New fine structural observations in testicular malakoplakia: role of the Sertoli cell.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effectiveness and durability of transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) in the treatment of symptoms of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) in a randomized, single-blind, sham-controlled study. METHODS:Thirty-three patients with moderate-to-severe symptoms of CPPS were randomized to either T...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Leskinen MJ,Kilponen A,Lukkarinen O,Tammela TL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the feasibility and morbidity of tubeless, totally tubeless, and standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) with nephrostomy tube in a single center with selected patient population. METHODS:Between July 2006 and February 2008, PNL was performed in 176 patients in this retrospective study. Patie...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Istanbulluoglu MO,Cicek T,Ozturk B,Gonen M,Ozkardes H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of dietary management for the treatment of idiopathic hyperoxaluria in a large tertiary care center and examine the influence of patient factors, compliance, and follow-up on oxalate reduction, which has not been previously investigated. METHODS:Retrospectively, 149 patients with kidne...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schwen ZR,Riley JM,Shilo Y,Averch TD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the incidence and management of rectal injury in 4400 consecutive cases of robotic radical prostatectomy at a single institution. MATERIAL AND METHODS:From September 2001 to September 2009, 4400 patients underwent robotic radical prostatectomy. We reviewed the intraoperative and postoperative data...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kheterpal E,Bhandari A,Siddiqui S,Pokala N,Peabody J,Menon M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare survival outcomes and diversion-related complications of patients with and without a history of pelvic irradiation who underwent radical cystectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred sixty-four patients underwent radical cystectomy for bladder cancer (BCa) from July 2001 to September 2013. Thirty...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Nguyen DP,Al Hussein Al Awamlh B,Faltas BM,O'Malley P,Ayangbesan A,Inoyatov IM,Scherr DS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Quantitative cytology (Quanticyt) provides an objective reproducible alternative for routine cytology. To increase the sensitivity of cytology, we studied the application of consecutive cytology in patients in follow-up for superficial bladder cancer. METHODS:Between 1991 and 1998, a set of five or more bla...

journal_title：Urology

authors： van der Poel HG,van Rhijn BW,Peelen P,Debruyne FM,Boon ME,Schalken JA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of 3-dimensionally (3D) printed physical renal models with enhancing masses on medical trainee characterization, localization, and understanding of renal malignancy. METHODS:Proprietary software was used to import standard computed tomography (CT) cross-sectional imaging into 3D printe...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Knoedler M,Feibus AH,Lange A,Maddox MM,Ledet E,Thomas R,Silberstein JL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the performance of vaginal distension (VD) in different estrous cycle phases affects the successful induction of stress urinary incontinence in mice. METHODS:Female virgin C57BL/6 mice were distributed into 4 groups according to their estrous cycle phase: proestrus, estrus, metestrus, or dies...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Huang Y,Daneshgari F,Liu G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and other reported cofactors in the genesis, evolution, and clinical manifestations of precancerous and cancerous squamous cell lesions of the penis were studied in 34 men. Clinically, all lesions demonstrated aceto-whitening. Histologic changes of HPV infection formed ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Malek RS,Goellner JR,Smith TF,Espy MJ,Cupp MR

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intestinal metaplasia often coexists with adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder, suggesting to some investigators that it is premalignant. However, the natural history and long-term outcome of intestinal metaplasia in isolation are unknown. We report 53 cases of intestinal metaplasia of the urinary bladder f...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Corica FA,Husmann DA,Churchill BM,Young RH,Pacelli A,Lopez-Beltran A,Bostwick DG

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the oncologic outcomes of patients with retroperitoneal teratoma only at primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) who did not receive adjuvant chemotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between 1979 and 2010, 23 patients with clinical stage (CS) I and II disease underwent primary RPLND at o...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Liu NW,Cary C,Strine AC,Beck SD,Masterson TA,Bihrle R,Foster RS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the cellular, plasma, and urinary oxalate and erythrocyte oxalate flux in patients with calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) stone formation vs normal controls. Pathologic oxalate clearance in humans is mostly integrated in calcium oxalate stone formation. An underlying cause of deficient oxalate cle...

journal_title：Urology

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

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether there is a correlation between publicized health ranking systems and surgical outcomes after radical cystectomy (RC) in New York State (NYS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, data were collected in an aggregated fashion per hospital for t...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lascano D,Finkelstein JB,Barlow LJ,Kabat D,RoyChoudhury A,Caso JR,DeCastro GJ,Gold W,McKiernan JM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the pathophysiology of interstitial cystitis (IC), we examined urinary levels and urothelial expression of human orthologue of pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) III, namely, hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas (HIP)/PAP, in patients with IC. We have previously shown that PAP III is expresse...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Makino T,Kawashima H,Konishi H,Nakatani T,Kiyama H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the literature about the impact of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) on male reproduction. Studies investigating the in vitro effect of shock waves on semen samples indicate that spermatozoa are vulnerable to SWL. According to animal studies, intratesticular bleeding is common, but pregnancy rates are not affecte...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Philippou P,Ralph DJ,Timoney AG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of bilateral testicular masses in a 25-year-old man with von Hippel-Lindau disease presenting with cushingoid symptoms. His medical history was significant for bilateral adrenalectomies secondary to pheochromocytomas, and he began steroid therapy at that time. After exhaustive endocrinologic, radiogra...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Weeks DC,Walther MM,Stratakis CA,Hwang JJ,Linehan WM,Phillips JL

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess seminal plasma soluble Fas (sFas) relationship with oxidative stress and varicocele (Vx) grade in infertile men. METHODS:In all, 230 men were prospectively investigated: fertile men without Vx, fertile men with Vx, infertile men without Vx, and infertile men with Vx. In their semen, seminal oxidant...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tawadrous GA,Aziz AA,Mostafa T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether tamsulosin, as an alpha(1)-blocker, was effective for the treatment of steinstrasse in the lower ureter after shock wave lithotripsy. METHODS:A total of 67 patients (43 men and 24 women) with steinstrasse in the lower portion of the ureters were randomly divided into two groups. Only hyd...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Resim S,Ekerbicer HC,Ciftci A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of preoperative ureteral stenting on success rates of ureteroscopy (URS) for nephroureterolithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent URS for nephroureterolithiasis without preoperative indwelling ureteral stents. These patients were matched ac...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Netsch C,Knipper S,Bach T,Herrmann TR,Gross AJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasion of the bladder is an unusual manifestation of endometriosis. We report a case of an isolated vesical endometrioma that developed 12 years after an uncomplicated cesarean section. The intraoperative findings were consistent with the possibility that infiltration of the detrusor muscle by endometrial tissues re...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Posner MP,Fowler JE Jr,Meeks GR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To correlate sperm mitochondrial respiratory efficiency with variations in sperm motility and with sperm morphologic anomalies. METHODS:Sperm mitochondrial respiratory activity was evaluated with a polarographic assay of oxygen consumption carried out in hypotonically-treated sperm cells. A possible relation...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Ferramosca A,Provenzano SP,Coppola L,Zara V

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Complete and reliable infiltration of the entire prostate is important to improve the efficacy of intraprostatic gene therapy, as well as drug delivery. We sought to evaluate the optimal injection scheme and feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a surrogate solution to assess the distribution...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kassouf W,Brown GA,Shetty A,Hazle JD,Stafford RJ,Rosser CJ,Stephens C,Tinkey PT,Pisters LL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical and patient-reported urinary and sexual outcomes after a long-segment stricture repair using the 1-sided urethral dissection, penile invagination, and dorsal buccal mucosa graft onlay technique described by Kulkarni et al. METHODS:Patients from 4 institutions after single-stage repairs f...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Spencer J,Blakely S,Daugherty M,Angulo JC,Martins F,Venkatesan K,Nikolavsky D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively test the hypothesis that end-fire transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy probes have greater cancer detection rates than side-fire probes. Retrospective studies have suggested that such probes might have greater cancer detection rates. METHODS:The present prospective randomized multicenter t...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Rom M,Pycha A,Wiunig C,Reissigl A,Waldert M,Klatte T,Remzi M,Seitz C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute calculus disease of the upper urinary tract was studied retrospectively (1974-1978) in San Francisco Chinese and Caucasians. The Chinese population of San Francisco represents approximately 10 per cent of the total population. Yet the incidence of upper tract calculus among Chinese was found to be about twice th...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Fay R

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histologic study of the vas ends was carried out in 21 patients undergoing vasovasostomy. All had undergone prior vasectomy by the same surgeon, with a technique identical except for the type of cautery used to seal the vas ends. A superior sealing of the vas, as shown by fewer cases of vasitis nodosa and spermatic ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schmidt SS,Minckler TM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify differentially expressed genes in tumor cells of patients with prostate cancer by means of tissue microdissection and targeted differential display. METHODS:RNA was recovered from pure populations of microdissected normal epithelium and invasive tumor from frozen tissue sections of a radical pro...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Chuaqui RF,Englert CR,Strup SE,Vocke CD,Zhuang Z,Duray PH,Bostwick DG,Linehan WM,Liotta LA,Emmert-Buck MR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A papilloma in the renal pelvis of a five-year-old girl is reported. The transitional cell tumors of the renal pelvis in the pediatric age group are reviewed, and this is found to be the first case of a benign papilloma in childhood. We believe this pathologic entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kanamori S,Okumura S,Nishimura T,Hara M,Tsuboi N,Ohba S,Akimoto M,Kawanami O

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth muscle tone in the enlarged prostate is directly related to stimulation of the alpha-adrenergic receptors present in prostatic tissue. Variations in tone produce corresponding alterations in the degree of prostatic obstruction. Such variations can explain the spontaneous symptomatic variations seen clinically i...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Caine M

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00