Hemostatic laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: initial experience with the radiofrequency coagulation-assisted technique.

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：:Complete eversion and prolapse of the urinary bladder is rare. We report a case occurring in an eighty-two-year-old female. We believe only 3 previous cases have been reported, and only 1 of these occurred in an adult. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Underhill TR,Altaffer LF 3rd

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urethral dilatation has long been the standard treatment for patients with urethral stricture. However, in many patients such dilatations may be difficult, painful, or have to be done at frequent intervals. The alternative techniques of direct vision urethrotomy or urethroplasty have been considered in 101 patients ov...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Smith PJ,Dunn M,Roberts JB

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the perioperative complications and functional midterm outcomes after pyeloplasty for poorly functioning kidneys due to ureteropelvic junction obstruction. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed patients who underwent pyeloplasty for primary ureteropelvic junction obstruction in very poor...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Nayyar R,Yadav S,Singh P,Kumar R,Seth A,Dogra PN

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

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：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 associations between elevated urinary ammonium and clinical characteristics of kidney stone formers. A 24-hour urine test is recommended in high-risk patients to identify urinary abnormalities and select interventions to reduce the recurrence risk. While elevations in urine ammonium may be see...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Sui W,Hancock J,Asplin JR,Gould ER,Hsi RS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate comparatively fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and cytology performed on exfoliated urothelial cells obtained from voided urine and bladder washings as a method of diagnosis and follow-up in patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. METHODS:Thirty patients with con...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Degtyar P,Neulander E,Zirkin H,Yusim I,Douvdevani A,Mermershtain W,Kaneti J,Manor E

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic cystitis is an uncommon inflammatory disorder of the urinary bladder which causes irritative voiding symptoms and may mimic rhabdomyosarcoma radiographically. In children, eosinophilic cystitis has been previously reported to be self-limiting and requires no specific therapy. Reported herein is a case of ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Axelrod SL,Ring KS,Collins MH,Reiley EA,Hensle TW

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide an update on SpaceOAR System, a Food and Drug Administration-approved hydrogel indicated to create distance between the prostate and the rectum which has been studied in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials. Here, we review and summarize these clinical results including the safety of prostate-rectum space...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Karsh LI,Gross ET,Pieczonka CM,Aliotta PJ,Skomra CJ,Ponsky LE,Nieh PT,Han M,Hamstra DA,Shore ND

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with prostatic cancer frequently require evaluation of bony metastases as well as renal function. 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate, a commonly used bone-imaging agent, is about 60 per cent localized in the bony skeleton and about 40 per cent excreted by the kidneys. Immediate imaging after intravenous injection ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Pollen JJ,Witztum K,Basarab R

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To externally review a nomogram developed to predict the 10-year survival probability of men selected for radical prostatectomy. METHODS:A total of 1910 consecutive patients who underwent radical prostatectomy from 1992 to 2004 were studied. The mean age was 64.2 years; the mean follow-up for the surviving ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Froehner M,Koch R,Litz RJ,Wirth MP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient surgery in children with straightforward surgical problems has proved to be safe and cost effective. We have analyzed our experience in 138 consecutive "short-stay" surgical patients in terms of (1) cost effectiveness, (2) surgical procedure, and (3) complications. Selection of a patient for outpatient surg...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Shepard B,Hensle TW,Burbige KA,Lieberman I

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a heterogeneous syndrome of unknown etiology. Altered bladder glycosaminoglycans lining and bladder mastocytosis have been documented in IC. The objective of this article is to critically examine the published data on bladder mastocytosis in clinical, experimental, and animal studies, wit...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Theoharides TC,Kempuraj D,Sant GR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine erythrocyte band III transport protein (SLC4A1), erythrocyte oxalate flux, and plasmatic, cellular, and urine oxalate concentrations and blood gas analyses in calcium oxalate monohydrate stone-forming patients (COM) in comparison with normal controls (NC). METHODS:Isolated red cells from 51 NC an...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Oehlschläger S,Fuessel S,Meye A,Herrmann J,Lotzkat U,Froehner M,Albrecht S,Wirth MP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies to detect ultrastructural changes in testicular tissues after a fifteen-minute exposure to ultrasonic waves were done in 10 men undergoing bilateral orchiectomies for prostatic carcinoma. Examination of Sertoli cells and germ cells in different stages of differentiation failed to reveal significant differences...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Grunberger I,Suhrland MJ,Greco MA,Glasser J,Al-Askari S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of testicular teratocarcinoma involving the inferior vena cava with extension to the right atrium and metastases to the tricuspid valve. We believe this to be the first such reported case. ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Moon TD,Fox LS,Varma DG

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 2 cases of prenatal hydroureteronephrosis and bladder outlet obstruction due to an obstructing ureterocele. Both neonates were stabilized and managed with early endoscopic decompression. Neither infant demonstrated significant function in the kidney ipsilateral to the ureterocele either before or after uret...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Austin PF,Cain MP,Casale AJ,Hiett AK,Rink RC

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our experience with 2 spinal-injury patients tested for urinary incontinence via implanted sacral nerve electrodes. In each patient, spinal injury occurred at the T-12 level, with presentation of spontaneous detrusor activity. Associated weakness of the voluntary sphincter mechanism was evident urodynamical...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schmidt RA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate (MTX) has activity in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) in man and some have suggested an advantage of high-dose methotrexate versus the standard dose in controlling tumor growth and prolonging survival. MBT-2, a poorly differentiated TCC induced by the carcinogen FANFT, is both grossly and histologically...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Brausi M,Blatnik A,Soloway MS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the renal function and blood pressure outcomes after laparoscopic renal cryotherapy. Laparoscopic renal cryoablation is a developmental minimally invasive modality for the treatment of renal neoplasms. After cryotherapy, a segment of renal parenchyma is rendered ischemic/necrotic and left in situ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Carvalhal EF,Gill IS,Meraney AM,Desai MM,Schweizer DK,Sung GT

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary adrenal leiomyosarcomas (LMS) are extremely rare mesenchymal tumors. To the best of our knowledge only 12 cases (9 cases of conventional and 2 cases of pleomorphic LMS) have been reported in the literature until the present date. Herein we report a case of pleomorphic LMS in a 47-year-old woman who presented w...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mohanty SK,Balani JP,Parwani AV

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess feasibility of laparoscopic nephrectomy completed entirely by way of the vagina in the porcine model. METHODS:Six transvaginal laparoscopic nephrectomies were performed in female farm pigs. Two acute and two 1-week survival animals were used for the study. Before killing the survival animals, a se...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Gettman MT,Lotan Y,Napper CA,Cadeddu JA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the mechanism for the differing nuclear morphometric results between needle biopsy and surgical specimens of the prostate. METHODS:In experiment 1, a comparison of mean nuclear area (MNA), volume-weighted mean nuclear volume (MNV), and form factor (FF) for prostatic epithelial cells was performed...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kanamaru H,Zhang YH,Takahashi M,Nakamura N,Ishida H,Akino H,Muranaka K,Okada K

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Determining the genetic changes associated with the development of metastatic prostate cancer is of utmost importance in patient prognosis and therapy. Our goal is to identify genes whose enhanced expression is associated with metastatic prostate cancer. METHODS:Total ribonucleic acid was isolated from pros...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Meyer-Siegler K,Hudson PB

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyosarcomas arising from the renal vein are rare tumors: only 13 cases are found in the literature. We report a case in a sixty-one-year-old woman who presented with back pain and hematuria. She underwent resection of the tumor and an ipsilateral nephrectomy. The tumor recurred locally, and the patient died thirty...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Grignon DJ,Ro JY,Papadopoulos NE,Ayala AG

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation complications, after definitive treatment of localized prostatic carcinoma by either external beam or interstitial implantation with Iodine-125 seeds, are reviewed. Late serious complications to immediately adjacent structures of the anterior rectal wall, prostatic urethra, bladder neck, and external sphinct...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schellhammer PF,El-Mahdi AM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 9413 trial has shown an improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) with external beam radiotherapy that included the pelvic nodes. In clinical practice, two pelvic field size designs are in use. We examined the effect of differences in the level of pelvic nodal covera...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Soto DE,Glaser S,Roberts RH,Schipper MJ,McLaughlin PW,Ray ME,Sandler HM,Pan CC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the functional and morphologic outcome after open pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in ectopic pelvic kidneys. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective review of all patients who underwent open pyeloplasty in ectopic pelvic kidneys was conducted. Records were evaluated with r...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Helmy TE,Sarhan OM,Sharaf DE,Shalaby I,Harraz AM,Hafez AT,Dawaba ME

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many countries of the world, prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer in men, and in the United States it is now in first rank. It is an important public health problem, with > 0.25 million new cases diagnosed worldwide in the year 1985. Whereas earlier large increases in the incidence of prostate c...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Boyle P,Maisonneuve P,Napalkov P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00