Urologic applications of a permanent, epithelializing urethral endoprosthesis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cryosurgical ablation of the prostate represents a possibly efficacious method of treating prostate carcinoma in men failing radiation therapy. In addition to eradicating the disease, cryosurgery has the potential to avoid some of the morbidity associated with other treatment modalities. Therefore, a prospec...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Bales GT,Williams MJ,Sinner M,Thisted RA,Chodak GW

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces nocturia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). METHODS:This prospective clinical study recruited patients referred to the Rambam Sleep Laboratory with suspected OSA. After polysomnography, those found to have no O...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Margel D,Shochat T,Getzler O,Livne PM,Pillar G

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prospectively evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic injection in the adult population with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). The search for VUR is a part of the standard workup of children with febrile urinary tract infections. However, VUR can present later in life and should be investigated in the case of recu...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Moore K,Bolduc S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Contrary to previous belief, the existence of a muscularis mucosa in the human urinary bladder has now been well described. Although the degree of development of this structure seems variable, it can frequently be used to differentiate two levels within the subepithelial connective tissue: the lamina propria...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Angulo JC,Lopez JI,Grignon DJ,Sanchez-Chapado M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preexisting osteopenia and osteoporosis in men with prostate cancer are of concern due to accelerated bone loss during androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). We sought to identify risk factors for osteoporosis in men with prostate cancer who have not received ADT to help determine which patients may need bone m...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Conde FA,Sarna L,Oka RK,Vredevoe DL,Rettig MB,Aronson WJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare single-stage laparoscopic orchiopexy (SSLO) and staged Fowler-Stephens (SFS) procedures in the management of intra-abdominal undescended testes, and to analyze postoperative atrophy and malpositioning as end points. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective chart review identified laparoscopic orchiop...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Alam A,Delto JC,Blachman-Braun R,Wayne G,Mittal AG,Castellan M,Kozakowski K,Labbie A,Gosalbez R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 56-year-old man who in a motor vehicle collision developed a pelvic fracture and complete urethra rupture. Sudden onset of intermittent severe urethral bleeding occurred and it led to life-threatening blood pressure drop and dyspnea. An angiography of internal iliac artery showed a pseudoaneury...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Huang TY,Huang CN,Lee YC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report of a plasma cell granuloma presenting as a solitary avascular intrarenal mass lesion is presented with angiographic and ultrasonic findings. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fisch AE,Brodey PA

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe our initial experience with the laparoscopic technique of sliding-clip renorrhaphy applied to open surgery for small renal masses. METHODS:Knotless renorrhaphy with the sliding-clip technique is performed by securing suture with Hem-o-lok clips slid under tension against the renal capsule and lo...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Gorin MA,Ramanathan R,Leveillee RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prior investigations evaluating the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in prostatic tissue by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology have yielded detection rates of 0% to 100%. Contamination by viral DNA from prostatic urethral colonization or less than optimal laboratory conditions have been suggest...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Terris MK,Peehl DM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine erythrocyte band III transport protein (SLC4A1), erythrocyte oxalate flux, and plasmatic, cellular, and urine oxalate concentrations and blood gas analyses in calcium oxalate monohydrate stone-forming patients (COM) in comparison with normal controls (NC). METHODS:Isolated red cells from 51 NC an...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Oehlschläger S,Fuessel S,Meye A,Herrmann J,Lotzkat U,Froehner M,Albrecht S,Wirth MP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant ovarian-type surface epithelial tumors of the testis and paratestis are rare neoplasms. The chemosensitivity of these tumors has not been previously documented. We report a patient with metastatic disease with demonstrated responsiveness to chemotherapy treatments used in advanced ovarian cancer. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Vaughn DJ,Rizzo TA,Malkowicz SB

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the feasibility and clinical efficacy of retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery for renal tumors. METHODS:Between June 2002 and February 2004, 11 cases of renal benign tumor and 21 cases of renal malignant tumor underwent enucleation of the tumor and wedge resection of the tumor th...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zhang X,Li HZ,Ma X,Zheng T,Li LC,Ye ZQ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter of all stages and grades were studied for presence or absence of ABO(H) antigens utilizing an improved technique for staining and preserving the slides. Seventy per cent of the grade I tumors retained their antigens. Patients with anti...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lippert M,Bergman S,Walker P,Berger C,Javadpour N

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate renal mobilization with downward nephropexy as an adjunct maneuver to facilitate various methods of reconstruction of the upper urinary tract with limited ureteral length. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all upper urinary tract reconstructive procedures performed from 2007 to 20...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hofer MD,Aguilar-Cruz HJ,Singla N,Cordon BH,Scott JM,Morey AF

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiotherapy panel met to develop international consensus about the optimal use of radiotherapy, alone or in combination with surgery and chemotherapy, in the radical treatment of patients with bladder cancer. A consensus meeting of experts in the treatment of bladder cancer was convened by the Société Internation...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Milosevic M,Gospodarowicz M,Zietman A,Abbas F,Haustermans K,Moonen L,Rödel C,Schoenberg M,Shipley W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the long-term hemostatic efficacy of a new high-intensity collimated ultrasonic (HICU) applicator for open subhilar partial nephrectomy (PN) in the porcine model. METHODS:An applicator was designed with a planar 3.78-MHz HICU transducer and a reflector to optimize the delivery of acoustic energy...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Murat FJ,Lafon C,Cathignol D,Theillère Y,Gelet A,Chapelon JY,Martin X

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prostate biopsy data base derived from patients referred to private practice urologists was analyzed for the cancer diagnosis rates of the "initial" biopsy and the repeated biopsy performed within 1 year for those patients with a noncancer diagnosis. METHODS:A retrospective analysis assessed 132,426 prost...

journal_title：Urology

authors： O'dowd GJ,Miller MC,Orozco R,Veltri RW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients with bladder injuries requiring operative treatment as a result of blunt trauma are presented. Motor vehicle accidents accounted for 86 per cent of the injuries. Hypotension and gross hematuria were the most prevalent clinical features, 68 per cent and 97 per cent, respectively. All patients had m...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Flancbaum L,Morgan AS,Fleisher M,Cox EF

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report our technique of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy using the hand port for specimen extraction. In 1999, our institution began a kidney transplant program. Donor nephrectomies have since been exclusively performed laparoscopically. Early in our experience, we used a specimen extraction bag to assist i...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lallas CD,Castle EP,Andrews PE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 152 patients had cytology and cystoscopy performed for either initial or recurrent bladder tumors and postoperative control examinations. Positive cytology was found in 97 per cent of patients with pathologically proved bladder tumors. However, 23 per cent of the patients with negative cytology had positive...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sutton AP,Hajdu E,Ganz M,Buchbinder M,Abrams HJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate stone diameter and ureteral dilation using computerized tomography as a predictor of ureteral stone expulsion after medical expulsive therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the records of 328 patients with symptomatic ureteral stones <10 mm on axial computerized tomography ima...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lee SR,Jeon HG,Park DS,Choi YD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients with disseminated renal cell carcinoma have been followed for eleven months. These patients have been treated with CCNU, bleomycin, methotrexate, and platinum in various combinations. The results have been discussed in light of other studies using chemotherapeutic agents against this disease proce...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cannon PJ,Wajsman Z,Baumgartner G,Merrin C

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the high incidence of lower pole reflux in complete duplications, decreased, delayed, or absent function in a hydronephrotic lower pole moiety is usually initially attributed to reflux nephropathy. Obstruction occurs commonly in the upper pole moiety due to an ectopic ureteral orifice or ureterocele. Howeve...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Amis ES Jr,Cronan JJ,Pfister RC

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Penile verrucous carcinoma is characterized by aggressive local growth and a low metastatic potential. Lower abdominal aortic infusion chemotherapy has the main advantage of delivering a very high concentration of an anticancer drug to the whole pelvic area, including the penis, and is especially suitable to...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sheen MC,Sheu HM,Huang CH,Wang YW,Chai CY,Wu CF

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the technique and report outcomes of laparoscopic radical cystectomy using 2 ports (2-port LRC) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Prospective study was performed between November 2011 and October 2012 to standardize 2-port LRC, lymph node dissection, and urinary diversion. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Angulo JC,Cáceres F,Cabrera PM,García-Tello A,Arance I,Romero I

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-nine cases of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder in the age group under thirty years have been reviewed. The diagnosis and treatment are the same as in the older age group. The tumors are usually of low grade and low stage, but they can become more aggressive and more malignant. Contrary to previously ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： McCarthy JP,Gavrell GJ,LeBlanc GA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of repeated testicular infarction in a 39-year-old man with sickle cell disease. The patient presented with a 2-week history of testicular pain and was found clinically and sonographically to have a testicular mass, suspicious for a testicular tumor. The pathologic examination of the orchiectomy speci...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Li M,Fogarty J,Whitney KD,Stone P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the ability of daily oral simvastatin administration to reduce the negative urodynamic changes associated with cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced cystitis and to prevent bladder inflammation. Patients undergoing CP chemotherapy frequently develop cystitis, leading to urinary dysfunction and hemorrhage. R...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hughes FM Jr,McKeithan P,Ellett J,Armeson KE,Purves JT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00