Evaluation of flexible ureteroscope with an omni-directional bending tip, using a JOYSTICK unit (URF-Y0016): an ex-vivo study.

abstract：:The use of intestinal segments in genitourinary reconstruction could influence vitamin metabolism and affect the skeletal bone and its mineral content in the long term. In 137 patients, serum levels of the vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, D, and E and of folic acid, bile acid, and ammonia as well as levels of intracorpusc...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Stein R,Lotz J,Andreas J,Fisch M,Prellwitz W,Hohenfellner R,Thüroff JW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It has been hypothesized that endothelial dysfunction and pelvic atherosclerosis may contribute to lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). We assessed the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and LUTS severity in male patients presented to urology clinic. METHODS:It is a cross-sectional study on pat...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Yee CH,Yip JSY,Cheng NMY,Kwan CH,Li KM,Teoh JYC,Chiu PKF,Wong JH,Chan ESY,Chan CK,Hou SSM,Ng CF

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Making healthcare treatment decisions is a complex process involving a broad stakeholder base including patients, their families, health professionals, clinical practice guideline developers and funders of healthcare. METHODS:This paper presents a review of a methodology for the development of urological ca...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Maclennan SJ,Maclennan SJ,Imamura M,Omar MI,Vale L,Lam T,Royle P,Royle J,Swami S,Pickard R,McClinton S,Griffiths TR,Dahm P,N'dow J,UCAN Care Pathway Development Group.

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：PURPOSE:Investigate the short-term effect of sildenafil on microcirculation, especially the velocity, the pattern of the flow and the recruitment of the leukocyte in postcapillaries. METHODS:In male Sprague-Dawley rats, the microcirculatory consequences of 60 min experimental testicular torsion, followed by 240 min of...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Oroszi M,Szabó A,Fehér ÁM,Deák G,Bajory Z

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrolithiasis is a highly prevalent disease worldwide with rates ranging from 7 to 13% in North America, 5-9% in Europe, and 1-5% in Asia. Due to high rates of new and recurrent stones, management of stones is expensive and the disease has a high level of acute and chronic morbidity. The goal of this study is to rev...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Sorokin I,Mamoulakis C,Miyazawa K,Rodgers A,Talati J,Lotan Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many human tumors such as bladder carcinoma that are initially responsive to chemotherapy eventually fail to respond to treatment. For most drugs, dose escalation that may be required for a cure cannot be achieved because sensitive tissues such as bone marrow limit cytotoxic therapy. Approaches to prevent or circumven...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Mickisch GH,Schroeder FH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility of measuring the intrapelvic pressure (IPP) during f-URS with a wire including a pressure sensor and to assess IPP profiles during the procedure. METHODS:Patients undergoing f-URS for stone disease were recruited. A wire with pressure sensor was placed in the renal cavities to measu...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Doizi S,Letendre J,Cloutier J,Ploumidis A,Traxer O

更新日期：2020-05-07 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate pathological and oncological outcomes of obese patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) compared with laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) or open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) since limited comparative data exist with regard to oncological and survival o...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Busch J,Gonzalgo ML,Leva N,Ferrari M,Cash H,Kempkensteffen C,Hinz S,Miller K,Magheli A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Clinical outcomes prognostic markers are awaited in clear-cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) to improve patient-tailored management and to assess six different markers' influence on clinical outcomes from ccRCC specimen and their incremental value combined with TNM staging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This is a retrospect...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Ingels A,Hew M,Algaba F,de Boer OJ,van Moorselaar RJ,Horenblas S,Zondervan P,de la Rosette JJ,Pilar Laguna Pes M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the clinical and pathologic staging of patients with urothelial carcinoma (UC) in bladder diverticula (BD) after undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) and determine the impact of UCBD on recurrence and survival. METHODS:We reviewed our institutional database of patients who underwent RC for UC (19...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Hu B,Satkunasivam R,Schuckman A,Miranda G,Cai J,Daneshmand S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the pathological and the oncologic outcomes of the prostate cancer (PCa) missed by 6- and 12-core biopsy protocols by using a reference 21-core scheme. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between 2001 and 2009, all patients who had PCa detected in an initial 21-core TRUS biopsy scheme and were treated by a radical...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Ouzaid I,Xylinas E,Campeggi A,Hoznek A,Vordos D,Abbou CC,Vacherot F,Salomon L,de la Taille A,Ploussard G

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) expression and the effects of ruthenium red (RR)-TRPV antagonist-on detrusor overactivity (DO) associated with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). METHODS:Rats were randomly assigned to 3 groups. The control group (n = 10) included sham-operated rat...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Cho KJ,Park EY,Kim HS,Koh JS,Kim JC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated hemodynamics in patients receiving delta-Aminolevulinic acid (delta-ALA) to visualize tumor margins prior to radical retro pubic prostatectomy. PATIENTS:Twenty patients undergoing elective open radical retro pubic prostatectomy (RRP). METHODS:Cohort observational study. Ten patients receiving ...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Eichhorn V,Maerz A,Salomon G,Blanc IF,Reuter DA,Goetz AE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Androgen receptor (AR) action in benign and malignant tissue is potentiated by a number of co-regulatory proteins that may interact with one or more receptor domains. With improvement of research methodologies, it became possible to detect a number of co-activators whose expression is increased in prostate c...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Culig Z,Santer FR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) improves overall survival (OS) of patients with synchronous metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), who subsequently receive targeted therapies (TT). METHODS:We identified 261 patients who received TT for synchronous mRCC with or without prior CN. To a...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Klatte T,Fife K,Welsh SJ,Sachdeva M,Armitage JN,'Aho T,Riddick AC,Matakidou A,Eisen T,Stewart GD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different methods for induction and monitoring of urethral sphincter deficiency were explored in a large animal model. METHODS:Sphincter deficiency was established in female pigs by dilatation and cauterization, and amount and frequencies of voiding were monitored and explored by pad test. Sphincteric closu...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Kelp A,Albrecht A,Amend B,Klünder M,Rapp P,Sawodny O,Stenzl A,Aicher WK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Partial nephrectomy (PN) outcomes may be better at academic institutions than at non-academic centers. Peer-review, sub-specialized practice profile, higher individual surgeon and institutional caseload may explain this observation. To the best of our knowledge, the role of institutional academic affiliation ha...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Trinh QD,Schmitges J,Sun M,Sammon J,Shariat SF,Sukumar S,Zorn K,Bianchi M,Jeldres C,Perrotte P,Graefen M,Rogers CG,Peabody JO,Menon M,Karakiewicz PI

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the long-term patient-reported outcomes following TO-TVT as a secondary continence procedure in women with recurrent stress urinary incontinence (R-SUI). METHODS:A secondary analysis of the 9-year follow-up of the E-TOT study was performed: 341 women with predominant SUI symptoms were randomised to u...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Abdel-Fattah M,Cao G,Mostafa A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Kidney transplantation (KT) is the preferred treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). To reduce the morbidity of the open surgery, a robotic-assisted approach has been recently introduced. Our aim is to evaluate surgical and functional results on 17 cases of robotic-assisted kidney trans...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Breda A,Territo A,Gausa L,Rodríguez-Faba O,Caffaratti J,de León JP,Guirado L,Facundo C,Guazzieri M,Guttilla A,Villavicencio H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lymph node dissection (LND) is not routinely performed during radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) in upper tract urothelial carcinomas (UTUC), and its clinical relevance is unclear. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of LND on clinical outcomes in a large multicenter series of RNU for UTUC...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Burger M,Shariat SF,Fritsche HM,Martinez-Salamanca JI,Matsumoto K,Chromecki TF,Ficarra V,Kassouf W,Seitz C,Pycha A,Tritschler S,Walton TJ,Novara G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Imaging of the urinary tract and its surrounding tissue still remains challenging, since standard imaging in the urological operation room consists of fluoroscopy and plain X-rays. The combination of a ceiling-mounted X-ray system and a new urological intervention table now allows cross-sectional imaging and...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Michel MS,Ritter M,Wertz H,Schönberg S,Häcker A,Weisser G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study microscopic patterns of remaining peripheral nerves (PN) after nerve-sparing (NS) radical prostatectomy (RP) and possible consequences for nerve preparation. METHODS:Specimens from 27 patients (7 = non-NSRP, 20 = unilateral NS) were examined. Sections were investigated for PN content by immunoassaying...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Amend B,Hennenlotter J,Kuehs U,Laible I,Anastasiadis A,Schilling D,Stenzl A,Sievert KD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This report presents our early experience at Cleveland Clinic replacing conventional ultrasound with a novel 29 MHz high-resolution micro-ultrasound system for both systematic sampling and real-time targeting of suspicious regions during prostate biopsy. The added value of micro-ultrasound and MRI over systemat...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Abouassaly R,Klein EA,El-Shefai A,Stephenson A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Robotic radical prostatectomy claims optimal oncologic results, minimal morbidity and best outcomes of urinary continence and erection function. Potential benefits concerning side effects and complications compared to open radical prostatectomy are analysed. METHODS:Out of 450 robotic radical prostatectomie...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Fischer B,Engel N,Fehr JL,John H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate retrospectively the objective and subjective parameters in 42 male patients who underwent bone anchored sub-urethral sling positioning (BAUS) for SUI (stress urinary incontinence) due to ISD (intrinsic sphincter deficiency). METHODS:Patients with SUI due to radical retropubic prostatectomy (36 p...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Giberti C,Gallo F,Schenone M,Cortese P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Taiwan is a highly endemic area for urothelial carcinoma (UC) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). We evaluate the gender effect on the relationship between renal outcome and clinical characteristics of CKD patients with UC. METHODS:The clinical and pathologic records of 404 patients were retrospectively analyzed...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Hung PH,Shen CH,Tsai HB,Hsiao CY,Chiang PC,Guo HR,Hung KY

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor of kappa beta (NF-kappaB) transcription factor regulates the transcription of numerous genes including that of interleukin 6 (IL-6). The IL-6 acts as an autocrine and paracrine growth factor of androgen-independent prostate cancer. An aberrant expression of the IL-6 gene and an increase in IL-6 expr...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Paule B,Terry S,Kheuang L,Soyeux P,Vacherot F,de la Taille A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our objective was to determine the impact of preoperative frailty, as measured by validated Risk Analysis Index (RAI), on the occurrence of postoperative complications after urologic surgeries in a national database comprised of diverse practice groups and cases. STUDY DESIGN:The National Surgical Quality Impr...

journal_title：World journal of urology

authors： Isharwal S,Johanning JM,Dwyer JG,Schimid KK,LaGrange CA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00