Life-threatening urethral bleeding induced by a pseudoaneurysm of the obturator artery.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the financial implications of how the costs of new minimally invasive surgery such as laparoscopic robotic prostatectomy (LRP) and cryosurgical ablation of the prostate (CAP) technologies compare with those of conventional surgery. METHODS:From January 2002 to July 2005, 452 consecutive patients...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mouraviev V,Nosnik I,Sun L,Robertson CN,Walther P,Albala D,Moul JW,Polascik TJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adult male with posterior urethral valves who had obstructive urinary symptoms and painless gross hematuria is presented. The diagnosis, development, and treatment of posterior urethral valves is discussed. The importance of also treating the hypertrophied bladder neck is stressed. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Saraf PG,Valvo JR,Frank IN

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the potential for renal protection through incomplete renal artery (RA) occlusion with both assessments of creatinine changes and the use of hyperspectral imaging to monitor tissue oxygenation. Renal ischemia during partial nephrectomy can have adverse consequences on renal function. METHODS:Four...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Best SL,Thapa A,Holzer MJ,Jackson N,Mir SA,Cadeddu JA,Zuzak KJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the value of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) in traumatic urethral injuries of various types in females. METHODS:A total of 30 female patients with symptoms of urethral injuries after trauma underwent TRUS between January 2005 and July 2008. Of them, 28 patients with operative indications und...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ying T,Li Q,Shao C,Zhu Z,Feng L,Hu B

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper urinary tract urodynamic parameters were measured serially in 12 dogs subjected to partial ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Measurements of pressure-volume relationships (pelvimetrics) and the physiologic capacity of the renal pelvis were important predictors of hydronephrotic equilibrium which occurred only ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Koff SA

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively validate the chronic orchialgia symptom index (COSI), a newly created instrument with 12 questions in 3 domains (pain, sexual symptoms and quality of life). METHODS:The COSI was given to 170 men with chronic orchialgia at 2 institutions. Seventy-eight men repeated the COSI before therapy and...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Shoskes DA,Calixte N,Tadros N,Li J,Parekattil S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Dual kidney transplantation (DKT) of marginal kidneys could offer transplant candidates a very satisfactory kidney transplantation in terms of renal function. However, DKT might be considered a major surgical procedure and, in older recipients, has a potentially greater risk of surgical complications compare...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Veroux P,Giuffrida G,Cappellani A,Caglià P,Palmucci S,Sorbello M,Puzzo L,Veroux M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic ablation of symptomatic renal cysts as minimally invasive therapeutic techniques have largely supplanted open surgical intervention for the treatment of symptomatic renal cysts. METHODS:The records of 32 consecutive adult patients who underwent laparoscopic ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Roberts WW,Bluebond-Langner R,Boyle KE,Jarrett TW,Kavoussi LR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide fertility for men with nonobstructive azoospermia. METHODS:A retrospective review of treatment results at a university infertility center was undertaken. Sixteen couples entered an attempted in vitro fertilization (IVF)-intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycle for treatment of nonobstructive...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schlegel PN,Palermo GD,Goldstein M,Menendez S,Zaninovic N,Veeck LL,Rosenwaks Z

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To address the incidence of local recurrence and port site metastasis in patients who underwent laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). METHODS:Between August 1993 and February 2006 116 laparoscopic RNU were performed in 115 patients at our institutio...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Muntener M,Schaeffer EM,Romero FR,Nielsen ME,Allaf ME,Brito FA,Pavlovich CP,Kavoussi LR,Jarrett TW

更新日期：2007-11-01 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 assess the general health-related quality of life (GHQOL) of patients with superficial bladder cancer who underwent transurethral resection (TUR). METHODS:We assessed the GHQOL a total of 178 times for 133 patients with superficial bladder cancer before multiple TURs. The GHQOL was assessed using the Med...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Yoshimura K,Utsunomiya N,Ichioka K,Matsui Y,Terai A,Arai Y

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of nephrostomy is described with the following main characteristics: it uses a small multiperforated Silastic tube; its crosswise location allows perfect drainage of all of the calyces and the pelvis; it does not become obstructed nor move from its position; and it causes minimum traumatization of the renal...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Gil-Vernet JM

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the feasibility and clinical efficacy of retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery for renal tumors. METHODS:Between June 2002 and February 2004, 11 cases of renal benign tumor and 21 cases of renal malignant tumor underwent enucleation of the tumor and wedge resection of the tumor th...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zhang X,Li HZ,Ma X,Zheng T,Li LC,Ye ZQ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the California Cancer Registry in order to define nonclear cell renal cell cancer (RCC) clinical features and outcomes, identify prognostic variables, and generate hypotheses for further study. METHODS:Patients with invasive RCC tumors in the California Cancer Registry from 1998 to 2009 (n = 38,2...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Pai A,Brunson A,Brown M,Pan CX,Lara PN Jr

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is an aggressive cancer that can metastasize to a variety of organs. We present what we believe to be the first reported case of metastatic intratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma in a patient presenting with testicular pain shortly after the induction of systemic chemotherapy. The published data re...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cannon GM Jr,Polsky EG,Bellinger MF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare benign tumor, known by several names and found in several locations throughout the body, including the lungs and genitourinary system (mostly the bladder). We report a case of a paratesticular IMT in a 17-year-old boy. Although the initial clinical diagnosis was r...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tunuguntla H,Mishra A,Jorda M,Gosalbez R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital pelvic arteriovenous malformations are rare entities, especially in males. Presenting symptoms, if any at all, are commonly a mass, thrill, bruit, or pain. Treatment options include surgical extirpation, embolization, or a combination of both. This case provides support for the last option in a patient pres...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Richards SL,Melman A,Davis-Joseph BK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To standardize the TUNEL assay by establishing inter- and intraobserver variability, interassay variability, cutoff values, sensitivity and specificity of the assay, and studying the distribution of the DNA damage in a population of infertile men referred to a clinical andrology laboratory. METHODS:Seminal ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sharma RK,Sabanegh E,Mahfouz R,Gupta S,Thiyagarajan A,Agarwal A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess, in our contemporary radical cystectomy (RC) series, female sexual dysfunction and whether the type of diversion affected the occurrence of sexual dysfunction. Outcome data after RC with and without orthotopic diversion has focused primarily on cure, urethral recurrence, and continence. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zippe CD,Raina R,Shah AD,Massanyi EZ,Agarwal A,Ulchaker J,Jones S,Klein E

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the prevalence, clinical correlates, and severity of sexual dysfunction in combat veterans with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using a validated instrument for assessing sexual function. The results of recent studies have suggested that combat veterans with PTSD experience a hi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cosgrove DJ,Gordon Z,Bernie JE,Hami S,Montoya D,Stein MB,Monga M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of 24-hour urine collection among first-time pediatric stone formers and investigate factors associated with its use. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using data from the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database (2002-2006), children presenting to the emergency department with an...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ellison JS,Kaufman SR,Kraft KH,Wolf JS Jr,Hollenbeck BK,Hollingsworth JM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is a case of a young man with polyorchidism and traumatic testicular torsion. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rogus BJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicovaginal fistulae (VVF) caused by cystoceles are very rare. To date, there are no documented cases in English literature. A 77-year-old woman presented with near total incontinence. On physical examination, she was found to have severe vaginal atrophy and pressure necrosis of the anterior vaginal wall, which caus...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Head RB,Walker K,Secrest C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the role of lymphadenectomy (LND) in the prevention of local recurrence following radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by two retrospective studies. In one, the relative importance of various tumor characteristics to the subsequent development of local recurrence was investigated in 37 patie...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Phillips E,Messing EM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a man with a testicular mixed germ cell tumor in whom the first symptom was severe anemia secondary to upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a metastatic pure choriocarcinoma. He underwent ileal enterectomy, radical orchiectomy, and several cycles of chemotherapy (cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Shariat SF,Duchene D,Kabbani W,Mucher Z,Lotan Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous drainage of retroperitoneal collections is a method employed with an ever-increasing frequency. The indication for primary surgical drainage of these collections is rapidly decreasing. Herein we describe what we consider to be the indications for primary surgical drainage of retroperitoneal collections il...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Laor E,Schiffman Z,Reid RE,Tolia BM,Freed SZ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a twenty-four-year-old woman with extraosseous Ewing sarcoma in the right retroperitoneum. The tumor blocked the common iliac vein, and because of an intervening pregnancy, the blood flow was shunted through the uterus and left ovarian vein back into the vena cava. She died within nine months despite radi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Blight EM Jr,Puls JL

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients were examined for grade, stage, and extent of their prostatic cancer, utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and clinical workup for metastases. Of these 13 patients, 12 had known prostatic cancer proved by needle biopsy or by pathologic examination of transurethral prostatectomy tissue. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Houston ST,Jones LW,Waluch V

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the initial report of renal hemangiopericytoma in 1955, only 39 cases of this rare vascular neoplasm, involving the renal capsule, parenchyma, or sinus have been described in the world literature. Herein we describe a case of a 15-year-old adolescent boy with this tumor arising from right renal pelvis. A radical...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chaudhary A,Seenu V,Sedain G,Ray R,Sharma S,Agarwal S,Mehta S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00