abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the level of symptoms of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) in orphans in institutions, and compare these data with schoolchildren of the same age group who were not institutionalised, as LUTD in children is related to factors such as social isolation and low self-esteem, with other psycholog...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Barroso U Jr,Dultra A,De Bessa J Jr,Barros DG,Maron F,Barroso DV,Moreira ED Jr

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define changes in the clinical pathway for open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) and to determine their impact on patient care under the indirect influence of minimally invasive prostatectomy after implementing robotically assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) at our institution and modifying th...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kaufman MR,Smith JA Jr,Baumgartner RG,Wells N,Chang SS,Herrell SD,Cookson MS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the prevalence of nocturia in general practice and to determine which factors are associated with nocturia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Data were collected from 3048 elderly men, who completed a questionnaire that was sent to every man aged 55-75 years in 21 general practices in Maastricht (the Netherlan...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gourova LW,van de Beek C,Spigt MG,Nieman FH,van Kerrebroeck PE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience with laparoscopic robotic-assisted management of pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) in patients with horseshoe kidneys. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 2002 and May 2003, two men and a woman with horseshoe kidneys (mean age 44.6 years) had laparoscopic dismembered pyelop...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chammas M Jr,Feuillu B,Coissard A,Hubert J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the chemopreventive effects of a selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor, meloxicam, and a selective epidermal growth factor (EGF)-receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, gefitinib (as a single agent) on a carcinogen-induced rodent bladder carcinogenesis model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study compr...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hattori K,Iida K,Joraku A,Tsukamoto S,Akaza H,Oyasu R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the experience of the last 4 years from a centre to which women with voiding difficulties and urinary retention were referred nationally, describing what investigations were helpful in making a diagnosis and the management strategies used. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Women with voiding difficulties and ur...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kavia RB,Datta SN,Dasgupta R,Elneil S,Fowler CJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the pharmacology and functionality of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors in human corpus cavernosum, and to determine the predominant subtype. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cavernosal tissue specimens were obtained from the penises of 22 men (mean age 37.4 years) removed during gender re-assignment surgery. The m...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： El-Gamal OM,Sandhu DP,Terry T,Elliott RA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of 3 weeks of partial bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), compared to a sham operation, on the cholinergic and purinergic components of detrusor contractile responses to agonists and to electrical field stimulation (EFS); the expression of P2X receptor subtypes was also examined. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Banks FC,Knight GE,Calvert RC,Morgan RJ,Burnstock G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) before seed implantation, stratified into mild (0-7), moderate (8-19) and severe (>20) categories, predicts brachytherapy-related morbidity in terms of IPSS resolution, catheter dependency and the need for surgical intervention after brachytherap...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gutman S,Merrick GS,Butler WM,Wallner KE,Allen Z,Galbreath RW,Adamovich E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare interpretations of electromyographic (EMG) recordings from perineal surface patch electrodes (PSPEs) to those from urethral concentric needle electrodes (CNEs) during voiding. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Consenting women underwent urodynamic testing with a 30 G, 3.8 cm CNE at the 12 o'clock position in t...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mahajan ST,Fitzgerald MP,Kenton K,Shott S,Brubaker L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the early disclosure and treatment of meatal stenosis after hypospadias repair, using calibration of the neourethral meatus at regular intervals to detect stenosis, and to assess the curative effects of dilatation with topical corticosteroids. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 2001 and 2003, 83 boys (me...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Radojicic ZI,Perovic SV,Stojanoski KD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse tumour extent as a predictor of cancer progression after radical prostatectomy (RP), using a multivariate Cox regression model, as several variables (e.g. Gleason grade and tumour stage) are well-established prognostic factors in prostate cancer but it is uncertain if the visual estimation of tumou...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Jones TD,Koch MO,Lin H,Cheng L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of a routine explanation provided to men on their expectation of pain associated with a urodynamic study (UDS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The purpose of UDS is to reproduce patient's symptoms during the urine storage and voiding phases, and thus understand the causes of the patient's sympto...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Greenstein A,Bar-Yosef Y,Chen J,Matzkin H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience with the use of 95% ethanol as sclerotherapy for symptomatic simple renal cysts. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixty patients with 64 symptomatic simple renal cysts were treated by ultrasonography (US)-guided percutaneous aspiration and injection of 95% ethanol (31 men and 29 women, mean age ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mohsen T,Gomha MA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with metastatic bone disease often have severe bone pain and debilitating skeletal complications. Zoledronic acid is the only bisphosphonate shown to be safe and effective in reducing skeletal-related events (SREs), including pathological fractures, spinal cord compression, and radiation or surgery to bone in...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Saad F,Lipton A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) and evaluate the need for heparinoid prophylaxis as opposed to mechanical compression devices after RRP. PATIENTS AND METHODS:RRP is classified as a category 1 (high risk) procedure for VTE by the American Co...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Koya MP,Manoharan M,Kim SS,Soloway MS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the incidence of retropubic haematoma and any associated clinically significant effects after a xenograft (porcine dermis) sling (XS) or the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between October 2003 and March 2004, 24 consecutiv...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Giri SK,Wallis F,Drumm J,Saunders JA,Flood HD

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential use of bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC)-seeded biodegradable scaffold for bladder regeneration in a canine model, by characterizing BMSCs and comparing them to bladder smooth muscle cells (SMCs) by immunohistochemistry, growth capability, and contractility. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Bone m...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zhang Y,Lin HK,Frimberger D,Epstein RB,Kropp BP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the activity of nilutamide as secondary hormonal therapy in patients with androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC), as treatment options are limited for these patients and secondary hormonal therapy with antiandrogens has advantages, including low toxicity, oral administration and high patient ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nakabayashi M,Regan MM,Lifsey D,Kantoff PW,Taplin ME,Sartor O,Oh WK

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the meaning that men attach to their experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and to understand 'bother' in the context of those meanings. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixteen men with symptoms suggestive of LUTS and/or an enlarged prostate were recruited from the outpatient urology clini...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gannon K,Glover L,O'Neill M,Emberton M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our contemporary experience with renal autotransplantation (AT), an established treatment for managing patients with a shortened ureter or renovascular disease, as despite its historical importance, AT remains an underused technique by urologists. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients undergoing AT bet...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Webster JC,Lemoine J,Seigne J,Lockhart J,Bowers V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the clinical outcomes of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as the sole therapy for localized prostate cancer, and to determine independent predictors of disease progression, as recent studies indicate an increasing use of ADT. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records of all patients with cT1-4NXM0 a...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Janoff DM,Peterson C,Mongoue-Tchokote S,Peters L,Beer TM,Wersinger EM,Mori M,Garzotto M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the demographic, behavioural, clinical and medical history characteristics of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and asymptomatic controls, to identify characteristics that might be associated with this syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Self-administered epidemiologic...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pontari MA,McNaughton-Collins M,O'leary MP,Calhoun EA,Jang T,Kusek JW,Landis JR,Knauss J,Litwin MS,CPCRN Study Group.

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative prevalence of various definitions of microscopic haematuria (MH) in patients with renal neoplasms and controls, and to predict the likely outcome of renal imaging for those definitions. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In a retrospective case-control study 278 adult men and woman seen between 1...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Feldstein MS,Hentz JG,Gillett MD,Novicki DE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if cells expressing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) can be detected in blood collected by a cell-saver during radical prostatectomy (RP) or in the peripheral blood after intraoperative autotransfusion (IAT). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In all, 112 men with clinical T1c-T2 prostate cancer undergoing RP...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Stoffel JT,Topjian L,Libertino JA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a novel urine-collection device (UCD) that automatically collects a midstream urine (MSU) sample, and compare contamination rates to those of the conventional MSU sampling method, as the contamination of urine samples for microbiological analysis in women leads to diagnostic ambiguity and unnecess...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Jackson SR,Dryden M,Gillett P,Kearney P,Weatherall R

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of antimuscarinic treatment with tolterodine combined with behavioural modification as a first-line treatment, before invasive investigation, in children with non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction but no obvious anatomical or neurogenic cause. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study comprised 44 chi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ayan S,Kaya K,Topsakal K,Kilicarslan H,Gokce G,Gultekin Y

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the surgical management of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a solitary kidney (managed preferentially by nephron-sparing surgery, NSS, to avoid dialysis) and extending into the renal vein or inferior vena cava (T3b). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We identified 13 patients treated surgically bet...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Sengupta S,Zincke H,Leibovich BC,Blute ML

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the 2-year follow-up results on patients treated with a novel minimally invasive outpatient procedure for placing a mid-urethral sling, using porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-four women with urodynamic evidence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI, 19) or of SUI ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Jones JS,Rackley RR,Berglund R,Abdelmalak JB,DeOrco G,Vasavada SP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize serial long-term histological changes in mesenchymal cells infiltrating a collagen-based matrix, as in a hollow organ with differentiated urothelial lining created intraperitoneally by grafting cultured urothelial cells, mesenchymal cells with smooth-muscle immunohistochemical characteristics ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moriya K,Kakizaki H,Watanabe S,Sano H,Nonomura K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively investigate the presentation of germ cell tumours (GCTs) of the testis in terms of stage or histology, as the incidence of this disease in increasing. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients diagnosed with GCT of the testis between 1983 and 2002 were categorised into three periods depending on the dat...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Powles TB,Bhardwa J,Shamash J,Mandalia S,Oliver T

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the utility of percentage free/total prostate-specific antigen (f/tPSA) levels for detecting prostate cancer in a prospectively screened population of men with a 'normal' total PSA level. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Men aged 50-65 years were contacted via their general practitioner and invited for prostat...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rowe EW,Laniado ME,Walker MM,Patel A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a group of young women undergoing complex vaginoplasty, which may be defined as where there has already been previous complex pelvic surgery and the patient is unsuitable for conservative treatment or minor surgical revision. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients who had undergone a complex vaginopla...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Davies MC,Creighton SM,Woodhouse CR

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) is a slowly progressing disease, with some patients progressing more rapidly than others. In 80% of patients who progress this is caused by the worsening of symptoms. The physician can predict the risk of progression from the patient's ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Trachtenberg J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy, tolerability and safety of darifenacin, a muscarinic M3 selective receptor antagonist (M3 SRA), from an analysis of pooled data from three phase III, multicentre, double-blind clinical trials in patients with overactive bladder (OAB). PATIENTS AND METHODS:After a 4-week washout/run-...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chapple C,Steers W,Norton P,Millard R,Kralidis G,Glavind K,Abrams P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety of ureteroscopy plus intracorporeal lithotripsy (ULT) with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for treating distal ureteric calculi in childhood, as such stones are commonly treated by ESWL as the first option in adults but there is no agreement on the method of tre...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： De Dominicis M,Matarazzo E,Capozza N,Collura G,Caione P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report several samples of invasive human prostate cancer showing angiotropism, and to use human prostate cancer cells stably expressing green fluorescence protein (GFP) in in vitro and in vivo models to assess the dissemination pathway of prostate cancer cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Malignant melanoma an...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lugassy C,Vernon SE,Warner JW,Le CQ,Manyak M,Patierno SR,Barnhill RL

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed history, physical examination, symptom and quality-of-life assessment, and urine analysis are unanimously considered essential components of the initial evaluation of urinary incontinence. Beyond these assessments, there are no universally accepted recommendations and, to date, imaging is not recommended in...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Artibani W,Cerruto MA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence and treatment of lymphoceles after retropubic radical prostatectomy (RP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Up to January 2004, 260 patients who had a retropubic RP in one institution by one surgeon were assessed retrospectively, using the patients' notes or the computerized results system to d...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pepper RJ,Pati J,Kaisary AV

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the possible relationship between treatment with selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and the occurrence of nocturia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:An unselected group of adult men and women, living in the city of Ostersund, Sweden, were sent a postal questionnaire containing questions on somatic...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Asplund R,Johansson S,Henriksson S,Isacsson G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00