Correction to: The natural course of pT2 prostate cancer with positive surgical margin: predicting biochemical recurrence.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficiency of multiple-tract percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) as a day surgery for the treatment of complex renal stones. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A mature protocol for day surgery was implemented. Forty-six patients who underwent planned day-surgery PCNL...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Zhu H,Zhao Z,Cheng D,Wu X,Yue G,Lei Y,Li Z,Zeng G,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to investigate the association between nocturia and serum metabolites identified using metabolomics analysis. METHODS:This study enrolled 66 men aged 65-80 years, recruited from the outpatient department of a university hospital. The participants were stratified as follows: Nocturia group [45 men with...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Kira S,Mitsui T,Miyamoto T,Ihara T,Nakagomi H,Hashimoto Y,Takamatsu H,Tanahashi M,Takeda M,Sawada N,Andersson KE,Takeda M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this project was to evaluate the ice-water test as a predictor of the response to intradetrusor botulinum toxin injection in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity. We retrospectively evaluated the urodynamic parameters in 22 patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction and positive ice-water test. ...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Huwyler M,Schurch B,Knapp PA,Reitz A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, the American Urogynecologic Society and Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction released position statements on the use of mid-urethral slings. The statement offers that the polypropylene mesh mid-urethral sling (retropubic and transobturator) is now the recogni...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Dobberfuhl AD,De EJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 90 patients treated with laser prostatectomy using the Urolase (n = 50) or Ultraline (n = 40) laser fiber, the fiber-tip durability was investigated. In general the Urolase fiber tips were less damaged than the Ultraline fiber tips. At visual inspection, 62% of the Urolase fiber tips were graded as minimally damage...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： te Slaa E,van Ettergem AF,van 't Hof CA,Debruyne FM,de la Rosette JJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models are at the centre of laboratory bladder cancer (BC) research and at the same time, the bridge to the clinic. A new and very promising therapeutical approach is to silence abnormally up-regulated genes in cancer, through small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules. Therapeutic use and success of siRNAs will l...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Reis LO,Pereira TC,Favaro WJ,Cagnon VH,Lopes-Cendes I,Ferreira U

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the impact of lower-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) on quality of life (QoL) and quality of sexual function (QSF) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). A total of 216 patients with BPH received lower-energy TUMT treatment (Prostasoft 2.0) and were ...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Francisca E,Blute M,de la Rosette J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine retrospectively the perioperative management and outcome of transurethral prostate/bladder surgery (TURP, TURB) and transrectal prostate biopsy in hemophiliacs. METHODS:Thirty-seven hemophilic patients underwent TURP (12 patients), TURB (13 patients), or transrectal prostate biopsy (12 patients) w...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Rogenhofer S,Hauser S,Breuer A,Fechner G,Mueller SC,Oldenburg J,Goldmann G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare oncological, functional, and toxicity outcomes of patients with radiation-recurrent prostate cancer (PCa) after external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) or brachytherapy (BT) treated with salvage high-intensity focused ultrasound (S-HIFU) or salvage radical prostatectomy (S-RP). METHODS:This retrospec...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Devos B,Al Hajj Obeid W,Andrianne C,Diamand R,Peltier A,Everaerts W,Van Poppel H,Van Velthoven R,Joniau S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the role of lymph node dissection (LND) is well defined in many urological settings, uncertainty regarding need for LND still exists for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The aim of the current review is to highlight the rationale for performing or omitting LND at the time of renal surgery. ME...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Capitanio U,Leibovich BC

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of autologous muscle-derived cell (AMDC) injections on the urethral sphincter morphometry compared to placebo injections. Secondary aims were to explore the reduction of stress incontinence episode frequency (IEF) and factors associated with the efficacy of AMDC....

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Ismail S,Morin M,Tu LM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine and compare the effects of both magnesium citrate and phytin on reducing urinary calcium excretion under high-calcium-diet conditions during single and combined treatments. An animal experiment was carried out over a period of 4 weeks in 35 male rats. Urinary calcium excretion wa...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Wu N,Thon WF,Krah H,Schlick R,Jonas U

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of [(18)F]FDG-PET, CT/MRI and serum tumor marker (TM) to predict the viability of residual masses after high-dose chemotherapy (HD-Ctx) in patients with metastatic germ cell tumors (GCT). In a prospective study, 60 residual tumors in 28 GCT patients were classified a...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Pfannenberg AC,Oechsle K,Bokemeyer C,Kollmannsberger C,Dohmen BM,Bares R,Hartmann JT,Vonthein R,Claussen CD

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) is a neuropeptide that has been suggested to play a role in the development of some malignancies. Our aim was: (1) to identify the expression of GRP in cancerous prostate glands, and (2) to correlate its expression to various pathological parameters and to the patient's clinical outcome...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Constantinides C,Lazaris AC,Haritopoulos KN,Pantazopoulos D,Chrisofos M,Giannopoulos A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) share a great number of common risk factors. There is growing evidence that aldosterone, an independent CVD risk factor, is associated with ED. AIMS:The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between plasma aldosterone and erectil...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Wu F,Mao S,Yu T,Jiang H,Ding Q,Xu G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To highlight a new imaging acquisition protocol during (18)F-fluorocholine PET/CT in patients with biochemical recurrence after RP. METHODS:A total of 146 patients with PSA levels between 0.2 and 1 ng/ml with negative conventional imaging who did not receive salvage treatment were prospectively enrolled. Imagi...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Simone G,Di Pierro GB,Papalia R,Sciuto R,Rea S,Ferriero M,Guaglianone S,Maini CL,Gallucci M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recently, small renal masses (SRMs) (< or =4 cm) are found more frequently, especially in the elderly and co-morbid patients. Standard treatment for SRMs is nephron-sparing surgery (NSS). New techniques like energy ablation and surveillance have been introduced. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Overview of treatment...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Remzi M,Javadli E,Ozsoy M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Concomitant anti-incontinence surgery at the time of prolapse repair has been a long-debated topic. Still today, there remains no clear answer to this question, although in recent years the literature has become more robust with the addition of more randomized controlled trials. The lifetime risk for women...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： King AB,Goldman HB

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We hypothesized that a relevant number of patients with clinically high-risk prostate cancer (PCA) indeed harbor overall favorable tumor characteristics (OFTC) (i.e., pT2a-c and Gleason score ≤3 + 4 = 7 and pN0/X) and that in these patients radical prostatectomy (RP) alone is most likely curative. METHODS:Betw...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Musch M,Pluemer J,Roggenbuck U,Klevecka V,Kroepfl D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:The possibility of performing remote-surgery has been the goal to achieve, since the early development of the first surgical robotic platforms. This systematic review aims to analyse the state of the art in the field and to provide an overview of the possible growth of this technology. METH...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Veneziano D,Tafuri A,Rivas JG,Dourado A,Okhunov Z,Somani BK,Marino N,Fuchs G,Cacciamani G,ESUT-YAUWP Group.

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Individualized risk-adapted algorithms in prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis using predictive prebiopsy variables in addition to prostate-specific antigen value may result in a considerable reduction of unnecessary systematic biopsies. Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has emerged ...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Schoots IG,Roobol MJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare long-term functional outcomes after robotic vs. retropubic RP for patients with localized prostate cancer in routine care. METHODS:"HAROW" was a large German noninterventional health services research study that prospectively evaluated the treatment of patients with localized prostate cancer (≤ T2c)...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Baunacke M,Schmidt ML,Thomas C,Groeben C,Borkowetz A,Koch R,Chun FK,Weissbach L,Huber J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare efficacy and safety between superior calyceal access and inferior calyceal access for pelvic and/or lower calyceal renal stones. METHODS:Consecutive patients presenting with Pelvic and/or inferior calyceal renal calculi were allocated to the superior calyceal access (group 1) or inferior calyceal ...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Amaresh M,Hegde P,Chawla A,de la Rosette JJMCH,Laguna MP,Kriplani A

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides an overview of the scientific and practical aspects of assessing health-related quality of life (HRQL). The paper provides a brief overview of developments in the field and then discusses the definition of HRQL. The different types of HRQL measure available to researchers are described, with specif...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Browne JP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the impact of gender differences on treatment success, intraoperative and postoperative complications in patients undergoing ureteroscopy (URS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A prospectively maintained database of 927 consecutively performed ureteroscopies on solitary ureteral stones in four different c...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Özsoy M,Acar Ö,Sarica K,Saratlija-Novakovic Z,Fajkovic H,Librenjak D,Esen T,Scheffbuch N,Seitz C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review current practices in manual bladder washouts (MBW) for haematuria with clot retention, comparing those conducted by a urology unit to other inpatient services. Secondly, to describe a standardised protocol for MBWs. METHODS:Prospective data were collected for patients treated for clot retention, from...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Clarebrough E,McGrath S,Christidis D,Lawrentschuk N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Donor and recipient gender influence on post-transplant kidney and patient survival is still controversial, and the literature data do not present unanimous conclusions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of gender disparities between donor and recipient in 963 kidney transplants performed at our ...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Vavallo A,Lucarelli G,Spilotros M,Bettocchi C,Palazzo S,Selvaggi FP,Battaglia M,Ditonno P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All organisms contain 1,000s of proteins and peptides in their body fluids, which undergo disease-specific changes. Advances in the understanding of the functional relevance of these polypeptides under different (patho)physiological conditions and the identification of indicative changes with disease would greatly enh...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Theodorescu D,Mischak H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Often PIRADS 3 findings are usually followed up with further MRIs of the prostate. Current guidelines do not state an optimal interval between the initial MRI and the follow-up MRI. The aim of this study was to find out if PIRADS 3 lesions evolve over time and to determine how long the optimal interval between ...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Steinkohl F,Gruber L,Bektic J,Nagele U,Aigner F,Herrmann TRW,Rieger M,Junker D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the oncological safety of laparoscopic procedures for the management of urothelial carcinomas of the urinary tract. METHODS:Data on laparoscopic management of urothelial carcinomas in the literature were analysed using MEDLINE and by matching the following keywords: urological malignancies, upper t...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Rouprêt M,Smyth G,Irani J,Guy L,Davin JL,Saint F,Pfister C,Wallerand H,Rozet F

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00