abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of chronic and debilitating symptoms of the overactive bladder, defined here as the presence of chronic frequency, urgency and urge incontinence (either alone or in any combination), and presumed to be caused by involuntary detrusor contractions. Subjects and methods Data were coll...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Milsom I,Abrams P,Cardozo L,Roberts RG,Thüroff J,Wein AJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the acceptability and patient satisfaction of transrectal biopsy undertaken with the patient under sedation. Patients and methods A retrospective questionnaire was sent to 100 patients who had undergone transrectal biopsy between January and August 1998. Levels of patient acceptability and satisf...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Peters JL,Thompson AC,McNicholas TA,Hines JE,Hanbury DC,Boustead GB

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine some of the genetic alterations involved in the pathogenesis and progression of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Materials and methods In a population-based study, freshly frozen tissue was collected from all patients newly diagnosed with urinary bladder cancer in the Stockholm region ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wada T,Louhelainen J,Hemminki K,Adolfsson J,Wijkström H,Norming U,Borgström E,Hansson J,Steineck G

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the expression of the seven known P2X receptors in human bladder from male patients with detrusor instability caused by symptomatic bladder outlet obstruction with that from control bladders, using a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. PATIENTS AND METHODS...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： O'Reilly BA,Kosaka AH,Chang TK,Ford AP,Popert R,McMahon SB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the utility of cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive (Dermabond, Ethicon, Somerville, NJ, USA; an effective means of epithelial skin closure) under a diaper (i.e. constantly exposed to bodily fluids) in 25 children (not toilet-trained) undergoing inguinal surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective revi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ferlise VJ,Ankem MK,Barone JG

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the overall success rate of a laparoscopic orchidopexy (LO) series over 5 years including over 100 procedures. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records were reviewed of children who underwent laparoscopic procedures for an impalpable testis at our institutions. The laparoscopic procedures included the stan...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chang B,Palmer LS,Franco I

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of tolterodine in children with an overactive bladder. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-three children (20 boys and 13 girls, aged 5-10 years) with an overactive bladder and symptoms of urgency, frequency and/or urge incontinence were enrolled in an open, dos...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hjälmås K,Hellström AL,Mogren K,Läckgren G,Stenberg A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of a high-oxalate/low-calcium diet on calcium oxalate stone risk factors in both black South Africans (who are largely immune to kidney stones) and white South Africans (in whom stones are more common). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Urinary and dietary variables were examined in 11 black and...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lewandowski S,Rodgers A,Schloss I

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether men with premature ejaculation who fail to respond to 25 mg clomipramine as needed improve when taking 10-30 mg clomipramine daily. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Four men with premature ejaculation whose ejaculation latencies increased minimally or not at all when taking 25 mg clomipramine as nee...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Rowland DL,De Gouveia Brazao CA,Koos Slob A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate changes in protein leakage in the glomerular filtration barrier, and in the ability of the tubule to reabsorb proteins during and after acute urinary retention (AUR). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Glomerular and tubular function was investigated in 24 men during AUR (mean age 68 years, mean retention time...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Mustonen S,Ala-Houhala IO,Tammela TL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness of surgery and topical steroids as treatments for phimosis (defined as a clinically verifiable, pathological, cicatricial stenosis of the prepuce) and to evaluate the financial basis of these treatments. METHODS:Data on treatment using topical steroids was obtained from publ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Berdeu D,Sauze L,Ha-Vinh P,Blum-Boisgard C

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether interstitial cystitis is associated with the increased release of substance P from the bladder wall into urine, by measuring urinary excretion rates of substance P and its metabolites in women with interstitial cystitis and in a control group of women with stress incontinence and normal ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Campbell DJ,Tenis N,Rosamilia A,Clements JA,Dwyer PL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of the direct radionuclide cystogram (DRC) in detecting vesico-ureteric reflux compared with the micturating cysto-urethrogram (MCU) in the same initial setting, in infants younger than one year. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The results from the dual cystograms of 62 refluxing infants < ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： McLaren CJ,Simpson ET

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the addition of ethanol to water for irrigation during transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and monitoring breath ethanol could be used to detect irrigant absorption and to limit free plasma haemoglobin in cases of absorption. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred patients (46 in Pi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hultén JO,Tran VT,Pettersson G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review our experience of using the tubularized incised plate (TIP) urethroplasty (useful in the treatment of distal hypospadias) to treat proximal hypospadias. MATERIALS AND METHODS:From March 1997 to March 2000 primary repairs were carried out on 40 boys (mean age 4.5 years) with proximal hypospadias. Af...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Chen SC,Yang SS,Hsieh CH,Chen YT

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate prospectively the accuracy of computer-aided three-dimensional (3D) volume-rendered computed tomography (CT) in determining the appropriate anatomical limits (tumour size, tumour location, multifocality and vascular supply) and as a potential tool in the preoperative simulation of nephron-sparing ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wunderlich H,Reichelt O,Schubert R,Zermann DH,Schubert J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess psychometrically a new questionnaire for measuring the psychosocial morbidity in patients with prostate cancer and in their partners, and to compare the morbidity of patients and their partners. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A sequential sample of patients with any stage of prostate cancer and attending gen...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cliff AM,MacDonagh RP

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate two methods of reducing the urine output during treatment (the most easily manipulated variable) in patients undergoing intravesical instillation with mitomycin C, where the concentration-time curve also depends upon dose, diluent volume, residual urine volume, and drug absorption and degradation....

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cliff AM,Heatherwick B,Scoble J,Parr NJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the efficacy, evaluate the safety and assess side-effects (swelling, haematoma and pain) of percutaneous vas occlusion compared with vasectomy in Dutch men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Vas occlusion and vasectomy procedures (attempted in 58 and 50 men, respectively) were conducted at the University Ho...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zambon JV,Barone MA,Pollack AE,Mehta M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of bone fractures in patients receiving luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists (LHRH-a) for prostate cancer (in whom a continued low testosterone level after the long-term administration of these drugs reduces bone mineral density), and thus determine the risk of secondary...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hatano T,Oishi Y,Furuta A,Iwamuro S,Tashiro K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the receptors for angiotensin II (AII, reported to be a potent contractile agent in human urinary bladder), using functional and autoradiographic techniques in child and adult bladder specimens. Materials and methods Bladder specimens were obtained from 61 children (aged 4 months to 12 years) ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Lam DS,Dias LS,Moore KH,Burcher E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), an indirect indicator of lipid peroxidation-induced injury by reactive oxygen species, in testicular biopsy specimens from infertile patients with and without varicocele. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Levels of MDA were measured in the testicular biopsy specimens from ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Köksal IT,Tefekli A,Usta M,Erol H,Abbasoglu S,Kadioglu A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the natural history of a group of patients who underwent contact laser prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients were followed up at 5 years after enrolling in a prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial of TURP vs contact laser pros...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Keoghane SR,Sullivan ME,Doll HA,Kourambas J,Cranston DW

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure in the treatment of primary genuine stress incontinence. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A two-centre follow-up study was conducted on 40 women with urodynamically confirmed primary genuine stress incontinence who had a tension-free vaginal ta...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Moran PA,Ward KL,Johnson D,Smirni WE,Hilton P,Bibby J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact on patterns of recurrence of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage 1 nonseminomatous germ cell tumours (NSGCT) of the testis, who have a high likelihood of relapse on surveillance if certain risk factors are identified in the orchidectomy specimen, and thus the theoretical need for...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hendry WF,Norman A,Nicholls J,Dearnaley DP,Peckham MJ,Horwich A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect on quality of life of being discharged home with a catheter before definitive treatment in patients with acute urinary retention (AUR). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients attending the emergency department with AUR were assessed and discharged home with a catheter if they fulfilled predeter...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Khoubehi B,Watkin NA,Mee AD,Ogden CW

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcome of a modified one-layer and two-layer vasovasotomy (VV) in two groups of similar men undergoing vasectomy reversal. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The charts and surgical records of all surgical procedures performed on men undergoing a modified one- or two-layer VV between June 1992 and July 199...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Fischer MA,Grantmyre JE

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To isolate new cDNAs corresponding to genes whose expression is increased during castration-induced rat prostate apoptosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Differential display of mRNAs from 3-day castrated and normal rat ventral prostates was used to identify differentially expressed clones. Northern blots were hybri...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Bruyninx M,Ammar H,Reiter E,Cornet A,Closset J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate long-term recurrence-free and progression-free survival of noninvasive bladder tumours (stage Ta), and the significance of simple risk factors, including concomitant epithelial dysplasia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 217 patients with primary noninvasive bladder tumour (stage Ta) who w...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zieger K,Wolf H,Olsen PR,Hojgaard K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) as a possible predisposing risk factor for bladder calculi, assessing risk factors in patients with and without bladder augmentation, and to evaluate management options for bladder calculi in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records of 4...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Barroso U,Jednak R,Fleming P,Barthold JS,González R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2/bFGF), which is important in the development and maintenance of the normal prostate and in the development of human benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatic carcinoma, in an animal model of experimentally induced diabetes. Materials and methods Using Western ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wang Z,Ikeda K,Wada Y,Foster HE,Weiss RM,Latifpour J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), benign prostatic obstruction (BPO), and the overactive bladder have increasing prevalence with age in both men and women (with the obvious exception). The question is, are they interrelated or independently related to age? The specific issue is whether BPO causes the overactive bla...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Thomas AW,Abrams P

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a randomized controlled clinical trial, the effect of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) on blood pressure. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The trial included 228 patients with small (< 15 mm) asymptomatic calyceal stones who were randomised to undergo ESWL (113 patients) or to an untreated (...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Elves AW,Tilling K,Menezes P,Wills M,Rao PN,Feneley RC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the outcome 10 years after an individual course of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) exercises for genuine stress incontinence. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Postal questionnaires were sent to 52 women who had undergone PFM training 10 years earlier, and their medical files were reviewed. The main outcome measur...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cammu H,Van Nylen M,Amy JJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare, in a retrospective study, pathological specimens of prostate cancer detected in additional areas of a 12-core biopsy with tumours detected using traditional sextant biopsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 27 patients who had undergone radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer. Prost...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Brössner C,Bayer G,Madersbacher S,Kuber W,Klingler C,Pycha A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility and efficacy of suicide-gene therapy using adenovirus (Ad)-mediated herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) and the prodrug acyclovir, and to evaluate changes in the biological phenotype for tumour cell proliferative activity after suicide-gene therapy in animal models of ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cheon J,Kim HK,Moon DG,Yoon DK,Cho JH,Koh SK

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the workload of bladder cancer surveillance on the British urologist. Methods Thirty-one consultant urologists serving a population of 4.8 million were sent postal questionnaires eliciting their views on the management of superficial bladder cancer. The number, type and outcome of cystoscopies per...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wright MP,Jones DJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of radiotherapy on the outcome of artificial urinary sphincter implantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A series of 72 men who had an artificial urinary sphincter inserted were reviewed retrospectively, analysing in detail the information from 15 patients with a past history of pelvic ra...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Manunta A,Guillé F,Patard JJ,Lobel B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether heat, used in transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) for benign prostatic hyperplasia and which causes necrotic lesions within the adenoma, induces apoptosis in benign human prostatic stromal cells. Materials and methods Prostatic stromal cells were cultured from benign human prosta...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Brehmer M,Svensson I

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To detect occult regional lymph node metastases in patients with T3pN0M0 prostate cancer not recognized by routine haematoxylin and eosin staining, and to evaluate the clinical relevance of this finding. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded pelvic lymph nodes (1118) from 92 patients were...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Clobes H,Fossâ SD,Waehre H,Jocham D,Berner A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00