Sonographic demonstration of calculi within a urethral diverticulum.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is an atypical form of chronic renal infection. The treatment of choice is open nephrectomy, which is challenging, given the extent of the disease and the not uncommon involvement of the renal hilum and contiguous structures. We compared our experience with laparoscop...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Bercowsky E,Shalhav AL,Portis A,Elbahnasy AM,McDougall EM,Clayman RV

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With recent advances in ultrasound technology, concomitant improvement in sonographic techniques have been required. Sonographic scanning in coronal orientation, both in transverse but especially in longitudinal direction, has demonstrated a number of advantages over the routine transverse and sagittal scans. Closer c...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Thompson IM,Kovac A,Geshner J,Serma D

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The charts of all patients receiving radical surgery and radiation therapy for cancer localized to the prostate in the years 1950 to 1977 in the State of Connecticut were reviewed. Long-term survival rates at ten and fifteen years were considerably better in those patients treated with radical surgery. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Conant JK,Flannery JT,Graydon RJ,Ely MG 3rd,Berlin BB

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of incontinence surgery on detrusor contractility, a group of 24 women who preoperatively voided without a detrusor contraction during voiding urethrocystometry were re-evaluated for detrusor contractility three months after surgery for stress urinary incontinence. Twelve women regained detrusor c...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Bergman A,Bhatia NN

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether conservative management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an appropriate option for patients with bladder stones. METHODS:The study cohort comprised 34 men who underwent endoscopic bladder stone removal with subsequent conservative management of BPH, including watchful waiting and...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Yoshida T,Kinoshita H,Nakamoto T,Yanishi M,Sugi M,Murota T,Matsuda T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate how different methods for storage and preservation of urine samples affected the outcome of analysis of risk factors for stone formation. METHODS:Spot urine samples were collected from 21 healthy volunteers. Each fresh urine sample was divided into ten 10-mL aliquots: 2 without preservative, 2 wi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Wu W,Yang D,Tiselius HG,Ou L,Mai Z,Chen K,Zhu H,Xu S,Zhao Z,Zeng G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review our experience with patients with upper urinary tract tumors of nonurothelial origin. Upper urinary tract tumors of nonurothelial origin are uncommon entities. To our knowledge, no series of patients with these neoplasms has been published in the past decade. METHODS:We reviewed the records at the...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Busby JE,Brown GA,Tamboli P,Kamat AM,Dinney CP,Grossman HB,Matin SF

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 5% of all urothelial tumors in adults arise from the upper tracts. While the gold standard treatment is open nephroureterectomy, laparoscopic nephroureterectomy is becoming increasingly popular. Oncologic principles dictate that complete excision of the transmural ureter and bladder cuff and avoidance of...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Macejko AM,Pazona JF,Loeb S,Kimm S,Nadler RB

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report our experience in the management of vaginal extrusion after the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure for urodynamic stress incontinence. METHODS:Five patients diagnosed with vaginal extrusion after a TVT procedure performed at our institution were identified. We reviewed the patients' records...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Giri SK,Sil D,Narasimhulu G,Flood HD,Skehan M,Drumm J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that in patients with Stage pT0 after prolonged prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-monitored neoadjuvant endocrine therapy, biochemical relapse is extremely rare and derives from systemic tumor recurrence. METHODS:A total of 227 patients with Stage cT1-3 carcinoma underwent PSA-monitored...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Köllermann J,Caprano J,Budde A,Weidenfeld H,Weidenfeld M,Hopfenmüller W,Helpap B

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary calcium excretion was measured in 100 consecutive normocalcemic patients with calcium urolithiasis and 12 Saudi Arabian controls while the patients and the controls were eating their usual diet of unknown calcium content. Only 16 patients were hypercalciuric using the definition of twenty-four-hour urinary cal...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hanash KA,Bissada NK,Woodhouse NJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) have urine markers previously described for patients with interstitial cystitis (IC; presence of antiproliferative factor [APF] activity, decreased levels of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor [HB...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Keay S,Zhang CO,Chai T,Warren J,Koch K,Grkovic D,Colville H,Alexander R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the virtues of multiphasic helical computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of upper urinary tract lesions refractory to identification by intravenous urography (IVU). METHODS:A total of 86 patients (59 men and 27 women), 27 to 88 years old, with microscopic hematuria and negative IVU findings w...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lang EK,Macchia RJ,Thomas R,Watson RA,Marberger M,Lechner G,Gayle B,Richter F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of a series of 194 patients with T3 (B2/C) tumors by radical radiotherapy, 5,000 to 5,500 rad in four weeks, produced a five-year survival of 40 per cent. Patients whose tumor completely disappeared after treatment (N = 97) had a five-year survival of 69 per cent. These results raise doubts about the necessi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hope-Stone HF,Oliver RT,England HR,Blandy JP

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate efficacy and safety of superior hypogastric plexus neurolysis (SHN) for treatment of interstitial cystitis (IC)-bladder pain syndrome (BPS) in comparison with bladder hydrodistention (HD). MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a prospective study, 24 female patients were randomly allocated to receive either S...

journal_title：Urology

authors： El-Hefnawy AS,Makharita MY,Abed A,Amr YM,Salah El-Badry M,Shaaban AA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although a number of pretransplant urologic evaluations have been recommended in the literature, their efficacy has not been validated. This study was undertaken to evaluate a standardized urologic diagnostic protocol for potential adult transplant recipients. METHODS:One hundred consecutive adult transplant...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Yang CC,Rohr MC,Assimos DG

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen deprivation therapy remains the mainstay of therapy for patients with advanced prostate cancer and for selected patients with localized prostate cancer. Androgen deprivation therapy is the model of target-based therapies in this disease. Although it is clear that other target-based therapies need to be develo...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Gilligan T,Kantoff PW

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the evidence suggesting a significant association between gout and erectile dysfunction (ED) and evaluate possible underlying pathways that may explain this relationship. METHODS:English medical literature was searched from January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2020, for randomized or quasi-randomized con...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Park K,Gupta NK,Olweny EO,Schlesinger N

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term analyses of the UroLume Endoprosthesis have shown conflicting results with regard to efficacy and restricture rates. The best management of recurrent urethra stricture disease at the site of a previous UroLume stent is unknown. We describe a previously unreported technique for transperineal excision of the U...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fisher MB,Santucci RA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of malakoplakia in a patient with generalized sarcoidosis is reported. A discussion of the histologic and clinical characteristics is presented. This is the sixth case in the literature of concemitant malakoplakia and sarcoidosis. The suggestion is made that the two disorders may be related. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Brownstein PK,Mannes H,Bogaev JH

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine estrogen receptor-beta (ERbeta) expression in prostate cancer (CaP) metastases, thereby providing a basis for conducting estrogen therapy studies in patients with metastatic CaP. Advanced androgen-independent CaP is a serious health problem with no effective treatment at present. Estrogens have be...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lai JS,Brown LG,True LD,Hawley SJ,Etzioni RB,Higano CS,Ho SM,Vessella RL,Corey E

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether surgeon or hospital volume effects in-hospital mortality or complications of radical nephrectomy with concomitant removal of inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus, we examine a national population-based cohort. Radical nephrectomy with removal of IVC thrombus is a complex urologic operation, ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Toren P,Abouassaly R,Timilshina N,Kulkarni G,Alibhai S,Finelli A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the use of transurethral electrovaporization in the treatment of large superficial bladder tumors. METHODS:The records of 9 consecutive patients with large superficial bladder tumors treated by transurethral electrovaporization were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent vaporization o...

journal_title：Urology

authors： McKiernan JM,Kaplan SA,Santarosa RP,Te AE,Sawczuk IS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the therapeutic outcomes in patients with high-risk prostate cancer treated with adjuvant or salvage radiotherapy (RT) after radical prostatectomy. METHODS:Between 1982 and 2000, 163 patients were treated with RT after radical prostatectomy. Adjuvant therapy was administered to 107 consecutive ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Pacholke HD,Wajsman Z,Algood CB,Neulander EZ,Morris CG,Zlotecki RA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine which preprocedure imaging modality was used and how the stone burden quantification was assessed before shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopy (URS) in published studies. MATERIAL AND METHODS:References were searched in the MEDLINE database using the terms "shock wave lithotripsy" and "...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Patel SR,Nakada SY

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadvertent trocar-sheath migration is annoying to the surgeon and may result in serious visceral injury. Herein is described a novel technique to prevent such migration. A 0.25-in. Penrose drain is wrapped around the trocar-sheath unit as a collar to prevent sheath migration. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Nguyen TT,Wang DS,Winfield HN

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the factors that affect the enzymatic dissolution rate of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM), calcium phosphate (brushite), and magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite) crystals as enzymatic digestion of kidney stones could enhance lithotripsy or provide alternatives to surgical removal. METHODS:At...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Thalji NK,Richards NG,Peck AB,Canales BK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the impact of health status on androgen levels in men and to assess the age-related changes in androgen levels. METHODS:Sera were obtained from 526 men (age 20 to 89 years) participating in a health screening project and 35 men selected according to the SENIEUR protocol, which excludes those ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schatzl G,Madersbacher S,Temml C,Krenn-Schinkel K,Nader A,Sregi G,Lapin A,Hermann M,Berger P,Marberger M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of bilateral testicular masses in a 25-year-old man with von Hippel-Lindau disease presenting with cushingoid symptoms. His medical history was significant for bilateral adrenalectomies secondary to pheochromocytomas, and he began steroid therapy at that time. After exhaustive endocrinologic, radiogra...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Weeks DC,Walther MM,Stratakis CA,Hwang JJ,Linehan WM,Phillips JL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present data from all patients with adrenal involvement after prolonged follow-up and to revise our advice given in 1999. In 1999, we published our results for a large series of patients with adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. METHODS:The charts of 617 patients who had undergone radical nephre...

journal_title：Urology

authors： von Knobloch R,Schrader AJ,Walthers EM,Hofmann R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00