Cost effective analysis of prenephrectomy radioisotope scans in renal cell carcinoma.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the expression of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) in human urinary bladder hypersensitivity and overactivity disorders, and correlate changes with symptoms. Cannabinoid receptor agonists have been shown to modulate urinary bladder contractility and reduce pain after bladder inflammation; their clinical ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mukerji G,Yiangou Y,Agarwal SK,Anand P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes between 2-port robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (2-portRALPN) and standard robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (sRALPN). METHODS:From May 2009 to February 2010, 35 2-portRALPN were done by a single surgeon in a university-based tertiary referral center. A cohort of 35 pa...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Arkoncel FR,Lee JW,Rha KH,Han WK,Jeoung HB,Oh CK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the differences in symptoms, prostate volume, and urodynamic variables of symptom-free elderly volunteers, volunteers with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and urologic patients with LUTS suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia. METHODS:The study included 14 male volunteers without LUTS, ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Eckhardt MD,van Venrooij GE,Boon TA

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess prostate cancer (PCa) detection and prediction by combining the in-bore magnetic resonance imaging-guided transrectal targeted prostate biopsy (MRGB) with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) parameters and the Prostate Health Index (PHI) in case of negative 12-core standard biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Friedl A,Stangl K,Bauer W,Kivaranovic D,Schneeweiss J,Susani M,Hruby S,Lusuardi L,Lomoschitz F,Eisenhuber-Stadler E,Schima W,Brössner C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of Kock pouch incontinence resulting from perforation of the efferent nipple valve by an unsuccessful catheterization attempt in a patient with a spinal cord injury. Continence was reestablished by surgical revision. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Pannek J,Holz A,Pastor J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful percutaneous reanastomosis of a transplanted kidney is reported. The kidney already had been operated on several times. The kidney-ureter anastomosis was occluded. Using a combination of ureteroscopy and the percutaneous technique, the old anastomosis was bypassed, and a new one was made. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Korth K,Kuenkel M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nephrogenic adenoma located within a urethral diverticulum of a female was found incidental to a diverticulectomy. Cases of this apparently benign lesion have been reported previously, but the lesions were located in the bladder, particularly in older males with a history of chronic cystitis. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Peterson LJ,Matsumoto LM

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinephric urinomas commonly arise following traumatic injury or high-grade obstruction from kidney stones or lower urinary tract disorders. Not only are spontaneous urinomas rare in the pediatric population, but malignancy presenting with perinephric urinomas have only been described in the adult population. In this...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cheng JW,Li A,Chamberlin DA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present our experience of vaginal reconstruction in female cloacal exstrophy patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records of 7 postpubertal female cloacal exstrophy patients (median age, 17 years; range, 11-26 years) were retrospectively reviewed. Complete duplication of the uterus and vagina was noted in a...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hisamatsu E,Nakagawa Y,Sugita Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the frequency of urologic manifestations in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) seropositive individuals from Salvador and other cities in Bahia, Brazil, with or without clinical HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). METHODS:A total of 218 HTLV-I seropo...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Castro NM,Rodrigues W Jr,Freitas DM,Muniz A,Oliveira P,Carvalho EM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of experiments has indicated that the bladder surface is lined with a sulfated polysaccharide that is capable of acting as a nonspecific antiadherence factor. It is capable of preventing the interaction of the transitional cells with many substances in urine, including bacteria, calcium, protein, and potentia...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Parsons CL

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The maximal effect of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) occurs 3 to 6 months after treatment. In the acute period after TUMT, little change in symptoms, quality of life (QOL), and peak urinary flow rate (Qmax) is observe...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Djavan B,Ghawidel K,Basharkhah A,Hruby S,Bursa B,Marberger M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous perforation complicating augmentation cystoplasty is reported to occur in ≤ 13% of cases. The standard treatment is open surgical repair of the perforation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of laparoscopic repair of a perforated augmentation cystoplasty. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chang JI,Gilbourd D,Louie-Johnsun M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a child who was born with a large unobstructed bladder with normal trigone and normal ureteral insertions. The differences between vesical gigantism and the congenital megacystis-megaureter syndrome are discussed. In our patient, reduction cystoplasty was efficacious in alleviating the child's symptoms an...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Inamdar S,Mallouh C,Ganguly R

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A literature review of PubMed reveals that 1 case report is found of a retained Foley catheter for 3 years. We report a case of a straight catheter lost in the urethra and forgotten for 20 years and its safe surgical removal. The calcified straight catheter was removed through a perineal urethrostomy and incision at t...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Bendaña EE,Trivedi D,Marshall J,Messing E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively test the hypothesis that end-fire transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy probes have greater cancer detection rates than side-fire probes. Retrospective studies have suggested that such probes might have greater cancer detection rates. METHODS:The present prospective randomized multicenter t...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rom M,Pycha A,Wiunig C,Reissigl A,Waldert M,Klatte T,Remzi M,Seitz C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three unique cases of urethral duplication, often referred to as congenital posterior urethral perineal fistulae, are presented. Presenting signs and symptoms, evaluation, and treatment are discussed, and the literature is reviewed. Although labeled as a fistula in the literature, this entity most likely represents a ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Wagner JR,Carr MC,Bauer SB,Colodny AH,Retik AB,Hendren WH

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An eight-year-old boy had periumbilical pain associated with micturition; the disorder was secondary to a persistent urachal band. Surgical excision of the urachus resulted in resolution of the symptoms. Although urachal anomalies are unusual, they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of periumbilical pa...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Knoll LD,Pustka RA,Anderson JR,Kramer SA

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two infants who had obstructive uropathy accompanied by renal failure and sepsis are reported herein. Diagnostic and therapeutic techniques used to treat this type of surgical emergency are discussed in the order they were performed, as follows: (1) resuscitation for severe fluid and electrolyte disturbances; (2) gath...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sheldon CA,Gonzalez R,Mauer SM,Fraley EE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify a population of patients within the group with positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy who would benefit in terms of improved local control of disease by the administration of adjuvant radiation therapy to the prostate bed. METHODS:Postoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA) valu...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Coetzee LJ,Hars V,Paulson DF

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder reconstruction, either by augmentation or substitution enterocystoplasty, is a safe alternative to supravesical urinary diversion providing careful attention to preoperative selection, surgical technique, and postoperative review is observed. However, under the most optimal conditions an untoward outcome may o...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Khoury JM,Timmons SL,Corbel L,Webster GD

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late relapses of nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testicle are unusual. In such cases, chemotherapy is reported to have only modest success and surgery may be the preferred treatment modality. We report a patient who experienced relapse 11 years after the initial diagnosis of advanced testicular cancer and who ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Papadimitris C,Papadimitriou C,Kokolakis N,Athanassiades P,Dimopoulos MA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventriculoperitoneal shunts are a common form of cerebrospinal fluid diversion in treating hydrocephalus. With their use various complications have been noted. Herein is described a shunt complication which simulated an acute scrotal condition. The operative findings and treatment are discussed. A brief review of the ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Levey SH,Cooper P,Schiffman D

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Quantitative cytology (Quanticyt) provides an objective reproducible alternative for routine cytology. To increase the sensitivity of cytology, we studied the application of consecutive cytology in patients in follow-up for superficial bladder cancer. METHODS:Between 1991 and 1998, a set of five or more bla...

journal_title：Urology

authors： van der Poel HG,van Rhijn BW,Peelen P,Debruyne FM,Boon ME,Schalken JA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the University of Pennsylvania and its affiliates, 292 patients with bladder carcinoma treated with a variety of definitive regimens were observed for the incidence of secondary malignancies. The cumulative incidence at fifty-four months, including synchronous primary neoplasms, was 24 percent. Hazard function anal...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Greven KM,Spera JA,Solin LJ,Whittington R,Wein AJ,Hanks GE

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of metastatic testicular carcinoma in a thirty-three-year-old man and his nineteen-year-old brother is reported. Histologically, the tumor of the older brother consisted predominantly of embryonal carcinoma with minor components of seminoma and adult teratoma; the tumor of the younger brother consisted e...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kandel LB,Heise ER,Woodruff RD,Harrison LH,McCullough DL,Dyer RB

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) inhibitors on urothelial cell platelet-activating factor (PAF) production in response to tryptase stimulation. METHODS:Urothelial cells isolated from normal human ureters were immortalized with the human papillomavirus type 16E6E7 cell line (TEU-2 cells...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rastogi P,Rickard A,Klumpp DJ,McHowat J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-blockers and antimuscarinics combination therapy has been commonly used for treatment of male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). We conducted a meta-analysis aimed to access the relative efficacy and safety of combination therapy. We systematically searched Medline, Cochrane, and Embase for eligible studies. F...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Xin Z,Huang Y,Lu J,Zhang Q,Chen C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of extracorporeal magnetic innervation (ExMI) therapy in children with refractory monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE). METHODS:A total of 55 children (34 boys and 21 girls, median age 8.0 years, range 5 to 13) who wetted the bed more than twice per week because of MNE that was re...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kang SH,Bae JH,Shim KS,Park HS,Cheon J,Lee JG,Yoon DK,Kim JJ,Moon du G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A papilloma in the renal pelvis of a five-year-old girl is reported. The transitional cell tumors of the renal pelvis in the pediatric age group are reviewed, and this is found to be the first case of a benign papilloma in childhood. We believe this pathologic entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kanamori S,Okumura S,Nishimura T,Hara M,Tsuboi N,Ohba S,Akimoto M,Kawanami O

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00