Comparison of the performances of the ADXBLADDER test and urinary cytology in the follow-up of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a blinded prospective multicentric study.

abstract：UNLABELLED:WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: Erectile dysfunction after nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy constitutes a challenge to the urologist. The mainstay of medical treatment after radical prostatectomy to restore spontaneous erectile function remains phosphodiesterase (PDE5...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Megas G,Papadopoulos G,Stathouros G,Moschonas D,Gkialas I,Ntoumas K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of intermittent percutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PPTNS) in patients with refractory interstitial cystitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One man and 13 women (mean age 58.3 years) with suprapubic or perineal pain were enrolled in a prospective open study, in which they had 10 ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zhao J,Nordling J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the significance of viable tumour in the prostate of patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated the clinicopathological features, including follow-up, of 40 men with metastatic AIPC who had a transrectal biopsy of the prostate. RESULTS:P...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Aragon-Ching JB,Gillespie J,Price DK,Chuaqui R,Rodriguez-Canales J,Steinberg SM,Dahut WL,Figg WD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse tumour extent as a predictor of cancer progression after radical prostatectomy (RP), using a multivariate Cox regression model, as several variables (e.g. Gleason grade and tumour stage) are well-established prognostic factors in prostate cancer but it is uncertain if the visual estimation of tumou...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Jones TD,Koch MO,Lin H,Cheng L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction is common in the ageing man and reliable therapies are needed. The pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction in this group mainly includes chronic ischaemia, which triggers the deterioration of cavernosal smooth muscle and the development of corporeal fibrosis. Assessing the ageing man with erectile...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Montorsi F,Briganti A,Salonia A,Deho' F,Zanni G,Cestari A,Guazzoni G,Rigatti P,Stief C

更新日期：2003-09-01 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 matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) 2 and 9 in bladder cancer cell lines stimulated with epidermal growth factor (EGF), and to investigate the presence of gelatinases in the urine of patients with bladder tumours, in relation to the stage and grade of tumour and the EGF receptor (EGFR) status...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nutt JE,Durkan GC,Mellon JK,Lunec J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate an ergonomic fourth arm technique to oversew the dorsal vascular complex (DVC) during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Balloon of a Foley catheter inflated in the bulbar urethra. Fourth arm cranial traction via suture in the tip of the catheter. DVC overse...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Karim O,Rao A,Marsdin E,Kavia R,Parnham A,Motiwala H,Laniado M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the early results of hand-assisted radical nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy in our institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records of 13 patients with malignant disease of the kidney who underwent hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy were reviewed retrospectively....

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Okeke AA,Timoney AG,Keeley FX

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:•  To systematically review the current literature concerning perioperative, functional and oncological outcomes reported after open and minimally invasive prostate cancer surgery specifically from institutions within Australasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:•  Four electronic databases were searched to identify s...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cathcart P,Murphy DG,Moon D,Costello AJ,Frydenberg M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predictive value of serial bone scans as a surveillance tool for bone metastasis in men with clinically localized prostate cancer and managed with watchful observation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective single-arm study was conducted to assess the feasibility of a watchful observation protocol...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yap BK,Choo R,Deboer G,Klotz L,Danjoux C,Morton G

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To retrospectively review hypogonadal men receiving testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), and evaluate the changes in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels over an extended period, and thus evaluate the occurrence of prostate cancer, as a primary concern in treating late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) is the po...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Coward RM,Simhan J,Carson CC 3rd

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:•To determine the optimal treatment for incidentally detected small renal masses between radical nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, ablative therapy (AT) and active surveillance (AS) using a decision-analytic Markov model. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:•The reference case was an otherwise healthy 60-year-old patient. ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Abouassaly R,Yang S,Finelli A,Kulkarni GS,Alibhai SM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the high circumcision rate in South Korea and its rapid increase in the short period since its introduction. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:From January to December 2000, 5434 South Korean males (or their parents) aged 0-92 years were interviewed in detail about their circumcision status, their age at c...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pang MG,Kim DS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:• To evaluate whether current nephrectomy pathology reports are sufficient to allow clinicians to use prognostic nomograms, tailor surveillance, enroll patients into adjuvant trials and select systemic therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:• Nephrectomy pathology reports were obtained ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shuch B,Pantuck AJ,Pouliot F,Finley DS,Said JW,Belldegrun AS,Saigal C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To summarize the urological procedures recorded in Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES, 1998-99) and to examine the accuracy of coding and HES. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data on the 10 commonest urological procedures from the Department of Health website (www.doh.gov.uk/hes) were extracted, summarized and presente...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lee F,Patel HR,Emberton M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the feasibility and reproducibility of laser interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) as a minimally invasive method for the treatment of prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Heterotopic tumours of prostatic adenocarcinoma (Dunning R3327-AT2) were induced in 10 male Copenhagen rats. After preoperative ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Colin P,Nevoux P,Marqa M,Auger F,Leroy X,Villers A,Puech P,Mordon S,Betrouni N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

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 assess and compare the economic burden of open radical cystectomy (OC) vs robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RC) with pelvic lymph node dissection and urinary diversion. PATIENTS AND METHODS:• A series of 103 and 83 consecutive patients undergoing OC and RC, respectively, were prospective...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lee R,Ng CK,Shariat SF,Borkina A,Guimento R,Brumit KF,Scherr DS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether heat, used in transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) for benign prostatic hyperplasia and which causes necrotic lesions within the adenoma, induces apoptosis in benign human prostatic stromal cells. Materials and methods Prostatic stromal cells were cultured from benign human prosta...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Brehmer M,Svensson I

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To better understand the genital changes that occur during the female sexual response, using a gross anatomical and histological study of the vascular tissue of the vulva, supplemented with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seven cadaveric vulvectomy specimens were used; they were seria...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yang CC,Cold CJ,Yilmaz U,Maravilla KR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify in absolute terms the potential benefit of regionalisation of care from low- to high-volume hospitals. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients with a primary diagnosis of bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy (RC) were identified within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a retrospective observationa...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ravi P,Bianchi M,Hansen J,Trinh QD,Tian Z,Meskawi M,Abdollah F,Briganti A,Shariat SF,Perrotte P,Montorsi F,Karakiewicz PI,Sun M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Positive surgical margins (PSMs) after radical prostatectomy are common, although their impact on the risk of disease recurrence is unknown. We examined the impact of PSMs on the risk of 'significant' biochemical recurrence stratified by their risk of...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Corcoran NM,Hovens CM,Metcalfe C,Hong MK,Pedersen J,Casey RG,Peters J,Harewood L,Goldenberg SL,Costello AJ,Gleave ME

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To purify human muscle-derived cells (hMDCs) that could be used for managing urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and for bladder reconstitution. MATERIALS AND METHODS:hMDCs isolated by a modified preplate technique (MPT) from skeletal muscles of limbs were purified by CD34 antibody and magnetic Dynabe...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lu SH,Yang AH,Chen KK,Chiang HS,Chang LS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the oncological outcome and functional results of prostate-sparing cystectomy (PSC), proposed for treating bladder cancer, used since 1999 in our institution in an attempt to preserve male sexuality and to increase continence after cystectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 1999 and Decembe...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Botto H,Sebe P,Molinie V,Herve JM,Yonneau L,Lebret T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a population-based cohort, if disease-specific survival (DSS) was equivalent in patients undergoing ablation vs nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for clinical stage T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was performed using patients from the Surveillanc...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Whitson JM,Harris CR,Meng MV

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the angiogenic profiles in the bladder of patients with bladder pain syndrome (BPS)/interstitial cystitis (IC), and to evaluate the relationship between these profiles and associated clinical features including pelvic pain and glomerulations. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Angiogenesis and angiogenic comp...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kiuchi H,Tsujimura A,Takao T,Yamamoto K,Nakayama J,Miyagawa Y,Nonomura N,Takeyama M,Okuyama A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the recovery of testosterone levels and erectile function in men who received radiotherapy plus long-term adjuvant androgen deprivation (LTAD) with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From April 2000 to July 2001, men who had completed prostate radiotherapy wi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wilke DR,Parker C,Andonowski A,Tsuji D,Catton C,Gospodarowicz M,Warde P

更新日期：2006-05-01 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