Tumor-associated tissue inflammatory reaction and eosinophilia in primary superficial bladder cancer.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report our technique of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy using the hand port for specimen extraction. In 1999, our institution began a kidney transplant program. Donor nephrectomies have since been exclusively performed laparoscopically. Early in our experience, we used a specimen extraction bag to assist i...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lallas CD,Castle EP,Andrews PE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the time to stone-free status after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) for ureteral stones. METHODS:Medical records of 387 patients with ureteral stones who have been treated were retrospectively reviewed. Exclusion criteria for this analysis included nonopaque stones, prior ureteric surgery, multiple ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Resit-Goren M,Dirim A,Ilteris-Tekin M,Ozkardes H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A contracted empty scrotum in a young man will not accept an artificial testis satisfactorily using any of the standard techniques. Previous operative scars, as from a failed orchiopexy, have often added to the difficulties. Greatly enlarging the scrotum by gradual distention of a tissue expander implanted in the cont...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lattimer JK,Stalnecker MC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthine calculi are uncommonly encountered stones. When they occur, they typically do so in association with inborn metabolic disorders such as hereditary xanthinuria or Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. They may also occur in association with states of profound hyperuricemia such as myeloproliferative disease after treatment wi...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Pais VM Jr,Lowe G,Lallas CD,Preminger GM,Assimos DG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a severe infection found almost exclusively in diabetics, characterized by the presence of gas within the renal parenchyma. The diagnosis is established radiographically. An additional case is added to the 52 cases reported in the literature; we believe this is the fifth reported case w...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zabbo A,Montie JE,Popowniak KL,Weinstein AJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effects of prednisone on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a cohort of patients with "hormone-refractory" prostate cancer. METHODS:Data were collected from 29 consecutive patients with hormone-refractory progressive prostate cancer who were treated with 10 mg of prednisone orally two times ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sartor O,Weinberger M,Moore A,Li A,Figg WD

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common characteristic of Peyronie's Disease (PD) is plaque calcification, which is associated with decreased response to treatments and higher rates of surgical intervention. Despite its prevalence in the PD population, the literature on plaque calcification is limited. While the diagnosis of PD is mostly clinical, ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rainer QC,Rodriguez AA,Bajic P,Galor A,Ramasamy R,Masterson TA

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the expression of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) in human urinary bladder hypersensitivity and overactivity disorders, and correlate changes with symptoms. Cannabinoid receptor agonists have been shown to modulate urinary bladder contractility and reduce pain after bladder inflammation; their clinical ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mukerji G,Yiangou Y,Agarwal SK,Anand P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate and study the factors for progression after radical prostatectomy with seminal vesicle invasion in a cohort of European and American patients. METHODS:The data of 137 patients with isolated seminal vesicle invasion who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy between 1988 and 2001 were analyze...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Salomon L,Anastasiadis AG,Johnson CW,McKiernan JM,Goluboff ET,Abbou CC,Olsson CA,Benson MC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the contributions of fear of recurrence and the more commonly examined treatment-related symptoms to the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of men treated for localized prostate cancer. METHODS:A total of 730 men with localized disease were identified from the Cancer of the Prostate Strategic...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Bellizzi KM,Latini DM,Cowan JE,DuChane J,Carroll PR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Escherichia coli 06 was compared in concentrated overnight urine and dilute daytime urine. In concentrated urine, 90 per cent of the initial inoculum died during the lag phase and surviving bacteria had a long lag period before they started to grow. Once growth began, these bacteria required fifty-five hours...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cicmanec JF,Shank RA,Evans AT

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：:We report on a patient with two fibroepithelial polyps of the upper ureter in whom the correct diagnosis was confused by finding voided urine as well as ureteral wash, and brush biopsy cytologies positive for malignancy. Fibroepithelial polyps and causes of falsely positive urinary cytology are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Psihramis KE,Hartwick W

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The CD40 antigen is expressed by antigen-presenting cells, many kinds of epithelium, and carcinomas. As signaling through CD40 modulates the differentiation state of CD40-expressing cells, we wanted to investigate whether benign or malignant prostate epithelium expressed CD40. METHODS:Twenty-two paraffin-em...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Moghaddami M,Cohen P,Stapleton AM,Brown MP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man presented with intermittent leak of straw-colored fluid from his left lateral thigh, which on evaluation was diagnosed as prostatocutaneous fistula. Exploration and revision anastomotic urethroplasty was done and the patient remains asymptomatic in follow-up. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kumar N,Vasudeva P,Kumar A,Raheja P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked impairment of spermatogenesis was found in a group of men exposed to the pesticide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), demonstrated by semen analyses, testicular biopsies, and hormone studies. The ramifications of the use of this pesticide are discussed. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Marshall S,Whorton D,Krauss RM,Palmer WS

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of metastatic testicular carcinoma in a thirty-three-year-old man and his nineteen-year-old brother is reported. Histologically, the tumor of the older brother consisted predominantly of embryonal carcinoma with minor components of seminoma and adult teratoma; the tumor of the younger brother consisted e...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kandel LB,Heise ER,Woodruff RD,Harrison LH,McCullough DL,Dyer RB

更新日期：1988-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the relationships among socioeconomic status (SES), race, and the clinical parameters of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) in an equal access health care system. METHODS:The Department of Defense Center for Prostate Disease Research longitudinal prostate cancer database from multiple...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tarman GJ,Kane CJ,Moul JW,Thrasher JB,Foley JP,Wilhite D,Riffenburgh RH,Amling CL

更新日期：2000-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoscopic treatment of reflux, like that of urinary incontinence, is effective. Several materials and endoscopic delivery systems are currently under evaluation for the treatment of reflux and incontinence. These include silicone microimplants, glass particles, collagen, dextranomer microspheres, a detachable bal...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Joyner BD,Atala A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A critical pathway was developed to determine whether open pyeloplasty could be performed in preadolescent and adolescent children with ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction with patients safely discharged after a 1-day hospitalization. METHODS:Twenty-six consecutive children who underwent open dismember...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Piedrahita YK,Palmer JS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sperm retrieval rates (SRRs) and predictive factors of patients with a history of undescended testis after testicular sperm extraction (TESE). METHODS:A total of 311 patients were diagnosed with nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA) and underwent TESE were included in this study. These patients w...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ortac M,Cilesiz NC,Demirelli E,Aydin R,Savun M,Ermec B,Kadioglu A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydronephrosis in the lower pole moiety of a duplex system is relatively uncommon, usually associated with vesicoureteric reflux. We report on a patient with primary obstructive megaureter of a lower pole moiety that we believe is the first case report in the literature. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lee PH,Diamond DA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 12 cases of cystitis glandularis which fall into two distinct groups, one characterized by hematuria and the other by urinary tract infection. We can produce no clinical evidence that this disease is premalignant, but emphasize the necessity of histology to exclude malignancy since, macroscopically, the con...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Davies G,Castro JE

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate our experience with primary carcinomas of the male urethra and to analyze the impact of tumor variables and treatment on overall, disease-specific, local recurrence-free, and metastasis-free survival. METHODS:Between 1958 and 1996, we identified 46 men with primary carcinoma of the bulbar and an...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Dalbagni G,Zhang ZF,Lacombe L,Herr HW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence and risk factors for incomplete bladder emptying after midurethral slings (MUS) in a large multicenter trial. METHODS:Five hundred ninety-seven women were randomized to retropubic (RMUS) or transobturator midurethral slings as part of the Trial of MidUrethral Slings study. Demograp...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Norton PA,Nager CW,Chai TC,Mueller E,Stoddard A,Lowder J,Varner E,Lemack G,Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is dependent on androgen stimulation mediated by the androgen receptor (AR), a member of the steroid hormone receptor family of ligand-dependent nuclear receptors. Most patients respond to standard androgen ablation therapies, but virtually all patients eventually relapse with disease that has been ter...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Balk SP

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of treating carcinoma of the prostate with levodopa (L-dopa), a known inhibitor of prolactin secretion, has been tested in 11 Stage D patients who were refractory to conventional modalities. Relief of bone pain and recovery of mobility was excellent in 6, fair in 2, questionable in 1, and nonexistent in 2...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Farnsworth WE,Gonder MJ

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of collagenase Clostridium histolyticum (CCH) for the management of penile deformities in patients presenting with different categories of atypical Peyronie's disease (PD). METHODS:We conducted a retrospective review of charts of patients who presented to a men's health cl...

journal_title：Urology

authors： El-Khatib FM,Osman MM,Kopelevich A,Towe M,Yafi FA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of a sharp increase in estrogen levels on overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms among women undergoing ovulation induction. METHODS:100 consecutive women (mean age 36.9 ± 5.2 years) who underwent IVF treatments, were prospectively enrolled. Three validated questionnaires on urinary urgency, ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Groutz A,Gold R,Gordon D,Azem F,Shimonov M,Amir H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00