Improving Standards of Care through the Publication of Surgeon Identifiable Outcome Data in Urology.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hyaluronic acid is a protective barrier of the urothelium. A damaged glycosaminoglycan layer may increase the possibility of bacterial adherence and infection. This damage is proposed to be a causative factor in the development of interstitial cystitis, common urinary tract infections, and hemorrhagic cystit...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Iavazzo C,Athanasiou S,Pitsouni E,Falagas ME

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite recent technical innovations in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), retrograde ejaculation is still one of the most frequent adverse effects, with a major impact on patients' quality of life. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of our technique of urethral-sparing robotic-assisted si...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Porpiglia F,Checcucci E,Amparore D,Niculescu G,Volpi G,Piramide F,De Cillis S,Manfredi M,Autorino R,Fiori C

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The survival impact of metastasectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is still an active research field, particularly in the multimodal/targeted therapy era. OBJECTIVE:To determine the survival impact of clinical prognostic factors and their application to stratification of patients according to ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Tosco L,Van Poppel H,Frea B,Gregoraci G,Joniau S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extretion of two inhibitors of urinary stone formation (citrate, magnesium) was evaluated in 71 hypercalciuric children and 50 controls. Patients were classified into two groups: 42 nonstone former (NSF), 22 boys and 20 girls, 3-14 years old, and 29 stone formers (SF), 18 boys and 11 girls, 2.5-18 years old. Our s...

journal_title：European urology

authors： al-Qadreh A,Athanasopoulou H,Voskaki I

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data exist to guide the use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for men treated with radiation therapy (RT) after radical prostatectomy (RP). The optimal duration of ADT in this setting is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine if the duration of ADT influences clinical outcomes for men receiving post-RP...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Jackson WC,Schipper MJ,Johnson SB,Foster C,Li D,Sandler HM,Palapattu GS,Hamstra DA,Feng FY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimuscarinics are commonly used to treat overactive bladder, but increase anticholinergic burden, which has been associated with multiple adverse outcomes in older patients. We advocate for standardization of anticholinergic risk assessment and reevaluation of anticholinergic prescribing practices for the elderly. ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Pierce H,Thomas D,Asfaw T,Chughtai B

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an anatomical study of total cystoprostatectomy. They show that Denonvilliers' fascia is made up of many membranous layers starting at the bladder. They recall the fact that the preprostatic veins are attached at the bottom, not only to the venae dorsales penis, but also to the venae pudendae inte...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Benoit G,Boccon-Gibod L,Steg A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary investigation of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) in 49 patients harboring renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by the migration inhibition factor (MIF) tests as compared to 47 patients with simple renal cysts or normal kidneys established the specificity (85%) and reproducibility of this test. A retrospective analysis ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Gillon G,Livni E,Servadio C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after radical prostatectomy (RP) with the male Adjustable Continence Therapy (ProACT) system, implanted using fluoroscopy for guidance, has been described with promising clinical results. OBJECTIVE:This retrospective study aims to describe the surgical techniq...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Gregori A,Romanò AL,Scieri F,Pietrantuono F,Incarbone GP,Salvaggio A,Granata A,Gaboardi F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) treatment of radiolucent ureteric calculi (UC) is hampered by the reduced visibility of the stone. Intravenous contrast medium (IV-CM) administration may overcome this problem by indirectly depicting the localisation of the stone. However, IV-CM administration bears...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Buchholz NP,van Rossum M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a scrotal affection cannot be diagnosed confidently by correlation of clinical history and physical examination, testicular scanning with 99mTc is a useful adjunct diagnostic modality. In vivo labelling of red blood cells with 99mTc was achieved by prior oral administration of 200 mg of stannous chloride. This he...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Rehani MM,Rao MS,Bapna BC,Sharma RR,Rajendran LJ,Subudhi CL,Shrikhande VV,Kumar S,Malik AK,Vaidyanathan S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The contact surface area (CSA) of a tumor with adjacent renal parenchyma may determine the complexity and thus the perioperative outcomes of partial nephrectomy (PN). OBJECTIVE:We devised a novel imaging parameter, renal tumor CSA, and correlate it with perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing PN. DES...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Leslie S,Gill IS,de Castro Abreu AL,Rahmanuddin S,Gill KS,Nguyen M,Berger AK,Goh AC,Cai J,Duddalwar VA,Aron M,Desai MM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy in invasive bladder cancer. METHODS:: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of updated individual patient data from all available randomised controlled trials comparing local treatment plus adjuvant chemotherapy versus the same local treatment alo...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Advanced Bladder Cancer (ABC) Meta-analysis Collaboration.

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this prospective study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of detrusor wall thickness (DWT), free uroflowmetry, postvoid residual urine, and prostate volume (index tests) with pressure-flow studies (reference standard) to detect bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in men. METHODS:During a 2-yr pe...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Oelke M,Höfner K,Jonas U,de la Rosette JJ,Ubbink DT,Wijkstra H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:TIMPs control the activity of MMPs, one of the key molecules for tumor invasion and metastasis. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in relation to their inhibitor (TIMP2) as noninvasive diagnostic tests for bilharzial bladder cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Voided urine sample...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Eissa S,Ali-Labib R,Swellam M,Bassiony M,Tash F,El-Zayat TM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With current treatments, men usually survive many years after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. However, without supportive care, the systemic effects of prostate cancer and therapies such as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) can undermine skeletal integrity, resulting in skeletal complications that may ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Saad F,Olsson C,Schulman CC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Level III-IV robot-assisted inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy (RA-IVCT) has been reported in limited series. OBJECTIVE:To report our initial series of level III-IV RA-IVCT with step-by-step procedures and 1-yr outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:From November 2014 to January 2018, 13 patients w...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Wang B,Huang Q,Liu K,Fan Y,Peng C,Gu L,Shi T,Zhang P,Chen W,Du S,Niu S,Liu R,Zhao G,Li Q,Xiao C,Wang R,Li S,Wang M,Liu F,Wang H,Li H,Ma X,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal therapy represents first-line treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer. Generally, surgical castration is viewed as the 'gold standard' but carries with it a psychological effect. Medical alternatives include LHRH analogues, antiandrogens, and oestrogens, though the last of these is associated wit...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Debruyne FM,Dijkman GA

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Androgen ablation therapy is the treatment of choice for the palliation of patients with advanced prostate cancer. In addition to palliation, maximal androgen ablation (MAA), with a combination of medical or surgical castration and an antiandrogen, has been shown to increase the survival of patients with metastatic pr...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Trachtenberg J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A retrospective analysis of our seven-year experience with the Memokath urethral stent for the treatment of detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD) in spinal cord injured (SCI) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty five patients with SCI underwent rhabdosphincter Memokath stent insertion. The mean age was 45.5 years...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Hamid R,Arya M,Wood S,Patel HR,Shah PJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal follow-up (FU) strategy for patients treated for localised renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remains unclear. Using the RECUR database, we studied imaging intensity utilised in contemporary FU to evaluate its association with outcome after detection of disease recurrence. Consecutive patients with nonmetastatic R...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Dabestani S,Beisland C,Stewart GD,Bensalah K,Gudmundsson E,Lam TB,Gietzmann W,Zakikhani P,Marconi L,Fernandéz-Pello S,Monagas S,Williams SP,Torbrand C,Powles T,Van Werkhoven E,Meijer R,Volpe A,Staehler M,Ljungberg B,

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the probability of malignant versus benign histology based on renal tumor size has been described, this alone does not sufficiently inform decision-making in the modern era since indolent malignant tumors can be managed with active surveillance. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the probability of aggressive ...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Bhindi B,Thompson RH,Lohse CM,Mason RJ,Frank I,Costello BA,Potretzke AM,Hartman RP,Potretzke TA,Boorjian SA,Cheville JC,Leibovich BC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Review the literature on phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is), addressing critical issues in their current and future use, assessing unanswered questions, and identifying research needs. METHODS:A MEDLINE search was conducted on PDE5-Is, with emphasis on clinical trials and experience, for interpret...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Hatzimouratidis K,Hatzichristou D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCC) frequently display a loss of function of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene. OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the putative relationship between VHL mutation status and immune checkpoint ligand programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:A ser...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Messai Y,Gad S,Noman MZ,Le Teuff G,Couve S,Janji B,Kammerer SF,Rioux-Leclerc N,Hasmim M,Ferlicot S,Baud V,Mejean A,Mole DR,Richard S,Eggermont AM,Albiges L,Mami-Chouaib F,Escudier B,Chouaib S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent large high-quality trials have questioned the clinical effectiveness of medical expulsive therapy using tamsulosin for ureteral stones. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tamsulosin for distal ureteral stones compared with placebo. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:We conducted a doubl...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Ye Z,Zeng G,Yang H,Tang K,Zhang X,Li H,Li W,Wu Z,Chen L,Chen X,Liu X,Deng Y,Pan T,Xing J,Wang S,Cheng Y,Gu X,Gao W,Yang J,Zhang Y,Mi Q,Qi L,Li J,Hu W,Liang P,Sun Z,Xu C,Long Y,Liao Y,Liu S,Liu

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:A 32-year-old male who presented with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis developed peritesticular fibrosis 4 years later. The lesion appeared as a diffuse, uniform thickening without a tendency to form nodules. Histologic examination revealed a densely collagenized tissue with scattered cells, consisting mainly of fi...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Nistal M,Paniagua R,Torres A,Hidalgo L,Regadera J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (BCa) was established primarily with methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (MVAC), with complete response rates (pT0) as high as 38%. However, because of the comparable efficacy with better tolerability of gemci...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Zargar H,Espiritu PN,Fairey AS,Mertens LS,Dinney CP,Mir MC,Krabbe LM,Cookson MS,Jacobsen NE,Gandhi NM,Griffin J,Montgomery JS,Vasdev N,Yu EY,Youssef D,Xylinas E,Campain NJ,Kassouf W,Dall'Era MA,Seah JA,Ercole CE,

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acquiring multiparametric magnetic resonance images of the prostate is not a simple "push-button" approach. OBJECTIVE:To show how image acquisition of prostate multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI) can be optimized. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:Image protocols, magnetic field strength cho...

journal_title：European urology

authors： Engels RRM,Israël B,Padhani AR,Barentsz JO

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00