Durability of results obtained with transurethral microwave thermotherapy in the treatment of men with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of preoperative anemia and the impact of preoperative anemia and blood transfusion requirement on 30- and 90-day complications in a cohort of patients undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion (iRARC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:IRARC was performed...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Tan WS,Lamb BW,Khetrapal P,Tan MY,Tan ME,Sridhar A,Cervi E,Rodney S,Busuttil G,Nathan S,Hines J,Shaw G,Mohammed A,Baker H,Briggs TP,Klein A,Richards T,Kelly JD

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in patients with radiopaque and radiolucent ureteral calculi. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between September 2001 and August 2002, a total of 113 consecutive patients with ureteral calculi (58 radiopaque [Group 1], 55 radiolucent [Group 2]) were tre...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Cimentepe E,Unsal A,Saglam R,Balbay MD

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of color-coded Doppler sonography (CCDS) in the assessment of internal ureteral stent patency. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We compared micturating cystography (MC) and CCDS in 48 patients with internal ureteral stents. Forty-five of these patients had pyelocaliectasis on renal sonography. RESU...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Haferkamp A,Brkovic D,Wiesel M,Staehler G,Dörsam J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article entitled, "Mn-porphyrins as novel molecular MRI contrast agents" by Mouraviev et al., published online ahead of print on November 3, 2011 (DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0133), in its unedited, uncorrected format, is being officially withdrawn from Journal of Endourology. This early version of the manuscript was no...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Clayman RV,Smith AD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of glycemic control, including strict glycemic control, with 24-hour urine risk factors for uric acid and calcium calculi. MATERIALS AND METHODS:With institutional review board (IRB) approval, we identified 183 stone formers (SFs) with 459 twenty-four-hour urine c...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Maciolek KA,Penniston KL,Jhagroo RA,Best SL

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is no uniform consensus regarding the anatomic factors that influence the clearance rate of caliceal stones after SWL, as different authors have studied various independent factors separately. We correlated both favorable and unfavorable factors into a formula to predict the clearance rate....

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Desai MR,Raghunath SK,Manohar T,Prajay S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to understand the characteristics of patients who are less likely to submit adequate urine collections at metabolic stone evaluation. METHODS:Inadequate urine collection was defined using two definitions: (1) Reference ranges for 24-hour creatinine/kilogram (Cr/24) and (2) discrepancy in total 24-hour...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： McGuire BB,Bhanji Y,Sharma V,Frainey BT,McClean M,Dong C,Rimar K,Perry KT,Nadler RB

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen male patients underwent endoscopic management of urethral obliterations and severe strictures of the subprostatic urethra. Thirteen patients who performed clean urethral self-dilatation after endoscopic repair had a lower incidence of recurrent strictures (P = 0.03) and required fewer visual internal urethrot...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Alzimaity MF,Mosli H,Farsi HM,Bahnassy AA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pretreating a pig kidney with 500 low-energy shock waves (SWs) before delivering a clinical dose of SWs (2000 SWs, 24 kV, 120 SWs/min) has been shown to significantly reduce the size of the hemorrhagic lesion produced in that treated kidney, compared with a protocol without pretreatment. However, since the time...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Connors BA,Evan AP,Handa RK,Blomgren PM,Johnson CD,Liu Z,Lingeman JE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience in the laparoscopic transperitoneal repair of retrocaval ureter in two cases, highlighting a new technique of stenting. ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Ramalingam M,Selvarajan K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Double-J stents revolutionized the minimally invasive management of ureteral strictures, but have significant morbidity. We compare stent-related symptoms and quality of life between a conventional Double-J stent and a novel thermoexpandable metal segmental ureteral stent (Memokath) in patients with ureter...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Maan Z,Patel D,Moraitis K,El-Husseiny T,Papatsoris AG,Buchholz NP,Masood J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We have developed novel iron-based microparticles (Fe-MP) that bind to calcium oxalate stone fragments, rendering them paramagnetic. Previously, we demonstrated enhanced efficiency of stone extraction in an inanimate model using magnetic instrumentation. Before in vivo stone extraction studies, w...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Mir SA,Best SL,McLeroy S,Donnally CJ 3rd,Gnade B,Hsieh JT,Pearle MS,Cadeddu JA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:As life expectancy continues to increase, we will be faced with the need to counsel older patients on the risks and benefits of undergoing surgery. It is clear that laparoscopic renal surgery has significant benefits over open renal surgery. However, contemporary data on whether these benefits ca...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Lai FC,Kau EL,Ng CS,Fuchs GJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Laparoscopic adrenalectomy remains a controversial procedure for large tumors. We examined the outcome and complications of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for such lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 178 patients underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy, of whom 29 patients had large (>or =5 cm) tu...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Tsuru N,Suzuki K,Ushiyama T,Ozono S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Objectives: To compare the efficacy, complications, and costs of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in the treatment of a 20 to 30 mm single renal pelvic stone with a density ≤1000 HU. Patients and Me...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Gadelkareem RA,Abdelsalam YM,Ibraheim MA,Reda A,Sayed MA,El-Azab AS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to provide urologists with a simple basis for optimizing the number of prostate biopsy cores that should be taken. METHODS:The records of 1024 patients who had undergone transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsies were reviewed. The prostate volume was divided by the number of biopsies to obtain...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Jiang J,Colli J,El-Galley R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy has decreased the disincentives to live renal donation with a risk of complications similar to that of open donor nephrectomy. We report a patient who developed chylous ascites after an otherwise-uneventful laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. On MEDLINE search, we could find only two ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Sharma A,Heer M,Subramanaym Malladi SV,Minz M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess if the presence of a lower pole stone (LPS) decreases the stone-free (SF) rate following retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). The second purpose was to assess the result of RIRS for LPS and to identify predictors of SF status. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 205 procedures in 162 ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Martin F,Hoarau N,Lebdai S,Pichon T,Chautard D,Culty T,Azzouzi AR,Bigot P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Clinical and surgical factors predict renal function decline after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN). Additional histopathologic predictors may be found in the specimen's nonneoplastic tissue but were not studied. This study investigated the significance of histologic findings in addition to...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Lifshitz DA,Shikanov SA,Razmaria AA,Eggener SE,Liao C,Chang A,Shalhav AL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cryoablation has demonstrated therapeutic effectiveness for selected renal tumors. We compared our perioperative and short-term outcomes of laparoscopic (LAP) v percutaneous (PERC) renal cryoablation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-four patients (18 men/16 women) underwent a LAP and 26 patients (19...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Derweesh IH,Malcolm JB,Diblasio CJ,Giem A,Rewcastle JC,Wake RW,Patterson AL,Gold R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We present our experience in the design and development of a training program in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP), and the validation of the first steps of the program by objective measurement of the attendants' skills improvement and subjective evaluation of its contents. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Our tra...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Pérez-Duarte FJ,Fernández-Tomé B,Díaz-Güemes I,Enciso S,Matos-Azevedo AM,Sánchez-Hurtado MA,Hernández L,Sánchez-Margallo FM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Robotic prostatectomy is exploding into popular utilization throughout much of the United States. It is expected that the rise in the number of these cases into 2006 will continue exponentially. A significant amount of research has begun to focus on the anastomosis, because the robot allows unpre...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Moran ME,Marsh C,Perrotti M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether intravenous magnesium sulfate infusion affects analgesic requirements during monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for shockwave lithotripsy (SWL). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty patients in ASA class I or II undergoing SWL with MAC were randomized into two groups. Induction of MAC was produced by bolu...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Kaymak C,Yilmaz E,Basar H,Ozcakir S,Apan A,Batislam E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the degree of postoperative storage symptoms after GreenLight™ laser photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) and Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) for management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and its predictors. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed for patien...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Elkoushy MA,Elshal AM,Elhilali MM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:Despite guidelines, routine 24-hour urine testing is completed in <10% of high-risk, recurrent stone formers. Using surrogates for metabolic testing, such as key patient characteristics, could obviate the cost and burden of this test while providing information needed for proper stone prevent...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Otto BJ,Bozorgmehri S,Kuo J,Canales M,Bird VG,Canales B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Introduction: How to quantify the impact of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the quantified effect of the number of MetS components on the outcome of PCNL. Materials and Methods: ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Xu P,Wang J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Objectives: To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of live renal ultrasonography to guide Double-J ureteral stent placement at the bedside. Patients and Methods: Between April 12 and June 5, 2020, patients presenting with ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Yang H,Chappidi M,Overland M,Ahn J,Bayne D,Chi T

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man had a solid tumor in the right part of a horseshoe kidney. He had previously undergone open cholecystectomy and appendectomy with panperitonitis. Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy was performed, with rapid recovery and good short-term results. This appears to be the first case of endoscopic surgery on...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Kitamura H,Tanaka T,Miyamoto D,Inomata H,Hatakeyama J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the supracostal approach is thought to increase the difficulties and patient morbidity of PCNL, it facilitates the management of certain urinary infirmities, such as UPJ obstruction, staghorn stone, upper pole stone, proximal ureteral abnormalities, impacted UPJ stone and upper calix diverticulum. Hereby the ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Pedro RN,Netto NR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most caliceal diverticula are asymptomatic, they can be associated with pain, and concomitant calculi are common. When treatment is indicated, a variety of surgical options are available, although the management is often a challenge even to the most experienced surgeon. We review the indications, surgical opt...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Rapp DE,Gerber GS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00