In vitro evaluation of ureteral contractility: a comparative assessment of human, porcine and sheep ureteral response to vardenafil.

abstract：:Marfan syndrome is a genetic disease responsible for causing cardiovascular, eye and musculoskeletal damages. Urinary disorders are not common. We present 4 cases of chronic urinary tract symptoms, with 2 different pathophysiological processes. Three patients presented with spinal cord infarct following aortic dissect...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Hentzen C,Turmel N,Chesnel C,Le Breton F,Sheikh Ismael S,Amarenco G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) is increasingly becoming a definitive therapeutic option for the treatment of small (less than 4 cm) and select moderate-sized (less than 7 cm) renal tumors. Postoperative hemorrhage and urine leak are the most pertinent complications after nephron-sparing surgery, open or laparo...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Wang P,Xia D,Wang S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To introduce our modified retroperitoneoscopic living-donor nephrectomy (RPLDN) techniques and estimate the learning curve. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated 121 consecutive donors who underwent modified RPLDN performed by a single surgeon. While the surgeon controlled the renal vessels, one hand was ins...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Zhu D,Hong P,Zhu J,Ye X,Chen Y,Fan Y,Zhang Z,Shen C,Yu W,Jin J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We aimed to perform a multi-institutional study using a national database led by the Japanese Society of Endourology to investigate the effect of surgeon or hospital volume on the safety of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Clinical data of 3,214 patients who underwent RAR...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Hirasawa Y,Yoshioka K,Nasu Y,Yamamoto M,Hinotsu S,Takenaka A,Fujisawa M,Shiroki R,Tozawa K,Fukasawa S,Kashiwagi A,Tatsugami K,Tachibana M,Terachi T,Gotoh M,Japanese Society of Endourology.

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The treatment of T1G3 bladder cancer is still a controversial issue. Nowadays, intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillation is considered to be the treatment of choice for patients with high-grade superficial bladder tumour after transurethral resection of all visible tumour. The aim of this re...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Bogdanović J,Marusić G,Djozić J,Sekulić V,Budakov P,Dejanović N,Stojkov J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：EPIDEMIOLOGY:The annual incidence of urolithiasis in the population is at least 0.1%. In rural areas, there are remarkably less actual stone formers than in urban districts, and also vegetarians show less stone diseases. Calcium carbonate as a urinary calculus compound is not in the strict sense impossible, but often a...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Asper R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition plays a major role in the pathogenesis of the most widespread forms of nephrolithiasis, i.e. calcium (calcium oxalate and phosphate) and uric acid stone disease. For this reason, dietary measures are the first level of intervention in primary prevention, as well as in secondary prevention of recurrences. An ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Meschi T,Schianchi T,Ridolo E,Adorni G,Allegri F,Guerra A,Novarini A,Borghi L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obesity is usually considered a risk factor for postoperative complications; however, previous studies conclude contradictory results in retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA). We aim to evaluate the impact of obesity on the perioperative outcomes of LA. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study from ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Hu Q,Hang Z,Ho Y,Sun C,Xu K,Xia G,Ding Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed four living related kidney transplantations from donors with double inferior vena cava (D-IVC), in which the left kidney was selected in two cases and the right in two cases. By dissecting the right internal iliac vein and isolating the right external iliac vein, the surgical procedure of the recipient si...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Nakatani T,Kim T,Naganuma T,Uchida J,Takemoto Y,Sugimura K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By transforming uroflowmetrograms from curves of flow rate versus time into curves of flow rate versus instantaneous bladder volume, additional information about the variation of the flow rate during voiding is obtained. These curves show that, within a certain volume range, the maximum flow rate is more or less indep...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Rollema HJ,Griffiths DJ,van Duyl WA,van den Berg J,de Haan R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urachal adenocarcinoma is a rare bladder tumor, occasionally associated with calcification. We report a case of urachal adenocarcinoma with remarkable stromal osseous metaplasia and review the literature on this rare condition. This is the first complete case report in English of this uncommon entity. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Okamoto K,Fukuyama T,Okamoto E,Yoshida O,Hiai H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of radiolabeled prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography (PSMA PET) or positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for primary lymph node (LN) staging in newly diagnosed intermediate to high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients....

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kim SJ,Lee SW,Ha HK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and feasibility of percutaneous tract dilation by the one-stage method in preschool children. METHODS:Between April 2009 and February 2013, all preschool (<6 years) children who were candidates for percutaneous nephrolithotomy were enrolled in this prospective study. Patients were rand...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Hosseini SR,Mohseni MG,Alizadeh F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small group of patients with nephrolithiasis who forms mixed (calcium oxalate and uric acid) calculi presents particular problems in their clinical management. In 3,158 stones analyzed in our laboratory, we found 158 mixed calculi in 86 of the patients. In this work, the clinical and biochemical results obtained fro...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Alvarez Arroyo MV,Traba ML,Rapado A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our surgical experience and clinical outcome in laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with level 1 renal vein tumor thrombus. PATIENTS AND METHODS:11 patients with RCC level 1 renal vein tumor thrombus were treated by LRN plus thrombectomy. The mean age was 66.8 ye...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Castillo O,Silva A,Alemán E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicocele is one of the causes of male infertility. Treatment aims to improve the chance of conception despite lasting controversies about benefits of varicocele repair on fertility. Many techniques have been described for varicocele management including the antegrade scrotal sclerotherapy (ASS). Interestingly, ASS i...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Rossi M,Jacobs D,Wespes E,Roumeguère T,Raynal P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main purpose of the study was to identify and quantify clinical variables which predisposed incorrect diagnosis based on ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) findings in the patients with suppurative renal infections. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective review of radiological records of pa...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Stojadinović M,Mićić S,Milovanović D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To evaluate the feasibility and safety of bilateral single-session ureteroscopy in the treatment of bilateral stones with different localizations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between February 2001 and October 2006, a total of 1,296 patients underwent ureteroscopy with pneumatic lithotripsy. Of these, 38 patient...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Gunlusoy B,Degirmenci T,Arslan M,Kozacioğlu Z,Nergiz N,Minareci S,Ayder AR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to make a model of renal vasoconstriction induced by mechanical manipulation of the renal artery and to investigate the influence of endothelin (ET) in renal vasoconstriction. Renal arteries of anesthetized rats were stretched with a 30-gram weight for 5 min, and released. Renal blood flo...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Watarai Y,Yoshioka M,Tanda K,Seki T,Saito H,Koyanagi T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This article describes our experience of using a totally extraperitoneal approach for endoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy and inguinal hernia repair with the mesh technique in one procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 52 patients underwent modified pelvic lymph node dissection for the staging of prostate c...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Stolzenburg JU,Pfeiffer H,Neuhaus J,Sommerfeld M,Dorschner W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked differences were observed in the mechanical reactions of human and guinea pig vas deferens to prostaglandins, irradiation, and cooling. In human preparations prostaglandin E1 (0.1-1 ng/ml) had an augmentory effect on the contractile response after electrical neurostimulation (10 Hz, 0.3 ms, 3 s), but no visible...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Michailov MC,Murray AB,Zettler F,Grindler-Greimel HW

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medium that had been conditioned by PC-3 cells stimulated the calcification of a human osteoblastic cell line, Tak-10, in a nonmitogenic culture. The calcification of the osteoblasts was stimulated maximally at a 25% concentration of the conditioned medium. Calcification activity was markedly enhanced by the additio...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kimura G,Sugisaki Y,Masugi Y,Nakazawa N

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Papillary renal cell carcinoma type 1 (pRCC1) represents the second most common type of malignant renal epithelial tumour. The origin of its characteristic appearance, its growth mechanism, and the long-term efficiency of its surgical treatment remain uncertain. Our aim was to determine typical characteristics of s...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Procházková K,Staehler M,Trávníček I,Pitra T,Eret V,Ürge T,Eberlová L,Roušarová M,Hošek P,Chudáček Z,Ferda J,Hes O,Hora M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method of synchronous study for monitoring the pressure activity of the rectum, bladder and urethral sphincter was described. Intrarectal pressures were obtained using a 8 F custom made balloon catheter. Constant urethral infusion with intrasphincteric pressure recording was arranged through a specially designed 12 ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Yalla SV,Rossier AB,Fam B

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The momentary entry of urine into the proximal urethra during coughing can be demonstrated by a new test which can be conducted using apparatus now commonly available for urodynamic investigations. If the bladder neck opens, a fluid bridge is established between points of pressure measurement in the bladder and in the...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Brown M,Sutherst J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 231 adults the frequency and the pattern of the retroaortic left renal vein were studied. We observed a retroaortic left renal vein in 9.09% ("renal collar" in 5.62%, single retroaortic left renal vein in 3.46%. According to our results and to the findings in the literature a retroaortic left renal vein can be expe...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Schmidt GP,Loeweneck H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intravesical epirubicin is a widely used agent for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer. A direct relationship between dose and activity has been reported: unfortunately the dose increase also increased the frequency and the intensity of treatment-related side effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A phase...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Bassi P,Spinadin R,Longo F,Saraeb S,Pappagallo GL,Zattoni F,Pagano F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated whether sensations recorded during a medium-fill cystometry are reproducible. In 10 patients, the evaluation was done during two successive bladder distentions. In 95 patients, the results of a sensory evaluation during urodynamic tests with a mean interval of 15 months were compared. An identity of sensa...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Wyndaele JJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endorectal coil MRI (endoMRI) of the prostate is useful to evaluate tumor localization. There is little evidence on patient characteristics affecting its diagnostic performance. We evaluate the influence of clinical and histological parameters on the accuracy of endoMRI. METHODS:Sixty-nine patients with pro...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Colleselli D,Hennenlotter J,Schilling D,Krueger SA,Roethke M,Lichy MP,Vogel U,Kuehs U,Schlemmer HP,Stenzl A,Schwentner C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1985 and October 1991, 54 patients with calculi in a solitary kidney were treated by ESWL using the Dornier HM-3 lithotriptor. The mean age of the patients was 53.9 years (range 24-77 years). In 51.9% of the cases the stones measured > 1 cm in diameter, in 42.6% between 0.4 and 1 cm, and in 5.5% < 0.4 ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Heimbach D,Wirth M,Hofmockel G,Frohmüller H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00