An unusual cause of an enhancing retroperitoneal mass.

abstract：:Laparoscopic nephrectomy in a giant hydronephrotic nonfunctioning kidney occupying the most of the abdomen is challenging task. To overcome the difficulty in laparoscopic dissection of such kidneys we described a technique "Pneumorenum," wherein the kidney is decompressed by suction through a 5 mm trocar inserted dire...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Vaddi SP,Khetavath SM,Krv RR,Prasad M D

更新日期：2020-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary plasmacytoma arising in the kidney is rare. Only 8 cases have been reported. Recently, we noted the ninth case, the second case seen at the Mayo Clinic. Clinically, the tumor mimics a renal cell carcinoma or a transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Igel TC,Engen DE,Banks PM,Keeney GL

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate testicular Rho-kinase levels and the effects of its inhibitor, Y-27632, on oxidative stress, spermatogenesis, and apoptosis in testicular ischemia-reperfusion rat model. METHODS:The study included 29 adult Wistar-Albino male rats weighing 150-200 g. The rats were divided into 3 groups. Group 1...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Çayan S,Saylam B,Tiftik N,Ünal ND,Apa DD,Efesoy O,Çimen B,Bozlu M,Akbay E,Büyükafşar K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical features, additional abnormalities, and renal consequences of children with horseshoe kidney (HSK). METHODS:The medical records of 41 children with HSK followed in our pediatric nephrology clinic between the years of 2004 and 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS:There were 22 g...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Yavuz S,Kıyak A,Sander S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To re-examine clear cell cystic lesions of the kidney and to assess their potential clinicopathologic significance, as the long-forgotten diagnosis of benign adenomatous multicystic kidney tumor (Perlmann's tumor) has not been cited in the literature in more than 35 years. METHODS:We identified 12 patients ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kirsh EJ,Straus FH 2nd,Goldfischer ER,Steinberg GD,Gerber GS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of the selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor etodolac on prostate cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivo and on E-cadherin expression in prostate cancer cells. METHODS:We evaluated the cytotoxicity of etodolac on the three prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP, C4-2, and PC-3. W...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Shigemura K,Shirakawa T,Wada Y,Kamidono S,Fujisawa M,Gotoh A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transabdominal ultrasonography of the bladder was performed in 25 examinations on 20 patients being treated for bladder carcinoma. The presence or absence of tumor was accurately gauged in all 20 patients. As compared to cystoscopy, tumor staging was less accurate. Eleven of 15 patients with tumor present were accurat...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Dershaw DD,Scher HI

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To use two population-based samples of prostate cancer-free men to develop and validate a novel multivariable equation for estimating prostate volume (PV). Previous investigators have demonstrated the ability to use serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels to estimate PV in men without prostate cancer; h...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Jacobson DJ,St Sauver JL,Parker AS,McGree ME,Sarma AV,Girman CJ,Lieber MM,Jacobsen SJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past only large symptomatic varicoceles were treated surgically, but this has changed now that they are believed to be a cause for infertility. Ten patients have been studied using the Doppler flowmeter and phlebography to compare varicoceles and varicose veins in the legs and to decide whether or not the same ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Dennison AR,Tibbs DJ

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the importance of the duration of in-hospital management of patients with testicular torsion for testes survival. The time from onset of symptoms until surgery is a well-known factor determining testicular survival but there is no data regarding the contribution of in-hospital management duration...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Gold DD,Lorber A,Levine H,Rosenberg S,Duvdevani M,Landau EH,Yutkin V,Gofrit ON,Hidas G

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its advent in 2001, robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy has become the gold standard treatment for the management of localized prostate cancer. Pelvic lymphocoele is most commonly found after gynecological or renal transplant surgery or following extensive pelvic lymphadenectomy. Its formation following ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sihra N,Kujawa M,Counsell A,Brough R

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the outcomes of pregnancy and cesarean delivery (CD) in women with neuropathic bladder (NB) and pediatric lower urinary tract reconstruction (LUTR) as these women often have normal fertility and may become pregnant. METHODS:We reviewed consecutive patients with NB due to spinal dysraphism who un...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Roth JD,Casey JT,Whittam BM,Szymanski KM,Kaefer M,Rink RC,Schubert FP,Cain MP,Misseri R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To verify whether in patients with biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy (RRP), the administration of a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor during the off-phases of intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) may increase the effectiveness and off-therapy time of intermittent therapy. METHODS:This ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Di Silverio F,Sciarra A,Gentile V

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid phosphatase level of irrigant solution used during transurethral prostate resections was measured in 20 patients. The mean acid phosphatase of the irrigant solution was 45.3 IU/L (S.D. 50.7). The degree of elevation of irrigant acid phosphatase was related to the weight of tissue resected, the duration of the...

journal_title：Urology

authors： O'Donnell PD,Jacks DW,Brizzolara JP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urachal xanthogranuloma is rare. In this case, the patient presented with a lower abdominal mass and elevated inflammatory markers. The computed tomography findings of xanthogranulomatous urachitis resemble those of urachal carcinoma and, although rare, this entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of u...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kuo TL,Cheng C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seven-year-old body with diurnal and nocturnal incontinence was found to have a dysplastic left kidney and an associated ectopic ureter in a single, system which opened beside the verumontanum. An intravesical bulge was identified which resembled a ureterocele but was, in fact, a dilated ectatic lower ureter proxima...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cumes DM,Sanfelippo CJ,Stamey TA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the pattern of anti-Dysport antibody (ADA) formation after Dysport injection in patients with neuropathic bladder. Antibody formation may lead to failure or allergic reactions in patients undergoing Dysport injection. METHODS:Forty-four children with neuropathic bladder were enrolled and clas...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kajbafzadeh AM,Nikfarjam L,Mahboubi AH,Dianat S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcifications of the kidney may be located free within the collecting system, attached to a papilla, trapped beneath the urothelium, or sequestered in the renal parenchyma. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy has failed to render patients who presented with nephrocalcinosis stone free because of the submucosal loca...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kerbl K,Clayman RV

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A critical issue in the management of prostate cancer is the ability to distinguish patients at risk of disease recurrence. The aim of this study was to determine whether specific physical alterations of chromosome 8 may be associated with disease recurrence and poor outcome using postoperative prostate-spec...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Macoska JA,Trybus TM,Wojno KJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of Spirulina, a blue-green algae with antioxidant properties in the protection of cyclophosphamide-induced nephrotoxicity and hemorrhagic cystitis in rats. METHODS:The control group (C) was sacrificed 24 hours after being given a single dose of saline intraperitoneally (150 mg/kg) on the...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sinanoglu O,Yener AN,Ekici S,Midi A,Aksungar FB

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For most of the past 25 years, 1 of the favored approaches to treating prostate cancer has been the suppression of circulating testosterone with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists. LHRH agonists produce a downregulation of LHRH receptors and an uncoupling of the LHRH signal transduction mechanism. T...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Moul JW,Evans CP,Gomella LG,Roach M 3rd,Dreicer R

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：: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：:Prostate cancer chemoprevention represents a relatively new and promising strategy for reducing the immense public health burden of this devastating cancer of men in the United States and Western societies. Chemoprevention is defined as the administration of agents (drugs, biologics, and natural products) that modulat...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lieberman R,Nelson WG,Sakr WA,Meyskens FL Jr,Klein EA,Wilding G,Partin AW,Lee JJ,Lippman SM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively review our experience with extravesical robotic-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation to determine whether postoperative voiding dysfunction can be avoided with pelvic plexus visualization and to assess the efficacy of this approach for the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). M...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kasturi S,Sehgal SS,Christman MS,Lambert SM,Casale P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN Hamartoma-Tumor-Syndrome (PHTS) describes a series of conditions characterized by germline-mutation of the PTEN tumor-suppressor gene. PHTS patients have an increased lifetime risk of multiple malignancies, including thyroid, breast, and endometrial cancers. PHTS patients also have 20-30 fold increased risk of re...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ramkumar RR,Murthy PB,Nguyen JK,McKenney J,Eng C,Campbell SC

更新日期：2020-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A nephrogenic adenoma located within a urethral diverticulum of a female was found incidental to a diverticulectomy. Cases of this apparently benign lesion have been reported previously, but the lesions were located in the bladder, particularly in older males with a history of chronic cystitis. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Peterson LJ,Matsumoto LM

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the role of urethral sonography and color Doppler imaging in the evaluation of patients with urethral strictures and associated abnormalities. METHODS:We reviewed our experience with 41 urethral sonographic studies in 35 patients and compared them to 33 retrograde urethrograms. For 6 recent cases, ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chiou RK,Anderson JC,Tran T,Patterson RH,Wobig R,Taylor RJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the frequency of bone metastases, their association with serum alkaline phosphatase (AP), and prognostic capabilities of AP in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), using bone scan as the reference standard for diagnosis. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective review of patients with metastati...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Seaman E,Goluboff ET,Ross S,Sawczuk IS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00