Closure of laparoscopic trocar sites using a spring-loaded needle.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of hydronephrosis in advanced pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and to describe clinical and urodynamic parameters associated with hydronephrosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Prospective, observational cohort study examining the prevalence of hydronephrosis in advanced POP. Women with a POP-Q ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Dancz CE,Walker D,Thomas D,Özel B

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of sex development are challenging to evaluate and diagnose in the newborn. As pediatric urologists, our goals are to (1) identify patients who should be evaluated; (2) rule out life-threatening syndromes; and (3) involve a multidisciplinary team for evaluation, diagnosis, and gender assignment. This review ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： McNamara ER,Swartz JM,Diamond DA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the rates of rectal bleeding after dose-escalated three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) on a prospective, Phase II study in which a modified intrarectal balloon was used for prostate gland localization and immobilization. METHODS:The study cohort comprised 100 men with biopsy-pr...

journal_title：Urology

authors： D'Amico AV,Manola J,McMahon E,Loffredo M,Lopes L,Ching J,Albert M,Hurwitz M,Suh WW,Vivenzio TA,Beard C

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernosal smooth muscle relaxation, one of the primary events in penile erection, is initiated by the synthesis and release of nitric oxide (NO) from the neurons of the cavernosa. The present study was undertaken to determine whether or not serum levels of NO metabolites rise during an erection. Since NO is rapidly c...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Moriel EZ,Gonzalez-Cadavid N,Ignarro LJ,Byrns R,Rajfer J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a severe infection found almost exclusively in diabetics, characterized by the presence of gas within the renal parenchyma. The diagnosis is established radiographically. An additional case is added to the 52 cases reported in the literature; we believe this is the fifth reported case w...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zabbo A,Montie JE,Popowniak KL,Weinstein AJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 7 patients with high grade, T3a (Stage B2) bladder cancer were treated with external radiation therapy and interstitial iridium implantation from May 1986 through March 1988. Follow-up has ranged from nineteen to sixty-one months with a median of forty months. One patient has required a cystectomy and is cu...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Grossman HB,Sandler HM,Perez-Tamayo C

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To define and discuss the characteristics of all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related pediatric (<16 years) genitourinary (GU) trauma. ATV collisions represent a significant and growing portion of trauma cases in rural America. ATV-related renal injuries have been reported in adults but a comprehensive review of AT...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kluemper C,Rogers A,Fallat M,Bernard AC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In men with hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer, single agents have demonstrated an objective response when using a response rate greater than standard treatment in prior National Prostate Cancer Project (NPCP) trials. Among these agents are methotrexate, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, doxorubi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Murphy GP

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Several studies have shown that 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced fluorescence cystoscopy improves the detection of superficial bladder cancer. The results have suggested a reduced rate of recurrent tumors with the use of 5-ALA fluorescence before bladder tumor resection. We performed a prospective, rand...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Denzinger S,Burger M,Walter B,Knuechel R,Roessler W,Wieland WF,Filbeck T

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Carcinoma metastatic to the ureter, representing hematogenous or lymphatic spread from a distant primary neoplasm, was diagnosed in 39 patients. Although the lesions are uncommon and usually represent late manifestations of malignant disease, earlier recognition and relief of urinary tract obstruction may allow for im...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Babaian RJ,Johnson DE,Ayala AG,Sie ET

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Subepithelial hydroxyapatite calcification of renal papilla is thought to be involved in the formation of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) papillary calculi. To assess the mechanism of formation, we sought to correlate the fine structure of papillary renal calculi with specific pathophysiologic conditions a...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Grases F,Costa-Bauzá A,Gomila I,Conte A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether nadir prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels within 12 months (nadir PSA12) after completion of radiotherapy (RT) can be used as an early marker of recurrence risk. METHODS:A total of 4839 patients were treated with RT and without hormonal therapy from 1986 to 1995 for Stage T1-T2 prost...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ray ME,Levy LB,Horwitz EM,Kupelian PA,Martinez AA,Michalski JM,Pisansky TM,Zelefsky MJ,Zietman AL,Kuban DA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of liver and bone isotope scans, results of scans were reviewed in 60 patients with renal cell carcinoma. In no patient did the results of the scans influence or change the treatment plan. Routine utilization of radioisotope scans as part of the preoperative evaluation of patients wi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lindner A,Goldman DG,deKernion JB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of routine outpatient management after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Prostate cancer is indeed the second most common cancer in men. Surgical technics have evolved from open surgery to robot-assisted surgery with a reduction of postoperative complications. Such tec...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Congnard D,Vincendeau S,Lahjaouzi A,Neau AC,Chaize C,Estèbe JP,Mathieu R,Beloeil H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the results of 40 salvage cystectomies performed after failure of radiation therapy to control the disease in patients with bladder cancer. All patients had failure or recurrence after 7,000 rad. The time between end of radiation therapy and cystectomy was three to six months in 11 patients, seven...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Freiha FS,Faysal MH

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To conduct a preliminary investigation on statin use and its impact on clinical presentation and biochemical progression-free survival after brachytherapy. METHODS:A total of 512 consecutive patients were treated with permanent brachytherapy for clinical Stage T1c-T3aNxM0 prostate cancer at least 3 years be...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Moyad MA,Merrick GS,Butler WM,Wallner KE,Galbreath RW,Kurko B,Adamovich E

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe our experience of the etiology, presentation, management and outcomes of male urethral diverticula, which are uncommon, with few reports of large series published. METHODS:Twenty-one patients with male urethral diverticula were treated at a single institution during a 7-year period. Their case n...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Allen D,Mishra V,Pepper W,Shah S,Motiwala H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiomyolipoma is a benign renal tumor that tends to grow with time and can be associated with complications, such as hemorrhage and pain, requiring active intervention. Nephron-sparing surgery for sporadic renal angiomyolipomas offers preservation of renal function and is associated with acceptable complication and r...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Singla A,Chaitanya Arudra SK,Bharti N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human semen containing normal number of sperm was exposed to concentrations of Escherichia coli varying from 500 to 10-8 colonies per cubic centimeter. A significant decrease in motility was abserved at 10-6 colonies per cubic centimeter. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： del Porto GB,Derrick FC Jr,Bannister ER

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 155 patients with superficial bladder cancers (Stages Ta, T1, and TIS) and treated them with either intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (Tice strain) (BCG) or doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), in a multicenter nonrandomized study. At present 140 of these patients in treatment Groups I and II are b...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Khanna OP,Son DL,Mazer H,Read J,Nugent D,Cottone R,Heeg M,Rezvan M,Viek N,Uhlman R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The increasing interest in exploring the use of intermittent androgen deprivation in prostate cancer has prompted a retrospective review of patients who elected to stop treatment. METHODS:Case records were reviewed. RESULTS:Twenty patients after 3 to 48 months (median 12) of endocrine therapy elected to st...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Oliver RT,Williams G,Paris AM,Blandy JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation complications, after definitive treatment of localized prostatic carcinoma by either external beam or interstitial implantation with Iodine-125 seeds, are reviewed. Late serious complications to immediately adjacent structures of the anterior rectal wall, prostatic urethra, bladder neck, and external sphinct...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schellhammer PF,El-Mahdi AM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Uncertainty exists regarding optimal prostate cancer screening parameters for high-risk populations. The purpose of this study is to report the use of percent free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as an indication for biopsy in men at increased risk for developing prostate cancer who have a normal digital rec...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Uzzo RG,Pinover WH,Horwitz EM,Parlanti A,Mazzoni S,Raysor S,Mirchandani I,Greenberg RE,Pollack A,Hanks GE,Watkins-Bruner D

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy women with stress urinary incontinence underwent simultaneous voiding-urethrocystometry using microtip transducers and an 8-channel recorder, before and three to twelve months after either the modified Burch (48/70) or the modified Pereyra (22/70) retropubic urethropexy. Increase in urethral resistance (p less...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Bhatia NN,Bergman A,Karram M

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate acute and long-term urinary morbidity after permanent prostate brachytherapy at a single tertiary care center. To minimize the risk of long-term urinary morbidity, it is important for clinicians to be able to distinguish acute urinary side effects after prostate brachytherapy from longer-term tre...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Anderson JF,Swanson DA,Levy LB,Kuban DA,Lee AK,Kudchadker R,Phan J,Bruno T,Frank SJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation was made of the distribution and the ontogenesis of various types of receptors in the bladder detrusor muscles and sphincter isolated from human fetuses at different stages of pregnancy. Cholinergic receptors appear very early in the fetal urinary bladder since contractile responses to bethanechol, co...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mitolo-Chieppa D,Schönauer S,Grasso G,Cicinelli E,Carratú MR

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies have observed higher age-specific serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values in African-American (AA) men without prostate cancer compared to white men, leading some to recommend race-specific PSA reference ranges for the early detection of prostate cancer. The primary objective of the Fli...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cooney KA,Strawderman MS,Wojno KJ,Doerr KM,Taylor A,Alcser KH,Heeringa SG,Taylor JM,Wei JT,Montie JE,Schottenfeld D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of routine antimicrobial prophylaxis prior to shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in patients with a sterile pretreatment urine culture. METHODS:A structured MedLine search revealed eight prospective, randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) of active treatment versus p...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Pearle MS,Roehrborn CG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of obstructing sodium urate stones occurring in the form of extensive deposition on the wall of isolated ileum for replacement of the entire ureter. The stones were disintegrated and removed with a rigid ureteroscope and an electrohydraulic lithotriptor. Hyperuriaciduria, excessive alkalization o...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Naito S,Iwabuchi N,Kumazawa J

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00