A Systematic Review of Research Gaps in the Evaluation and Management of Localized Renal Masses.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between the length of time-to-ejaculation and semen parameters. METHODS:Ejaculates from 142 men under infertility assessment were analyzed according to the World Health Organization guidelines. Seminal neutral alpha-glucosidase (NAG), prostate-specific antigen (PSA), zinc, and...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Elzanaty S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define whether previous control of the adrenal vein is a crucial procedure in laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma. METHODS:From January 2000 to December 2010, 114 patients with pheochromocytoma who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy through transperitoneal or retroperitoneal approach were in...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Wu G,Zhang B,Yu C,Gao L,Gao Y,Huang Y,Yu L,Zhang G,Yang L,Yuan J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The extent of the required preoperative workup of patients who are candidates for radical prostatectomy is still controversial. Traditionally, cystoscopy has been reserved only for those patients who present with hematuria. However, several investigators have reported significant incidental cystoscopic findi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mor Y,Leibovitch I,Golomb J,Ramon J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify whether tolerance to irrigation pressure could be modified over varying degrees of kidney obstruction during the endoscopic treatment of kidney stones in a rat model. METHODS:A total of 126 rats were randomly allocated into 2 experimental groups and a control group. The experimental groups underwe...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cao Z,Yu W,Li W,Cheng F,Xia Y,Rao T,Yao X,Zhang X,Larré S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histologic study of the vas ends was carried out in 21 patients undergoing vasovasostomy. All had undergone prior vasectomy by the same surgeon, with a technique identical except for the type of cautery used to seal the vas ends. A superior sealing of the vas, as shown by fewer cases of vasitis nodosa and spermatic ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schmidt SS,Minckler TM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic cystitis (EC) is an uncommon inflammatory disorder of uncertain etiology that has been described in adult and pediatric populations. We describe 3 recent cases of EC that presented as a mass lesion in pediatric patients from the New England region of the United States. All patients were initially suspecte...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zhou AG,Amin A,Yates JK,Diamond DA,Tyminski MM,Badway JA,Ellsworth PI,Aidlen JT,Owens CL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the feasibility and outcome of retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy (RPN) for pyonephrotic nonfunctioning kidneys. METHODS:RPN for pyonephrotic nonfunctioning kidneys was used in 52 patients from July 2001 to May 2007. Percutaneous nephrostomy drainage was instituted in 46 patients because of sepsis b...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hemal AK,Mishra S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureteral obstruction resulting from metastatic adenocarcinoma is almost always extrinsic in nature. In contrast, true intraluminal metastases are extremely rare. With this report, we document the videoendoscopic appearance of true intraluminal ureteral metastases from metastatic rectal cancer confirmed with histopatho...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fazeli-Matin S,Levin HS,Streem SB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To introduce the new preoperative parameter as a predictor for extracapsular extension (ECE), we defined the presence of tumor at the stump of the rectum side on prostate needle biopsy as a positive posterior margin (PPM), and speculated that PPM is related to ECE. METHODS:This retrospective study was conduc...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Yamanaka H,Matsumoto K,Obata J,Ninomiya A,Mukai K,Nakamura S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sacrocolpopexy is considered the gold standard for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). This procedure was the first technique used to treat POP with robotic assistance and has gone a long way since the open procedure was introduced. Originally, 5 trocars were inserted and there remained issues in te...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lowenstein L,Matanes E,Burke YZ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of the decapeptide luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) has led to the development of LHRH agonists, which are a new class of drugs for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. These peptides have a modified amino acid structure that makes them more potent than LHRH. Prolonged administrati...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chodak GW

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicenter, randomized double-blind study was carried out in 203 patients with metastatic prostate cancer, in order to compare the efficacy of complete suppression of androgens achieved with surgical castration and nilutamide (Anandron), 100 mg t.i.d. The combined therapy was well-tolerated by patients, and they no...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Beland G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of morphine on reperfusion injury due to testicular torsion-detorsion (T/D). METHODS:We divided 36 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats into six groups. Testicular ischemia was achieved by twisting the right testis 720 degrees counterclockwise for 1 hour, and reperfusion was allowed for...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Salmasi AH,Beheshtian A,Payabvash S,Demehri S,Ebrahimkhani MR,Karimzadegan M,Bahadori M,Pasalar P,Dehpour AR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding bacterial adherence and explaining it to patients is essential in the management of recurrent urinary tract infection. Bowel flora, usually Escherichia coli, colonize first the vaginal introitus, then the urethral mucosa, and they subsequently ascend to the bladder. The essential step is bacterial adhesi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schaeffer AJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate sexual dysfunction and enlargement of seminal vesicles in sexually active men who were treated by α1-blockers for benign prostatic hyperplasia and its possible clinical application. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This is a prospective cohort study from January 2015 to December 2016. We enrolled sexually a...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sokhal AK,Sankhwar S,Goel A,Singh K,Kumar M,Purkait B,Saini DK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the PERC-tic technique, described as placement of dual wires under fluoroscopic guidance adjacent to the stone within the obstructed calyx, to standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with working wires secured down the ureter. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study of pati...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Krishnan N,Large T,Valadon C,Krambeck A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of Uro-Vaxom, an oral vaccine against Escherichia coli urinary tract infections, on human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs). Dendritic cells (DCs) are important antigen-presenting cells of the immune system. DCs are considered promising cellular adjuvants for inducing immuni...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schmidhammer S,Ramoner R,Höltl L,Bartsch G,Thurnher M,Zelle-Rieser C

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess national and regional practice patterns and rates of pathologic specimen identification sent at time of pyeloplasty, as well as project associated costs, we used a national administrative database. The rate at which the excised ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is sent for pathologic identif...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tipton T,Edwards K,Simpson K,Prasad M,Stec A

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To update our previously published nomogram predicting for biochemical outcome with 10-year data from a larger cohort of patients treated with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (RT) or intensity-modulated RT for localized prostate cancer. METHODS:From 1988 to 2004, 2253 patients were treated with thr...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zelefsky MJ,Kattan MW,Fearn P,Fearon BL,Stasi JP,Shippy AM,Scardino PT

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man interested in active surveillance of low-risk prostate cancer sought a second opinion after having undergone an inappropriate metastatic evaluation that demonstrated multiple enhancing liver masses. Because of his history of splenectomy for trauma, hepatic splenosis was suspected. Despite reassurance, the patien...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Li H,Snow-Lisy D,Klein EA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a prospective study to evaluate the effects of hemodialysis on serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in 26 male patients with end-stage renal disease as a clinical model for assessing the role of the kidney in PSA clearance. Patients ranging in age from fifty-one to eighty-three years (mean 64.8 years) un...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Monath JR,Burkart JM,Freedman BI,Pittaway DE,Russell GB,Assimos DG

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the longitudinal changes of benign prostate-specific antigen (BPSA) and [-2]proPSA and how these changes relate to the outcomes. These markers have been shown to be predictive of prostate cancer (CaP) and benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment; however, little is known about longitudinal changes ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rhodes T,Jacobson DJ,McGree ME,St Sauver JL,Girman CJ,Lieber MM,Klee GG,Demissie K,Jacobsen SJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether suburothelial injection of different doses of botulinum A toxin (BTX-A) will have a similar therapeutic effect but fewer adverse events than 200 U BTX-A in patients with refractory detrusor overactivity. METHODS:A total of 75 patients with detrusor overactivity refractory to anticholi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kuo HC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated flow cytometry (FCM) has been used to monitor the effects of therapy and progression of human bladder carcinoma. We have previously reported a computer-based model which has shown a correlation to relative mean DNA content in cell populations analyzed by FCM. Two patients with superficial transitional cell c...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Nakamura K,Kasabian NG,Addonizio JC,Chiao JW,Choudhury MS,Owens GF,Tachibana M,Nagamatsu GR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with Bazex (Bazex-Dupre-Christol) syndrome in association with multifocal basal cell carcinoma, epidermoid carcinoma of the lung, adenocarcinoma of the prostate, and possibly undifferentiated carcinoma of the bladder. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with Bazex syndrome that ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Atilla MK,Yllmaz Y,Bekerecioğlu M,Akpolat N,Kösem M,Aydin S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and address factors that may impact a surgeon's performance during endourologic procedures. METHODS:A literature review was performed for articles focusing on surgical ergonomics, education, sports and performance psychology. RESULTS:As urologists and trainees have become more comfortable approa...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Golan R,Shah O

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare pathological characteristics, treatment patterns, and survival in patients with ductal adenocarcinoma (DC) compared to those with acinar adenocarcinoma (AC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using the National Cancer Database, we identified patients diagnosed with clinically localized (cN0, cM0) pure DC (n =...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Packiam VT,Patel SG,Pariser JJ,Richards KA,Weiner AB,Paner GP,VanderWeele DJ,Zagaja GP,Eggener SE

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a short, rigid ureteroscope to place a Foley catheter into the bladder under direct vision. The Circon ACMI MICRO-6 short ureteroscope was passed through a 22F Foley catheter modified with a catheter punch device. The catheter was placed rapidly and without difficulty in 2 patients with signific...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rozanski TA,Salazar F,Thompson IM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Up to 10% of patients who have undergone the Bricker ileal conduit urinary diversion may develop ureteroileal anastomotic complications that are more frequently associated with the left side ureter. We have therefore modified the standard Bricker ileal conduit technique to minimize the anastomotic complicatio...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Li Y,Zhuang Q,Hu Z,Wang Z,Zhu H,Ye Z

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00