Verapamil attenuates renal tubular apoptosis in response to partial unilateral ureteral obstruction.

abstract：:Clinical and experimental investigations seem to underline the important role of fatty acids in the pathogenesis of hypercalciuria, a well-known risk factor for lithogenesis. To evaluate the relationships between the previously reported increase in plasma phospholipid arachidonic acid level and the factors responsible...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Baggio B,Budakovic A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children with end-stage reflux nephropathy underwent kidney transplantation at our clinic. Reflux nephropathy was studied clinically and histologically. All children had proteinuria before starting hemodialysis, and hypertension was present in 2 cases. Three children underwent antireflux operations prior to trans...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kunikata S,Ishii T,Nishioka T,Uemura T,Wakabayashi A,Kanda H,Matsuura T,Kohri K,Akiyama T,Kurita T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IL-6 has been reported to be a significant prognostic factor for prostate cancer and induces synthesis of C-reactive protein (CRP) by hepatocytes. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical value of serum CRP in prostate cancer patients with metastases. METHODS:The prognostic significance of ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Nakashima J,Kikuchi E,Miyajima A,Nakagawa K,Oya M,Ohigashi T,Murai M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus syndrome is a rare hamartomatous disorder comprising a broad spectrum of congenital malformations and overgrowth of multiple tissues. Some rare urogenital malformations have been reported before. This case is unique for the presence of multiple genitourinary anomalies including retroperitoneal cystic mass, int...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Karabulut A,Karabulut AA,Sunay M,Emir L,Erol D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy and safety of silodosin versus tamsulosin as medical expulsive therapy for stones of lower-third ureter in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This prospective single-blind placebo-controlled randomized study included 167 pediatric patients who presented with distal ureteric stone (DUS) less tha...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Soliman MG,El-Gamal O,El-Gamal S,Abdel Raheem A,Abou-Ramadan A,El-Abd A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge only a few cases of renal milk of calcium have been reported. We have encountered 5 such patients. The diagnosis depends upon the demonstration of half-moon-shaped calcification in the lateral decubitus or upright roentgenograms. This condition should be differentiated from a renal calculus to avoid u...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Biyani CS,Bhatia V

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To present the incidence of bacterial colonization on ureteral double J stents (DJS); isolate the uropathogens; define the rate of multi-resistant bacteria strains (MRBS) and present their clinical importance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The whole body of 105 DJSs was examined for the pr...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kozyrakis D,Perikleous S,Chatzistamou SE,Kateris D,Soukias G,Karatzas A,Dimitriadis I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Meatal stenosis usually presents in adults with a history of urethral trauma or inflammation or as a complication after hypospadias repair. The objective of this study is to present the correction of meatal stenosis using a preputial island flap, created on the dorsal surface of the penis. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Radopoulos D,Dimitriadis G,Tahmatzopoulos A,Vasilakakis I,Malioris A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study is to clarify the relationship of erectile dysfunction (ED) and diabetes mellitus (DM) parameters (referred to with '1'), including peripheral neuropathy (referred to with '2'). METHODS:(1) The DM parameters including age, serum levels of blood sugar, hemoglobin A1c, duration of DM a...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Amano T,Imao T,Seki M,Takemae K,Ohta Y,Sakai S,Ohta H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess clinical outcomes and reimbursement costs of open and robotic-assisted radical prostatectomies in Germany. METHODS:Perioperative data of 499 open (2003-2006) and 932 (2008-2010) robotic-assisted radical prostatectomies as well as longitudinal reimbursement costs of an anonymized health insurance rese...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Niklas C,Saar M,Berg B,Steiner K,Janssen M,Siemer S,Stöckle M,Ohlmann CH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term infection stones refers to calculi that occur following urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by urease-producing gram-negative organisms. They consist of magnesium ammonium phosphate, carbonate apatite and monoammonium urate. Alkaline urine is most favorable to their formation. Urinary tract obstruction, ne...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Miano R,Germani S,Vespasiani G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to modify and validate a novel screening tool to determine the necessity of bone scans in Chinese PCa patients at the time of diagnosis. METHODS:Five-hundred-and-one patients diagnosed with PCa between 2010 and 2013 at Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, were included in the study...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Wang Y,Wan F,Xu L,Zhao N,Xu Z,Wang H,Wang G,Ye D,Guo J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to evaluate prognostic factors for patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUT-UC) after nephroureterectomy and to seek a better way of finding more favorable clinical results for these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical rec...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Kuroda K,Asakuma J,Horiguchi A,Tasaki S,Yoshii H,Sato A,Ito K,Seguchi K,Sumitomo M,Asano T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injuries of the penis are uncommon but represent urological emergencies. We report 3 cases of penile trauma illustrating the diversity of penile injury presentation. Radiological investigations are only mandatory if there is any suspicion of a urethral injury. Primary surgical approach is recommended in cases of penil...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Maruschke M,Lehr C,Hakenberg OW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the antifibrotic role of captopril during ureteral scarring in a New Zealand rabbit model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The tissue expression and the fluctuation of EGF, TGF-β, FN, Col Ia1, Col Ia2 and Col III of the impaired ureter and the contralateral normal ureter were investigated by RT-PCR. The h...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Pan J,Xue W,Chen Q,Chen Y,Chen H,Huang Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Etiology of serum anti-p53 antibodies in bladder cancer patients is still unknown. In this study we evaluated the relationship between serum anti-p53 antibodies and microvessel density in bladder cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seventy-six patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bl...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Gumus E,Erdamar S,Demirel G,Horasanli K,Ozmen G,Miroglu C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transrectal ultrasonography was performed in 46 patients with hemospermia. Abnormal findings in the prostate and seminal vesicles, including prostatic stones, benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, and dilatation and calculi of the seminal vesicles, were observed in 34 patients (73.9%). However, no malignant lesio...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Amano T,Kunimi K,Ohkawa M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine efficacy and clinical predictors of stone fragmentation when using slow-rate shock wave lithotripsy (SWL). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In total, 116 patients with radiopaque urinary tract stones were randomized into two groups: 57 patients were treated with SWL at 90 shocks/min, and 59 patients were treated ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Li WM,Wu WJ,Chou YH,Liu CC,Wang CJ,Huang CH,Lee YC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a symptomatic multicystic seminal vesicle with ipsilateral renal agenesis in a 37-year-old man. Preoperatively the diagnosis could be suggested by different imaging modalities, including endorectal surface coil magnetic resonance imaging. To our knowledge, we present the 1st case of seminal vesicle cyst to b...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Friedrichs R,Ebert T,Yogl TJ,Lobeck H,Scholman HJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The role of positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) is currently under evaluation in urologic oncology. The aim of the present study was to investigate the use of [18F]FDG positron emission tomography ([18F]FDG-PET) in the detection and treatment control of malign...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Tsatalpas P,Beuthien-Baumann B,Kropp J,Manseck A,Tiepolt C,Hakenberg OW,Burchert W,Franke WG,Wirth MP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with entire urethral stricture were treated with balloon dilatation of the whole urethra using a torpedo-type dilatation balloon with satisfactory results. Postdilatation urethrograms revealed that the lumen of the urethra was of satisfactory width in both cases, and the patients are now voiding normally....

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Nishiyama T,Go H,Takashima A,Kawakami Y,Takeda M,Sato S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) and MRI targeted biopsies (MRtb) are a new standard in prostate cancer (PCa) screening and diagnosis. Guidelines already include this approach for patients at risk. We aimed to gather information from German urologists about their knowledge, routine use, and attitude toward mpMR...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Saar M,Linxweiler J,Borkowetz A,Fussek S,Urbanova K,Bellut L,Kristiansen G,Wullich B,German Prostate Cancer Consortium (DPKK).

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the hypothesis that the risk of high-grade bladder cancer can be predicted using noninvasively obtained data. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the database of 431 patients that had transurethral resection of first-time bladder tumors between June 1998 and December 2009. Pre-operative par...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Shapur N,Pode D,Katz R,Shapiro A,Yutkin V,Pizov G,Appelbaum L,Zorn KC,Duvdevani M,Landau EH,Gofrit ON

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blind-ending bifid ureter in a woman with urinary tract infection and a duplicated renal pelvis in her twin sister are reported. The blind-ending bifid ureter terminated as a fibrous cord with a terminal mass of immature renal tissue. This type of ureter may be a transitional form between histologically blind-ending b...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Bergman B,Hansson G,Nilson AE

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report continence and urodynamic findings after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion with modified S-ileal neobladder between January 1993 and January 2013. PATIENTS AND METHODS:181 patients were enrolled. Continence status, reservoir sensation, compliance, capacity and activity were assessed. RESULT...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Dellis AE,Papatsoris AG,Skolarikos AA,Varkarakis IM,Deliveliotis CN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Asian scientists have now increasingly begun to contribute to globalization; yet it is not clear whether publishing in the field of urology is paralleled by elevated cross-continental scientific publishing. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An exemplary bibliometric analysis of urologic journals from 3 different cont...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Mani J,Juengel E,Bartsch G,Filmann N,Ackermann H,Nelson K,Haferkamp A,Engl T,Blaheta RA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and the related risk factors among urologic surgery patients and urologists. This cross-sectional, prospective study included 300 consecutive urologic surgery patients and 24 urologists working in ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Oge O,Ozen H,Oner S,Akova M,Bilen CY

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a 70-year-old man with prostatic malacoplakia which is an extremely rare disease. This diagnosis was obtained from histological examination by prostatic biopsy because the patient was suspected having prostatic cancer on digital examination. ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Matsumoto T,Ih H,Yamada Y,Kumazawa J,Era S

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to assess the impact of a virtual reality trainer in improving percutaneous renal access skills of urological trainees. METHODS:A total of 36 urology trainees participated in this prospective study. Initially, they were taken through the exercise of gaining access to the lower pole calyceal ...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Papatsoris AG,Shaikh T,Patel D,Bourdoumis A,Bach C,Buchholz N,Masood J,Junaid I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a considerable lack of consensus regarding indications and long-term efficacy of the many techniques for treating urinary stress incontinence. We report the long-term results of a modified pubovaginal sling procedure. METHODS:From 1989 to 1998, 129 consecutive patients underwent a pubovaginal sling...

journal_title：Urologia internationalis

authors： Reichelt O,Weirich T,Wunderlich H,Schubert J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00