Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in spinal cord neuropathy patients: a single institution experience.

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the clinical efficacy and safety of photoselective laser vaporization of the prostate (PVP) in the treatment of patients with acute urinary retention (AUR) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-two patients (mean age 72 +/- 5 years, range 65-89) with AUR because ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Fu WJ,Gao JP,Hong BF,Yang Y,Cai W,Zhang L

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To assess the feasibility and efficacy of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in patients with spinal deformities. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1999 and 2008, eight patients (nine renal units) with spinal deformities underwent 10 PCNLs. Mean stone burden was 372 mm(2) (160-840 mm(2)). Preoperati...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Goumas-Kartalas I,Montanari E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate perioperative morbidity and mortality rate, a 3-year recurrence-free survival, and cancer-specific mortality rate in patients older than 80 years undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively collected data of 155 consecutive patients who received R...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： De Groote R,Gandaglia G,Geurts N,Goossens M,Pauwels E,D'Hondt F,Gratzke C,Fossati N,De Naeyer G,Schatteman P,Carpentier P,Novara G,Mottrie A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the use of virtual endoscopy (VE) for the investigation of the pelvicaliceal unit and the depiction of its anatomic deformities. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two study groups were prospectively enrolled in our protocol: ten patients with nonurologic pathologies, and thus without any known deformity of the ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Liatsikos EN,Siablis D,Kagadis GC,Karnabatidis D,Petsas T,Kalogeropoulou C,Voudoukis TP,Athanassopoulos A,Perimenis P,Nikiforidis G,Barbalias GA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Bacterial colonization of indwelling ureteral stents may serve as a nidus for bacteriuria in operations where stents are manipulated. The predictive value of urine cultures in the assessment of stent colonization was examined in 65 patients with indwelling ureteral stents. PATIENTS AND METHODS:P...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Lifshitz DA,Winkler HZ,Gross M,Sulkes J,Baniel J,Livne PM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urologists have witnessed replacement of complex open surgical procedures with minimally invasive therapies over the past quarter century. Nothing personifies this more than an anatrophic nephrolithotomy in the management of kidney stones. The Boyce procedure, once the gold standard for staghorn calculi, is rarely per...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Rastinehad AR,Andonian S,Smith AD,Siegel DN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryoablation of renal masses is an evolving in situ ablative technique for the management of localized renal masses and can be performed in a laparoscopic or percutaneous manner. Its usefulness is increasing and correlates with the increasing frequency of incidentally diagnosed renal lesions. At present, this techniqu...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Badwan K,Maxwell K,Venkatesh R,Figenshau RS,Brown D,Chen C,Bhayani SB

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Purpose: To review the literature on optimal methods of drainage for obstructive urolithiasis in adult patients, comparing percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) with retrograde ureteral catheterization (Double J [JJ]) regarding success of procedure, efficacy, complications, quali...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Weltings S,Schout BMA,Roshani H,Kamphuis GM,Pelger RCM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since the holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser is the flexible lithotrite of choice for ureteral stones, its application to ureteral strictures associated with ureteral calculi is convenient. The results of Ho:YAG laser endoureterotomy in this specific setting have not been defined. We report our expe...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Gdor Y,Gabr AH,Faerber GJ,Roberts WW,Wolf JS Jr

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:We evaluated patients who underwent treatment for prostate cancer and then subsequent robotic radical cystectomy (RARC). Our objective was to understand clinical, pathologic, and survival outcomes in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 333 male patients underwent RARC with stan...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Patel NH,Miranda G,Cai J,Desai MM,Gill I,Aron M

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic prostatitis and prostatodynia are troublesome disorders that are not responsive to any kind of treatment. Patients with treatment-resistant chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (n = 61) or prostatodynia (n = 17) for longer than 3 years underwent a single 1-hour session of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUM...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Choi NG,Soh SH,Yoon TH,Song MH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of retroperitoneoscopic microwave ablation (MWA) for clinical stage T(1a) (cT(1a)) renal tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Consecutive renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) managed since April 2006 with a minimal follow-up of 12 months were included. A total of 23 tumors in ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Bai J,Hu Z,Guan W,Zhuang Q,Wang S,Liu J,Ye Z

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hemodynamic changes during abdominal laparoscopic procedures have been described as multifactorial phenomena. We report the possible occurrence of bradycardia and asystolic cardiac arrest during insufflation of the balloon trocar as a rare and serious but reversible complication during endoscopic...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Hoda MR,Friedrichs M,Kümmel C,Nitzke T,Popken G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexible cystoscopy is well established in urological practice. We present a unique image obtained during bladder inspection, illustrating visual refractive distortion, which highlights the potential difficulty in optical interpretation. ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Mangera A,Mehta S,Parys BT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Balloon dilation potentially represents a safer and simpler technique for the treatment of ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction and ureteral strictures. Using a porcine model, we sought to establish the optimal balloon size for endoballoon rupture of the UPJ and ureter. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The efficacy o...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Collyer WC,Landman J,Olweny EO,Andreoni C,McDougall EM,Clayman RV

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureteral stents and nephrostomy tubes have been used extensively in urology. Attendant to their use are their associated morbidities, such as pain, infection, and encrustation. We review the literature on the subject of the encrusted stents and drainage catheters, discuss the risk factors for encrustation, and describ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Vanderbrink BA,Rastinehad AR,Ost MC,Smith AD

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Port placement for robot-assisted laparoscopic urologic surgery can be critical to effective completion of the minimally invasive procedure. An ideal port template would allow unhampered access to all critical structures during surgery, easy access for the bedside assistant, and minimization of arm collision with the ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Pathak RA,Patel M,Hemal AK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the current treatment of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) in patients on ongoing oral anticoagulation (OA). METHODS:An Internet survey was sent to all active members of the Endourological Society. The survey contained 32 questions regarding transurethral treatment of BPO in patients on ongoing OA...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Becker B,Knipper S,Gross AJ,Netsch C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:During robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), patients remain in a steep Trendelenburg position. This can cause positioning injuries as well as rhabdomyolysis. The primary diagnostic indicator of rhabdomyolysis is elevated serum creatine kinase (CK). We investigate whether RARP with extende...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Mattei A,Di Pierro GB,Rafeld V,Konrad C,Beutler J,Danuser H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Protease inhibitors, specifically indinavir, have historically been implicated as a cause of nephrolithiasis in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. There is a paucity of data, however, on stone disease with nonindinavir etiologies since the introduction of highly active anti...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Raheem OA,Mirheydar HS,Palazzi K,Chenoweth M,Lakin C,Sur RL

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Radical prostatectomy undoubtedly causes inflammatory damage to surrounding neuromuscular tissues (i.e., bladder, urethra, and nerves) that may contribute to urinary incontinence. We report the use of local hypothermia during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy to attenuate this injury. METHODS:Regi...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Finley DS,Osann K,Chang A,Santos R,Skarecky D,Ahlering TE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the physical properties of urethral catheters that are predictive of ease of placement and risk of urethral trauma: Stiffness, buckling, and friction forces. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eleven Bard Lubri-Sil and 10 Kendall Dover 16F Foley catheters were tested using a linear motion stage driven by a step...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Hendlin K,Meyers J,Monga M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Expert-reported outcomes and complications may not reflect the standardized coding that can be provided by independent, third-party evaluations. The goal of this article is to compare expert-reported complications with standardized coding by the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). The pr...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Knight BA,Potretzke AM,Larson JA,Bhayani SB

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four techniques of intracorporeal lithotripsy are now available: ballistic, ultrasonic, electrohydraulic, and laser. Their therapeutic efficacies have generally been evaluated and compared, but very few data have been available on their relative risks of iatrogenic trauma to the urothelial wall. We conducted a compara...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Piergiovanni M,Desgrandchamps F,Cochand-Priollet B,Janssen T,Colomer S,Teillac P,Le Duc A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Looking for a virtually "scarless" surgery mini-laparoscopy (ML) could be a viable alternative to conventional laparoscopy. ML is a reproducible technique and allows for the preservation of the triangulation concept, the cornerstone of laparoscopic surgery. Drawback of ML could be the poor performance of miniaturized ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Porpiglia F,Bertolo R,Morra I,Fiori C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy and safety of laparoendoscopic single-site adrenalectomy (LESS-A) and conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) as a systematic review and meta-analysis of current evidence. METHODS:We conducted a thorough search for comparative studies that compared LESS-A and conventional LA in the ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Hu Q,Gou Y,Sun C,Xu K,Xia G,Ding Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Objective: To determine if radiologically diagnosed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an independent risk factor for nephrolithiasis using data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III). Patients and Methods: ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Decker RD,Ghiraldi EM,Weiss AH,Gaughan JP,Friedlander JI

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00