Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Transposition of the Left Renal Vein for Treatment of the Nutcracker Syndrome.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a laparoscopic-assisted modification to the traditional open retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) to significantly shorten incision length and decrease morbidity of the laparotomy. METHODS:We describe 3 patients who underwent primary RPLND using the laparoscopic-assisted cord excision fo...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Woo JR,Liss MA,Kane CJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of renal xanthine stone in association with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is presented. The xanthine stone is thought to be a complication of allopurinol therapy. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ogawa A,Watanabe K,Minejima N

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess serum creatinine as a putative marker for staging/prognosis in localized prostate cancer. Although clinical stage, tumor grade, serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and tumor volume assessment by biopsy positivity are established prognostic markers in prostate cancer, the need for additional seru...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Merseburger AS,Connelly RR,Sun L,Richter E,Moul JW

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Ninety-three cases of germinal testicular tumors with urinary gonadotropin (HCG) values, estimated by biologic or radioimmunoassay techniques, were reviewed. Preoperative values of HCG and subsequent postoperative values were related to response to treatment and prognosis. Twenty-five patients (26.9 per cent) comprise...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Keogh B,Hreshchyshyn MM,Moore RH,Merrin CE,Murphy GP

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the long-term clinical outcomes and durability of response after treatment with induction intravesical docetaxel. Most novel agents used to treat bacillus Calmette-Guerin refractory high-grade non-muscle-invasive (NMI) bladder cancer are evaluated only after short follow-up periods. Our previously ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Laudano MA,Barlow LJ,Murphy AM,Petrylak DP,Desai M,Benson MC,McKiernan JM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urethral strictures secondary to trauma have been a frequent cause of obstruction in the male population residing in Saudi Arabia. This study of 59 patients presenting with urethral strictures covers a two-year period. Patients were asked to return for the initial follow-up one month after treatment and were asked abo...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Youssef AM,Cockett AT,Mee AD

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood, while RMS from the urinary tract has rarely been reported. Aspects of the manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment of these tumors are discussed in the case of a girl with rapidly progressive RMS from the urethral tract. She was treated with a ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Liu AX,Zhou JH,Jin HM,Zhu CK,Cheng XD

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the feasibility of neurovascular bundle (NVB) preservation and peripheral nerve grafting during salvage radical prostatectomy (RP) for radiorecurrent prostate cancer and analyze their effect on the recovery of potency. METHODS:Of 100 patients who underwent salvage RP with curative intent from 198...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Masterson TA,Stephenson AJ,Scardino PT,Eastham JA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a persistent male gender predominance in urology, especially with respect to female representation in leadership. We review the current status of women in urology leadership, discuss challenges women face in leadership positions, present the case for adopting inclusive practices that increase diversity and ge...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chyu J,Peters CE,Nicholson TM,Dai JC,Taylor J,Garg T,Smith AB,Porten SP,Greene K,Browning N,Harris E,Sutherland SE,Psutka SP

更新日期：2020-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An 84-year-old man presented to our department with a recurrence of a primary amyloidosis of the bladder 14 years after the first diagnosis. Follow-up had been stopped 5 years after the first procedure because no cystoscopic anomalies were noted. General evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of primary amyloidosis. The l...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ruffion A,Valignat C,Champetier D,Lopez JG,Perrin P,Devonec M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophy of the renal columns of Bertin may present as a mass, at times difficult to distinguish from neoplasia or cyst. Herein, we present a case characterized by the inability of this lesion to absorb 99mTc DTPA (99mTechnetium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid) isotope on two separate renal studies. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Katz AS,Landau SJ

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the learning curve of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and analyze whether a surgeon's prior surgical experience has effects on the surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From April 2012 to August 2015, 3 surgeons performed RALP on 355 consecutive patients with prostate cancer...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chang Y,Qu M,Wang L,Yang B,Chen R,Zhu F,Wang H,Wang Y,Lu X,Ma C,Shi Z,Dong Z,Chen H,Xu C,Sun Y,Gao X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of tolterodine in four randomized, double-blind, parallel, multicenter, 12-week studies of patients with overactive bladder. METHODS:Two of the four studies compared tolterodine (2 mg twice daily) to oxybutynin (5 mg three times daily) and placebo, one study...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Appell RA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the relationship between low prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels that are considered normal and the long-term risk of prostate cancer. METHODS:The relative risk of, and cumulative probability of freedom from, prostate cancer by PSA level and age decade was evaluated in male participants of a ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fang J,Metter EJ,Landis P,Chan DW,Morrell CH,Carter HB

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old boy was referred to us with an acute pain attack of the left scrotal contents. Ultrasonography showed a normal blood supply to the left testis, suggesting an incarcerated left inguinal hernia. Surgical exploration did not demonstrate an incarcerated left inguinal hernia. After exploration of the left test...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fukui S,Aoki K,Shimada K,Samma S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of frailty on adverse perioperative outcomes in patients treated with radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We identified 9459 adults (age ≥18) in the Nationwide Readmission Database who underwent radical cystectomy in 2014 for bladder cancer. We defined patients'...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Michel J,Goel AN,Golla V,Lenis AT,Johnson DC,Chamie K,Litwin MS

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the feasibility and morbidity of tubeless, totally tubeless, and standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) with nephrostomy tube in a single center with selected patient population. METHODS:Between July 2006 and February 2008, PNL was performed in 176 patients in this retrospective study. Patie...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Istanbulluoglu MO,Cicek T,Ozturk B,Gonen M,Ozkardes H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with polycystic disease was admitted with acute abdominal pain. This was caused by a rupture of one of his right renal cysts into the collecting system, with extravasation into the subcapsular space. With conservative therapy, the patient returned to his status prior to this episode. The extravasation was ab...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ravich L,Lerman PH,Drabkin J

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimethoprim recently has been released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) exclusively for the treatment of acute symptomatic uncomplicated bacterial urinary tract infections. The compound compares favorably with alternative standard agents, such as ampicillin and cephalexin, for the therapy of women with acute...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Gleckman RA

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenergic and cholinergic histochemical staining techniques and in vitro muscle strip responses to adrenergic and cholinergic stimulation and blockade have failed to demonstrate any neuromorphologic or neuropharmacologic differences between the musculature of the canine trigone and that of the underlying detrusor. Th...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Raezer DM,Benson GS,Greenberg SH,Corriere JN Jr,Jacobowitz DM,Wein AJ

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwannoma of the penis is a rare tumor. We report a case of penile schwannoma in a young man who was accurately diagnosed preoperatively with the help of gray-scale and color flow Doppler ultrasonography, and confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The tumor was successfully resected to completion, with preservation...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Marshall J,Lin E,Dogra V,Davis R

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of chronic daily administration of different doses of tadalafil on the structure of the seminiferous tubules and on spermatogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sixty adult male Wistar rats were included; they were divided into four groups: a control group (group I) and groups II, III, an...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Eid AA,Badr El Dine FM,Nabil IM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare interfascial (IEF) or intrafascial (IAF) periprostatic nerve dissection technique in prostate tissue using immunohistochemical methods in fresh cadavers. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Prostate tissues of 25 fresh cadavers were removed from rectum and other surrounding structures. IEF nerve dissection (n =...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rifaioglu MM,Davarci M,Ozgur T,Ozkanli S,Ozdes T,Inci M,Onem K,Balbay MD

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether a significant percentage of patients with a benign digital rectal examination (DRE) and an elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level harbor a prostatic malignancy, 100 consecutive patients underwent transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy of the prostate. The biopsy results were cor...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Guthman DA,Wilson TM,Blute ML,Bergstralh EJ,Zincke H,Oesterling JE

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present our results for repair of unilateral vesicoureteral reflux in 76 children using a modified technique of detrusorrhaphy. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed for 76 children who underwent repair of unilateral vesicoureteral reflux by a modified technique of detrusorrhaphy. Of the 76 r...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mevorach RA,Merguerian PA,Balcolm AH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large series of patients were reviewed in two major teaching institutions, and patients with a carcinoma of the kidney with a solitary metastatic deposit in the contralateral adrenal were identified. Their survival was analyzed and compared with the survival of those patients having a solitary metastatic deposit in ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Plawner J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using an athermal technique for nerve preservation we noted that approximately 40% are potent compared with approximately 60% who are not at 3 months after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RLP). In an attempt to understand this difference, we examine factors potentially influencing potency at 3 mon...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ahlering TE,Kaplan AG,Yee DS,Skarecky DW

更新日期：2008-12-01 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 prostatic tumor removed suprapubically in a sixty-three-year-old man was found to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Various aspects of prostatic sarcomas and malignant fibrous histiocytomas are considered. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chin W,Fay R,Ortega P

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00