Nonhormonal chemotherapy for disseminated renal cell carcinoma.

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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) based on questionnaire symptom scoring and ultrasound assessment of bladder wall thickness (BWT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS:A total of 97 children with CP were enrolled in the study. The patients were either symptomatic or asymptomatic wi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Silva JA,Gonsalves Mde C,Saverio AP,Oliveira IC,Carrerette FB,Damião R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in voided urine specimens and selective upper urinary tract washings obtained from patients with suspected transitional cell cancer of the upper urinary tract (UT-TCC). METHODS:A total of 16 patients with suspected UT-TCC were included in the study. All ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Akkad T,Brunner A,Pallwein L,Gozzi C,Bartsch G,Mikuz G,Steiner H,Verdorfer I

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the use of in-hospital pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis (PTP) in patients undergoing radical cystectomy between 2004 and 2014 and to assess the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) across the study period. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We identified 8322 patients without contraindications to PTP undergoing...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tully KH,Krimphove MJ,Reese SW,Kibel AS,Noldus J,Krasnow RE,Trinh QD,Sonpavde GP,Chang SL,Mossanen M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple modalities are used for hemostasis during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. We report an instance of migration of a hemostatic clip into the bladder leading to stone formation. As such, these devices should be used with caution in the region of the vesicourethral anastomosis. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Banks EB,Ramani A,Monga M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 cases of concordant prune belly syndrome occurring in monozygotic twins. In addition to suggesting a genetic basis for this disease, our 12-year follow-up of these cases illustrates that these patients with an otherwise poor prognosis can have normal growth, development, and renal function with appropriate...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Balaji KC,Patil A,Townes PL,Primack W,Skare J,Hopkins T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cryptorchidism is associated with infertility, even in those patients with unilateral undescended testes. The mechanism for this infertility is not understood. We demonstrated recently that in mice, a stable nuclear matrix, a structural component of the nucleus that organizes DNA, is necessary for proper emb...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Barone JG,Christiano AP,Ward WS

更新日期：2000-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present our experience in laparoscopic adrenalectomy for isolated adrenal metastasis. METHODS:A total of 34 adrenalectomies were performed in 32 patients for incidental adrenal masses discovered at primary tumor diagnosis or during follow-up. The primary tumors diagnosed were 13 cases of lung carcinoma, ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Castillo OA,Vitagliano G,Kerkebe M,Parma P,Pinto I,Diaz M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To describe the operative details and results of a modified posterior sagittal transanorectal approach for the reconstruction of urogenital sinus (UGS) anomalies. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS:Six children with UGS anomalies underwent surgery using this technique. In a prone jack-knife position, a midline inci...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Pratap A,Agrawal CS,Kumar A,Bhatta NK,Agrawal B,Tiwari A,Adhikary S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of metallic stents in the management of malignant ureteric obstruction is unclear. This systematic review evaluates the use of 4 commercially available metallic stents (Resonance, Memokath 051, Uventa, and Allium URS). Twenty-one studies met eligibility criteria. Overall success rates ranged from 88%...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Khoo CC,Abboudi H,Cartwright R,El-Husseiny T,Dasgupta R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma (MCRCC) is an uncommon type of cystic renal neoplasm with characteristic histologic findings and a good prognosis. Three cases are reported. One case involves enucleation of an MCRCC in a kidney donor with a 10-year follow-up and no recurrence in the transplant recipient. Nephr...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Weiss SG 2nd,Hafez RG,Uehling DT

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of cysts in the epididymis, seminal vesicles, prostate, and testes of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and determine their clinical significance. Extrarenal cystic involvement is a well-known manifestation of ADPKD. Although a few reports exist about...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Belet U,Danaci M,Sarikaya S,Odabaş F,Utaş C,Tokgöz B,Sezer T,Turgut T,Erdoğan N,Akpolat T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of tamsulosin hydrochloride on blood flow in the submucosal capillaries of the bladder (SCB) in a rat model of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) using a pencil lens charge-coupled device microscopy system. MATERIALS AND METHODS:BOO was established in rats by partial ligature of the pro...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mine S,Yamamoto T,Mizuno H,Endo K,Matsukawa Y,Funahashi Y,Kato M,Hattori R,Gotoh M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the phosphorylated Fas-associated death domain protein (FADD) at 194 serine (p-FADD) is valuable as a marker of biochemical recurrence in hormone-naive patients who had undergone radical prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used radical prostatectomy specimens from 106 patients. None of ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ikeda T,Tanaka N,Shimada K,Matsumura Y,Miyake M,Anai S,Tomioka A,Okajima E,Hirayama A,Fujimoto K,Konishi N,Hirao Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a tumor colony assay was evaluated for its ability to predict anticancer drug response in an N[4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazolyl] formamide mouse bladder tumor model. One-hour and continuous drug exposure were compared to determine what effect altering drug concentration and time of exposure would have on the...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Niell HB,Soloway MS,Wood CA

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：:A case is reported of complete obstruction of a solitary kidney induced by epsilon-aminocaproic acid used to treat significant idiopathic bleeding. The pharmacology and complications of epsilon-aminocaproic acid are also reviewed. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Geltzeiler J,Schwartz D

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the effects of doxazosin on blood pressure when used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men who are either physiologically or pharmacologically normotensive. METHODS:Sixty-three men with BPH were enrolled in two open-label, parallel, randomized studies. Thirty-one were phy...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kaplan SA,Meade-D'Alisera P,Quiñones S,Soldo KA

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with endoscopic lithotripsy to establish the more efficacious and cost-effective treatment for ureteral calculi. METHODS:The records of 112 patients with primary ureteral calculi treated at one center with either ESWL or endoscopic lithotripsy were ret...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Grasso M,Beaghler M,Loisides P

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pelvic cake kidney in which there is complete fusion of both kidneys into a single renal parenchymal mass has been described as the rarest of renal fusion anomalies. Pelvic cake kidney most commonly drains via 2 separate ureters, with fewer than 10 reports demonstrating a cake kidney drained by a single ureter. We...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rosenkrantz AB,Kopec M,Laks S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate protein expression and genetic aberrations of p53 and HER-2 in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as well as possible association of p53 and HER-2 abnormalities with the tumor behavior of RCC. METHODS:Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue blocks from 70 patients with RCC were studied. Protein e...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zhang XH,Takenaka I,Sato C,Sakamoto H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine retrospectively the clinical presentations, microbiologic characteristics, and treatment outcomes of psoas abscess in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and to assess the usefulness of computed tomography and gallium-67 scanning in its early diagnosis. METHODS:During a 9-year period, psoas absc...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kao PF,Tsui KH,Leu HS,Tsai MF,Tzen KY

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:We present a case of juvenile hemangioma of the testis associated with hemangiomas of the liver and skin. The testicular hemangioma appeared to progress after therapy with interferon alpha-2a (IFN alpha-2a), whereas the liver and skin hemangiomas regressed. Analysis of growth factors responsible for proliferation of h...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Uchida K,Takahashi A,Miyao N,Takeda K,Tsutsumi H,Satoh M,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the usefulness of pretreatment testicular sperm extraction because some patients have tumor-induced azoospermia. In view of the high cure rates for testicular germ cell tumors and malignant lymphomas, increasing clinical importance is attached to protecting fertility. High-dose cytostatic therapy ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schrader M,Müller M,Sofikitis N,Straub B,Krause H,Miller K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the outcomes of those patients who underwent laparoscopic versus open cytoreductive nephrectomy. Cytoreductive nephrectomy before systemic therapy has been shown to offer a survival advantage compared with systemic therapy alone for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. METHODS:We reviewed the outcome...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rabets JC,Kaouk J,Fergany A,Finelli A,Gill IS,Novick AC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a new laparoscopic technique for resection of a fibrous ring and extravascular stent implantation in patients with nutcracker syndrome (NCS). MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed data of 5 patients diagnosed with NCS between March 2010 and February 2016. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chen FM,Chen XL,Jiang XN,Tang S,Shi JQ,Li DB,Zhong SW,Chen Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From pre- and postoperative urodynamic examinations of congenital neurogenic bladder caused by tethered cord syndrome including tight filum terminale, the results of intraspinal surgery on tethered cord syndrome are reported herein. As a result, urodynamic and electrophysiologic examinations are considered as excellen...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fukui J,Kakizaki T

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effectiveness of intravesically administered drugs on the tumor incidence and tumor size in a FANFT-induced animal model for bladder cancer. In the first experiment 106 C3H/He mice were divided into a control and three treatment groups. Therapy consisted of either cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Soloway MS,Nissenkorn I,McCallum LW,Murphy WM

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00