinic agonist carbachol. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Rat urinary bladder strips were suspended under 1 g of tension in a physiological buffer at 37 de...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Quinn T,Collins C,Baird AW

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced adrenal carcinoma remains a significant therapeutic challenge, with conventional approaches to systemic therapy having failed to achieve sustained objective remissions or major survival benefit in most instances. Several systemic therapies, including mitotane, suramin and gossypol, as well as cytotoxic agents...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Costa R,Wesolowski R,Raghavan D

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of tolterodine in children with an overactive bladder. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-three children (20 boys and 13 girls, aged 5-10 years) with an overactive bladder and symptoms of urgency, frequency and/or urge incontinence were enrolled in an open, dos...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hjälmås K,Hellström AL,Mogren K,Läckgren G,Stenberg A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of 3 weeks of partial bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), compared to a sham operation, on the cholinergic and purinergic components of detrusor contractile responses to agonists and to electrical field stimulation (EFS); the expression of P2X receptor subtypes was also examined. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Banks FC,Knight GE,Calvert RC,Morgan RJ,Burnstock G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of a high-oxalate/low-calcium diet on calcium oxalate stone risk factors in both black South Africans (who are largely immune to kidney stones) and white South Africans (in whom stones are more common). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Urinary and dietary variables were examined in 11 black and...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lewandowski S,Rodgers A,Schloss I

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the technical details and the long-term results of laparoscopic ureterolithotomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy was undertaken in 101 patients between 1991 and 2001; in only one patient with retroperitoneal fibrous adhesions was the procedure transperitoneal, being retroperito...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gaur DD,Trivedi S,Prabhudesai MR,Madhusudhana HR,Gopichand M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the adequacy of T2 prostate cancer (PCa) sub-staging as an independent Predictor of biochemical disease-free survival (bDFS) after radical prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The Duke Prostate Center database was queried for patients who underwent radical prostatectomy between 1988 and 2007 and...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Caso JR,Tsivian M,Mouraviev V,Polascik TJ,Moul JW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of measuring serum concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), advanced and localized prostate cancer, and thus assess the role of angiogenesis factors as markers of malignancy...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Walsh K,Sherwood RA,Dew TK,Mulvin D

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:•To compare the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Risk Calculator (PCPT-RC) and European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator (ERSPC-RC) in a single-institution Canadian cohort. PATIENTS AND METHODS:•At Princess Margaret Hospital, 982 consecutive patients with PCPT-RC and ERSPC-RC...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Trottier G,Roobol MJ,Lawrentschuk N,Boström PJ,Fernandes KA,Finelli A,Chadwick K,Evans A,van der Kwast TH,Toi A,Zlotta AR,Fleshner NE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of urinary nuclear matrix protein-22 (NMP22) in detecting bladder cancer, to compare the diagnostic performance of NMP22 alone and when corrected by urinary creatinine level, and to correlate NMP22 level with the histological and clinical characteristics of bladder...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sánchez-Carbayo M,Herrero E,Megías J,Mira A,Soria F

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:• Synthetic mid-urethral slings (MUSs) are considered the first choice surgical procedure for stress urinary incontinence. Recent publications have raised concerns about the efficacy of third generation single-incision mini-slings. The present paper is a systematic review of studies reporting 12-month outcomes after t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Walsh CA

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:To analyse studies validating the effectiveness of robotic surgery simulators. The MEDLINE(®), EMBASE(®) and PsycINFO(®) databases were systematically searched until September 2011. References from retrieved articles were reviewed to broaden the search. The simulator name, training tasks, participant level, training d...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Abboudi H,Khan MS,Aboumarzouk O,Guru KA,Challacombe B,Dasgupta P,Ahmed K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the perioperative and pathological outcomes associated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in morbidly obese men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 2008 and March 2012, 3041 patients underwent RARP at our institution by a single surgeon (V.P.). In all, 44 patients were considered ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Abdul-Muhsin H,Giedelman C,Samavedi S,Schatloff O,Coelho R,Rocco B,Palmer K,Ebra G,Patel V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00