abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify predictors of delayed therapy with curative intent, an increasingly common option in contemporary patients with prostate cancer who initially choose watchful waiting. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The characteristics of all patients at one institution and diagnosed with T1-4NXM0 prostate cancer between 19...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： el-Geneidy M,Garzotto M,Panagiotou I,Hsieh YC,Mori M,Peters L,Klein T,Beer TM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain a greater understanding of sexual behaviour and habits among men with and without erectile dysfunction (ED), and their female partners, to improve the management of ED in heterosexual men. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A population-based study was conducted amongst men and women aged > 40 years. None of the...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Eardley I,Dean J,Barnes T,Kirby M,Glasser D,Solanki J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonists alfuzosin and tamsulosin on the physiological events associated with ejaculation in the rat, because when these drugs are used for treating symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia in men they may affect ejaculation by impairing bladder neck closur...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Giuliano F,Bernabe J,Droupy S,Alexandre L,Allard J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, type and treatment behaviour of women with urinary incontinence in four European countries. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Data were collected using a postal survey which was sent to 29,500 community-dwelling women aged > or = 18 years in France, Germany, Spain and the UK. Subjects were as...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hunskaar S,Lose G,Sykes D,Voss S

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the utility of a new 'modified-prone' position for treating pre-vesical stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), usually considered an acceptable and effective treatment for such stones, but for which many different body positions have been used in an attempt to increase its ef...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Köse AC,Demirbas M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the events during and after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion for bladder cancer, in terms of major and minor complications, comparing a minimal with an extended lymphadenectomy, as more lymph nodes obtained during radical cystectomy may improve staging and thus the outcome. PATIENTS AND MET...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Brössner C,Pycha A,Toth A,Mian C,Kuber W

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To increase the clinical usefulness of the actively deflectable flexible ureteroscope by making sequential changes in design and then using these prototypes clinically; and to develop a clinical series using the optimum prototype and contrast it with an extensive database of patients treated with the traditio...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Johnson GB,Grasso M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the preclinical pharmacology of Ro 115-1240, a peripherally acting selective alpha1A/1L-adrenoceptor (AR) partial agonist, compared with the alpha1A/1L-AR full agonist amidephrine, as AR agonists have some utility in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) but are limited by undesirable...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Blue DR,Daniels DV,Gever JR,Jett MF,O'Yang C,Tang HM,Williams TJ,Ford AP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the 2-year clinical and biochemical follow-up of symptomatic men who had a high prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) level, for whom our policy has been to avoid biopsy in those with a normal repeat PSA, as minimizing negative prostate biopsies is an important goal in managing men with a high PSA, where...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Singh R,Cahill D,Popert R,O'Brien TS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe metoidioplasty, a technique for creating a neophallus from an enlarged clitoris in female transsexuals, without needing the complex, multi-staged surgical construction of a large phallus, as this reconstruction is one of the most difficult in female transsexuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From Septemb...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Perovic SV,Djordjevic ML

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare prospectively obtained symptom scores (pre-tests) with retrospective assessment (then-tests) in patients with newly diagnosed advanced prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients with newly diagnosed locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer were recruited. They completed the International...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rees J,Waldron D,O'Boyle C,Ewings P,MacDonagh R

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effect of allowing patients to watch their cystoscopy on closed-circuit television and with an explanation during the procedure, with an explanation alone, as involving patients in the process of minimally invasive procedures like colonoscopy or colposcopy has been reported to alleviate pain an...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kesari D,Kovisman V,Cytron S,Benjamin J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of castration on the expression of endothelins (ETs), ET receptors and ET converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) in the rat seminal vesicle (RSV). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sprague-Dawley rats (3 months old) were surgically castrated or sham-operated, and then killed 7 days after surgery. Biochem...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Takahashi W,Yono M,Wada Y,Ikeda K,Weiss RM,Latifpour J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the long-term outcome of patients with locally advanced or metastatic prostate carcinoma treated by first-line antiandrogen monotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From 1983 to 1990, 41 patients with advanced prostate carcinoma were treated with flutamide monotherapy until progression or the appearance ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Serretta V,Daricello G,Dispensa N,Allegro R,Pavone C,Pavone-Macaluso M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, using a postal questionnaire survey of practising British consultant urologists, the duration and type of antibiotic deemed most effective in patients with an existing indwelling catheter before transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), as the value of prophylactic antibiotics before TURP ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wilson JR,Puri R,Prescott S,Urwin GH

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility of using a ganglial culture system to screen various growth factors as potential therapeutic agents for pelvic nerve injuries. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The major pelvic ganglia (MPG) were isolated from male rats and attached to culture dishes with the aid of Matrigel (Becton Dicki...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lin G,Chen KC,Hsieh PS,Yeh CH,Lue TF,Lin CS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction is common in the ageing man and reliable therapies are needed. The pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction in this group mainly includes chronic ischaemia, which triggers the deterioration of cavernosal smooth muscle and the development of corporeal fibrosis. Assessing the ageing man with erectile...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Montorsi F,Briganti A,Salonia A,Deho' F,Zanni G,Cestari A,Guazzoni G,Rigatti P,Stief C

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the partner's influence on the patient's choice of treatment for early prostate cancer, and whether partner characteristics and biases predict the preference. PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Questionnaires for partners to complete retrospectively were sent to consecutive patients recruited in a s...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Srirangam SJ,Pearson E,Grose C,Brown SC,Collins GN,O'Reilly PH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the epidemiology of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among men and women, as there are significant unanswered questions about the prevalence and impact of LUTS in different populations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A population-based, cross-sectional survey was completed in Boxmeer (the Netherlands), ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Boyle P,Robertson C,Mazzetta C,Keech M,Hobbs FD,Fourcade R,Kiemeney L,Lee C,UrEpik Study Group.

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the functional and cosmetic results and patient satisfaction after triple incision plasty for phimosis in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 197 boys who had a triple incision for phimosis (mean age 5.8 years, range 0.25-18). The indications for preputial surgery were recurrent bal...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fischer-Klein Ch,Rauchenwald M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether baseline health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and psychosocial profiles differ in patients with prostate cancer scheduled for radical prostatectomy (RP) or external radiation therapy (ERT), as there is evidence that HRQOL is influenced by psychosocial factors (PFs), so that any variation a...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Van Andel G,Visser AP,Hulshof MC,Horenblas S,Kurth KH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of the dual-action 5alpha-reductase inhibitor dutasteride on benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)-specific health status, as measured by the BPH Impact Index (BII), and to identify baseline and treatment risk factors for those most bothered by their BPH symptoms at the end of the protocol...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： O'Leary MP,Roehrborn C,Andriole G,Nickel C,Boyle P,Höfner K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential of p21 as a gene therapy treatment for prostate cancer, by introducing p21 into both androgen-dependent (AD) and -independent (AI) human prostate cancer cell lines via a recombinant adenoviral vector, Ad5CMV-p21, carrying human p21 cDNA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The LNCaP, DU145 and PC-3...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Gotoh A,Shirakawa T,Wada Y,Fujisawa M,Okada H,Kamidono S,Hamada K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the optimal use of combined treatment with chemotherapy and appropriately timed surgical intervention by a specialized team might improve the outcome for patients with poor- and intermediate-prognosis (International Germ Cell Consensus Classification, IGCCC) nonseminomatous germ cell tumours...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pentheroudakis G,De Bono JS,Kaye SB,Simpson A,Paul J,Brown I,Pamenter B,Kirk A,Vasey P,Raby N,Kirk D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review patients who had vesico-ureteric reflux corrected surgically by ureteric reimplantation during childhood, and thus assess their long-term outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1970 and 1979, 322 children underwent ureteric reimplantation; 100 (79 women and 21 men) were re-assessed and the long-term...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mor Y,Leibovitch I,Zalts R,Lotan D,Jonas P,Ramon J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the surgical treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastatic to the contralateral adrenal gland and compare our experience with previous reports, as such metastases are found in 2.5% of patients with metastatic RCC at autopsy, and the role of resecting metastatic RCC at this site is...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lau WK,Zincke H,Lohse CM,Cheville JC,Weaver AL,Blute ML

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present our experience and outcome of consecutive laparoscopic renal biopsy over a 9-year period, as renal biopsy remains an important diagnostic procedure for evaluating proteinuria, haematuria and renal failure, but when percutaneous biopsy is contraindicated, a laparoscopic biopsy is an attractive opti...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shetye KR,Kavoussi LR,Ramakumar S,Fugita OE,Jarrett TW

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the spontaneous regeneration, over a long period, of the seriously injured sympathetic pathway controlling the prostate. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The hypogastric nerve (HGN), which is part of the sympathetic pathway from the spinal cord to the prostate, was partly removed over half of its length on ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Kobayashi T,Kihara K,Hyochi N,Masuda H,Sato K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use information from genetic polymorphisms and from patients (drinking/exercise habits) to identify their association with stone disease, the main analytical and predictive tools being discriminant analysis (DA) and artificial neural networks (ANNs). PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Urinary stone disease is...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chiang D,Chiang HC,Chen WC,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate different stimulation signals for the peripheral nerve evaluation test (PNE, carried out before implanting a sacral neuromodulator for functional voiding dysfunction) in an animal model and to determine their efficacy, as up to 80% of patients do not respond to the PNE test. MATERIALS AND METH...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Seif C,Cherwon E,Martinez Portilló FJ,Alken P,Jünemann KP,Braun PM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predictive value of serial bone scans as a surveillance tool for bone metastasis in men with clinically localized prostate cancer and managed with watchful observation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective single-arm study was conducted to assess the feasibility of a watchful observation protocol...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Yap BK,Choo R,Deboer G,Klotz L,Danjoux C,Morton G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the immunohistochemical expression of topoisomerase II-alpha (TII-alpha, a nuclear enzyme, the expression of which increases rapidly at the end of the S to G2/M phase and declines when mitosis ends) in bladder urothelial neoplasms (transitional cell carcinoma), and its correlation with grade, s...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Koren R,Kugel V,Dekel Y,Weissman Y,Livne PM,Gal R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the results of retroperitoneal laparoscopic with open partial nephroureterectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Laparoscopic retroperitoneal partial nephroureterectomy was undertaken in 15 children (13 upper and two lower poles; median age at the time of surgery 61 months, range 5-212). A three-trocar ret...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： El-Ghoneimi A,Farhat W,Bolduc S,Bagli D,McLorie G,Khoury A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe our experience of inguinal exploration in patients who had a reasonable chance of having a benign testicular lesion. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From 1995 to 2002, 11 patients (mean age 43 years, range 27-63) with testicular masses that were suspected to be benign underwent inguinal exploration. RESULT...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Passarella M,Usta MF,Bivalacqua TJ,Hellstrom WJ,Davis R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the results of endopyelotomy using endoluminal ultrasonography (EUS) to identify crossing vessels, as the success rates of endopyelotomy are generally lower than pyeloplasty, especially in patients with crossing vessels. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-one consecutive patients who underwent EUS before ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Parkin J,Evans S,Kumar PV,Timoney AG,Keeley FX Jr

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain community-based information about the incidence of interstitial cystitis, a chronic disabling condition of the bladder where knowledge is limited because there are no definitive diagnostic criteria. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All residents of Olmsted County, MN, USA who had received a physician-assigned ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Roberts RO,Bergstralh EJ,Bass SE,Lightner DJ,Lieber MM,Jacobsen SJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of castration and continuous gonadotrophin releasing-hormone (GnRH) agonist and antagonist therapy on the expression of GnRH-receptors type I (GnRH-RI) in rat ventral prostate (VP) and pituitary tissue, and to compare the effects on prostate morphology. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Mature Spra...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tieva A,Bergh A,Damber JE

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare in vivo the potency and bladder-vascular selectivity of ATP-sensitive potassium channel openers (KCOs) (-)-cromakalim, WAY-133537 and ZD6169 and a muscarinic antagonist, tolterodine in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Bladder and arterial pressures were monitored simultaneously, before and after increa...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fabiyi AC,Gopalakrishnan M,Lynch JJ 3rd,Brioni JD,Coghlan MJ,Brune ME

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the long-term effectiveness of the UroLume trade mark wallstent (Pfizer Inc., UK) in the treatment of detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia (DESD) in quadriplegic patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twelve patients with quadriplegia secondary to spinal trauma underwent external striated sphincter sten...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hamid R,Arya M,Patel HR,Shah PJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) 2 and 9 in bladder cancer cell lines stimulated with epidermal growth factor (EGF), and to investigate the presence of gelatinases in the urine of patients with bladder tumours, in relation to the stage and grade of tumour and the EGF receptor (EGFR) status...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nutt JE,Durkan GC,Mellon JK,Lunec J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00