abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess clinical safety (primary) and efficacy (secondary) of histotripsy for treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic enlargement in a first-in human study. METHODS:Twenty-five male subjects with moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms, prostate size between 30 and 80 g, and no evidence of prosta...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Schuster TG,Wei JT,Hendlin K,Jahnke R,Roberts WW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report stricture characteristics, complications, and treatment outcomes among elderly men undergoing urethral reconstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective review of urethroplasty cases and outcomes by a single surgeon from 2007 to 2014 was performed. Men were stratified by decade of life at time ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Viers BR,Pagliara TJ,Rew CA,Folgosa-Cooley L,Shiang CY,Scott JM,Morey AF

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urethral adenocarcinoma of males is a rare disease with limited prospective data to define optimal treatment. Surgical excision remains the primary treatment for early-stage disease. Multimodality therapy with a combination of chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery has been explored in patients with locally advanced dise...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mendiratta P,Rini BI,Tendulkar RD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of 1.9 µm Vela laser in treatment of primary non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. METHODS:The data of the patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated by either en bloc transurethral resection with 1.9 µm Vela laser (n = 26) or conventional transurethral resect...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Xu H,Ma J,Chen Z,Yang J,Yuan H,Wang T,Liu J,Yang W,Ye Z

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the clinical utility of urinary DNA methylation for detection of intravesical recurrence of non-muscle invasive BCa (NMIBC), we performed a 2-center prospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A series of 207 self-voided urine samples were prospectively collected from 132 patients with NMIBC who had u...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Shindo T,Shimizu T,Nojima M,Niinuma T,Maruyama R,Kitajima H,Kai M,Itoh N,Suzuki H,Masumori N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal gunshot wounds resulting in a grade IV injury (AAST) should be explored only if they involve the hilum or if there are signs of suspected renal pelvis or ureteral laceration, active hemorrhage, peritonitis, or hemodynamically unstable patients (Kitrey et al, 2017).1 However, because of the paucity of cases repor...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Mantica G,Kruger S,Ackermann H,Spies PV,Cassim F,Keyser Z,Terrone C,van der Merwe A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a standardized PU-score (posterior urethral stenosis score), with the goal of using this scoring system as a preliminary predictor of surgical complexity and prognosis of posterior urethral stenosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed records of all patients who underwent posterior u...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Wang L,Lv X,Jin C,Guo H,Shu H,Fu Q,Sa Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present management challenges, surgical technique, and outcome associated with penoscrotal reconstruction in patients with giant scrotal lymphedema in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS:A prospective study of all patients who had penoscrotal reconstruction for giant scrotal lymphedema at our university teaching ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Salako AA,Olabanji JK,Oladele AO,Alabi GH,Adejare IE,David RA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate epidemiological data and hydrocele progression, we reviewed pediatric patients diagnosed with hydroceles in our institution retrospectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed data from 355 pediatric patients with hydroceles. Questionnaires regarding age at diagnosis, time of delivery, presence o...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Acer-Demir T,Ekenci BY,Özer D,Turanoğlu MA,Haberal KC,Bilgin EB,Hiçsönmez A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the statistical association between routine home health use after prostatectomy, short-term surgical outcomes, and payments. METHODS:We identified all men who underwent a robotic radical prostatectomy from April 1, 2014, to October 31, 2015, in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collabor...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kaye DR,Syrjamaki J,Ellimoottil C,Schervish EW,Solomon MH,Linsell S,Montie JE,Miller DC,Dupree JM,Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative and the Michigan Value Collaborative.

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate a novel supine, single-dock approach for robotic nephrectomy and inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy for a left-sided renal cell carcinoma with level II IVC thrombus. METHODS:We perform robotic nephrectomy and IVC thrombectomy in a 79-year-old man with a 6-cm left renal mass and level II IVC...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Aghazadeh MA,Goh AC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a prospective study to examine whether there are pretreatment and post-treatment disparities in urinary, sexual, and bowel quality of life (QOL) by race or ethnicity, education, or income in men with clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa.) METHODS: Participants (N = 1508; 81% white; 12% black; ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Orom H,Biddle C,Underwood W 3rd,Homish GG,Olsson CA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide insights into the role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in predicting oncological control following 2 focal ablation (FA) templates for selective cases of prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 59 radical prostatectomies were performed between 2012 and 2016 on cases...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Kenigsberg AP,Llukani E,Deng FM,Melamed J,Zhou M,Lepor H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe epidemiologic patterns, stage at presentation, histology, and treatment differences associated with Hispanic men diagnosed with testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT). Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic in the United States and reports suggest that the incidence of TGCT is rising most rapidl...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Woldu SL,Aydin AM,Rao AV,Hutchinson RC,Singla N,Clinton TN,Krabbe LM,Passoni NM,Raj GV,Miller DS,Amatruda JF,Sagalowsky AI,Lotan Y,Arriaga Y,Margulis V,Bagrodia A

更新日期：2018-02-01 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 report survival for patients who undergo urinary diversion for benign indications and to identify risk factors for morbidity at 90 days. METHODS:This is a retrospective review of consecutive urinary diversions with or without cystectomy for non-oncological indications at a single institution. The indicati...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Santiago-Lastra Y,Mathis MR,Andraska E,Thompson AL,Malaeb BS,Cameron AP,Clemens JQ,Stoffel JT

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate in more detail the effectiveness of a new designed more efficient ultrasonic propulsion for large stones and specific stone compositions in a tissue phantom model. In the first clinical trial of noninvasive ultrasonic propulsion, urinary stones of unknown compositions and sizes up to 10 mm were su...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Janssen KM,Brand TC,Bailey MR,Cunitz BW,Harper JD,Sorensen MD,Dunmire B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, via a randomized comparison study, whether robotic simulator-acquired skills transfer to performance of a urethrovesical anastomosis (UVA) on a 3-dimensional-printed bladder model using the da Vinci Robot. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Medical students, surgical residents, and fellows were recruited an...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Hoogenes J,Wong N,Al-Harbi B,Kim KS,Vij S,Bolognone E,Quantz M,Guo Y,Shayegan B,Matsumoto ED

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report 3-year outcomes of a prospective, multicenter, randomized, blinded control trial after treatment with convective radiofrequency (RF) water vapor thermal therapy for moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifteen centers enrol...

journal_title：Urology

authors： McVary KT,Roehrborn CG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore patient characteristics and complications of simple cystectomy for benign disease. A secondary objective was to compare these parameters to those in radical cystectomy. METHODS:Current Procedural Terminology codes were used to identify patients within the National Surgical Quality Improvement Prog...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Aisen CM,Lipsky MJ,Tran H,Chung DE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess prostate cancer (PCa) detection and prediction by combining the in-bore magnetic resonance imaging-guided transrectal targeted prostate biopsy (MRGB) with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) parameters and the Prostate Health Index (PHI) in case of negative 12-core standard biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Friedl A,Stangl K,Bauer W,Kivaranovic D,Schneeweiss J,Susani M,Hruby S,Lusuardi L,Lomoschitz F,Eisenhuber-Stadler E,Schima W,Brössner C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the Advanced Scope Trainer (AST; Mediskills, Northampton, UK). The AST is a currently unvalidated simulator, developed for flexible ureterorenoscopy (fURS) training. This study aims to assess the face, content, construct, and concurrent validity to assess the level of transferability of skills to ...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Al-Jabir A,Aydin A,Abe T,Raison N,Khan MS,Dasgupta P,Ahmed K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Less than 5%-7% of germ cell tumors are extragonadal, with the central nervous system being the most common location in children, followed by retroperitoneum and mediastinum. Only 10% of mediastinal tumors are malignant and one-third of these are pure seminomas (germinomas). We report the case of a 9-year-old boy with...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Bravo-Balado A,Torres Castellanos L,Carrillo Rodríguez A,Gómez Zapata D,Lammoglia Hoyos JJ,Andrade R,Pérez Niño J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the time-to-targeted therapy (TTT) in patients with not completely resected low-volume oligometastatic disease who were observed following debulking cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). METHODS:Patients with synchronous mRCC with not completely resected low-...

journal_title：Urology

authors： de Bruijn RE,Kuusk T,Noe AP,Blank CU,Haanen JBAG,Hendricksen K,Horenblas S,Bex A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the impact of gender on the clinicopathologic features and survival of patients with surgically treated papillary renal cell carcinoma (papRCC) using a comprehensive international multicenter database. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data of 2325 patients undergoing surgery for unilateral papRCC between 198...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Wolff I,Scavuzzo A,Capitanio U,Klatte T,Shariat SF,Wagener N,Zastrow S,Borgmann H,Krabbe LM,Hutterer G,May M,Brookman-May SD,Collaborative Research On Renal Neoplasms Association (CORONA) and the European Association of Urology (

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the urodynamic effects of electrical co-stimulation of 2 individual sites in the proximal and distal urethra in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). This work was motivated by preclinical findings that selective co-stimulation of the cranial urethral sensory nerve and the dorsal genital nerve, wh...

journal_title：Urology

authors： McGee MJ,Swan BD,Danziger ZC,Amundsen CL,Grill WM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze lower urinary tract symptoms and benign prostate hyperplasia features among male BRCA1 and 2 carriers and an age-matched control group. METHODS:Male BRCA carriers and noncarriers aged 40-70 years were enrolled in our cross-sectional study. Relevant clinical data were collected, and patients filled...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Goldberg H,Grievink LS,Mano R,Ber Y,Ozalbo R,Tuval S,Baniel J,Margel D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate a link between the appearance of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and microvasculature in prostate cancer and to assess the feasibility of PAI for angiogenesis imaging in prostate cancer. METHODS:We have developed a PAI system equipped with a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-type probe. Three patient...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Horiguchi A,Shinchi M,Nakamura A,Wada T,Ito K,Asano T,Shinmoto H,Tsuda H,Ishihara M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the combination of thermal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and novel hypothermic cooling, via an endorectal cooling balloon (ECB), to assess the effective dispersion and temperature drop in pelvic tissue to potentially reduce inflammatory cascade in surgical applications. METHODS:Three male subject...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Skarecky D,Yu H,Linehan J,Morales B,Su MY,Fwu P,Ahlering T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency of azoospermia factor (AZFa) microdeletions among infertile men and establish a new high-throughput sequencing method to detect novel deletion types. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 3731 infertile men were included. Karyotype analysis was performed using G-band staining of peripher...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Liu XY,Zhang HY,Pang DX,Xue LT,Yang X,Li YS,Liu RZ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the cognitive and physical workload experienced by each operating room team member for different types of urologic procedures. METHODS:Surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgical fellows, bedside assistants, circulating nurses, and scrub nurses completed the National Aeronautics and Space Administra...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Cavuoto LA,Hussein AA,Vasan V,Ahmed Y,Durrani A,Khan S,Cole A,Wang D,Kozlowski J,Ahmad B,Guru KA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of the Memokath stent in managing recurrent bulbar urethral strictures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This is an investigative pilot stage 2A study in patients with a recurrent bulbar urethral stricture who underwent a Memokath stent implant from January 2014 to January 2016 in a single high...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Barbagli G,Rimondi C,Balò S,Butnaru D,Sansalone S,Lazzeri M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the establishment of a unified, electronic patient-reported outcome (PRO) infrastructure and pilot results from the first 5 practices enrolled in the web-based collection system developed by the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eligible patients were t...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Lucas SM,Kim TK,Ghani KR,Miller DC,Linsell S,Starr J,Peabody JO,Hurley P,Montie J,Cher ML,Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative.

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) with involvement of the testes is extremely rare. Here, we present a pediatric case of HSP involving testicular ischemic necrosis in an 8-year-old child. Ultrasonography plays an important role not only in the differential diagnosis at onset, but also in the assessment of treatment respo...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Zhao L,Zheng S,Ma X,Yan W

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the characteristics and outcomes of late recurrence (LR) in patients with bladder cancer (BCa) treated with radical cystectomy (RC) and to identify clinicopathologic predictors of LR and postrecurrence survival. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This multicenter study included 1652 BCa patients. LR was de...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Soria F,Moschini M,Wirth GJ,Gust KM,Klatte T,Briganti A,Gontero P,Abufaraj M,Özsoy M,Karakiewicz PI,Shariat SF

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and short-term efficacy of complete sacrocolpopexy mesh excision with concomitant autologous fascia sacrocolpopexy. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing complete sacrocolpopexy mesh excision and concomitant autologous fascia sacrocolpopexy from March 2013 to Sept...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Oliver JL,Chaudhry ZQ,Medendorp AR,Wood LN,Baxter ZC,Kim JH,Raz S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience in applying the Lich-Gregoir extravesical ureteral reimplantation (EVR) approach to complex cases (megaureter, duplex systems) through a small inguinal incision, with the goal of minimizing invasiveness. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed the records of all patients who underwent comm...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Howe AS,Palmer LS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the associations between diabetes mellitus (DM) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). This study focuses on the relationships between specific diabetic characteristics (eg, severity, biomarkers) and the prevalence of LUTS. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The 2005-2008 cycles of the National Health a...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Tam CA,Helfand BT,Erickson BA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the functional results of continent cutaneous ileal urinary diversion using modified W-pouch with non-isolated extra limb for continence. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From January 2013 to January 2016, 21 patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer with median (interquartile range) of 59 (56.5-62.5) years...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Abd Elwahab KM,Eliwa AM,Seleem MM,Ali MM,El-Babouly IM,Ragab A,Naguib M,Desouky HM,Desoky EAE,Omran M,Kamel HM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the predictive performance of a logistic regression model developed with contemporary data from a diverse group of urology practices to that of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) Risk Calculator version 2.0. MATERIALS AND METHODS:With data from all first-time prostate biopsies performed b...

journal_title：Urology

authors： Auffenberg GB,Merdan S,Miller DC,Singh K,Stockton BR,Ghani KR,Denton BT

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00