abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the experience and views regarding live surgical broadcasts (LSB) among European urologists attending the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Society (ERUS) congress in September 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An anonymous survey was distributed via email inviting the participants of the...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Khan SA,Chang RT,Ahmed K,Knoll T,van Velthoven R,Challacombe B,Dasgupta P,Rane A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of hospital volume and 90-day mortality after cystectomy, conditional on survival for 30 days. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The National Cancer Data Base was used to evaluate 30- and 90-day mortality for 35,055 patients who underwent cystectomy for bladder cancer at one of 1118 hospitals. ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Nielsen ME,Mallin K,Weaver MA,Palis B,Stewart A,Winchester DP,Milowsky MI

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterise the surgical feasibility and outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) for pathological T4 bladder cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective evaluation of a prospectively maintained International Radical Cystectomy Consortium database was conducted for 1118 patients who underwent ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Al-Daghmin A,Kauffman EC,Shi Y,Badani K,Balbay MD,Canda E,Dasgupta P,Ghavamian R,Grubb R 3rd,Hemal A,Kaouk J,Kibel AS,Maatman T,Menon M,Mottrie A,Nepple K,Pattaras JG,Peabody JO,Poulakis V,Pruthi R,Palou Redorta J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the risk of failure during drug development in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and to identify factors that could improve outcomes. METHODS:We investigated CRPC by analysing compounds in phase I to phase III clinical trials between 1998 and April 2011. Drug development failures were...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tenuta A,Klotz L,Parker JL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the outcomes of >1000 men with low-risk prostate cancer treated with low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy at three large UK cancer centres. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 1038 patients with low-risk prostate cancer (prostate-specific antigen [PSA] ≤10 ng/mL, Gleason score 6, ≤T2b disease) were treate...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Dickinson PD,Malik J,Mandall P,Swindell R,Bottomley D,Hoskin P,Logue JP,Wylie JP

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether assessing the anatomical characteristics of renal masses increases the accuracy of prediction of tumour pathology in small renal masses (SRMs). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 1129 consecutive patients who underwent extirpative surgeries for a clinical T1 renal mass, for ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Shin TY,Kim J,Koo KC,Lim SK,Kim DW,Kang MW,Rha KH,Choi YD,Ham WS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present review were to assess the literature on published outcomes and complications associated with surgical treatments for Peyronie's disease (PD) and to assist clinicians in the effective management of PD by increasing understanding and awareness of the outcomes associated with current surgical trea...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Carson CC,Levine LA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify in absolute terms the potential benefit of regionalisation of care from low- to high-volume hospitals. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients with a primary diagnosis of bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy (RC) were identified within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a retrospective observationa...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ravi P,Bianchi M,Hansen J,Trinh QD,Tian Z,Meskawi M,Abdollah F,Briganti A,Shariat SF,Perrotte P,Montorsi F,Karakiewicz PI,Sun M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the suitability of preoperative multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) positivity as a predictor of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed the clinical records of patients who underwent either standard RP or laparoscopic RP between Janu...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hattori S,Kosaka T,Mizuno R,Kanao K,Miyajima A,Yasumizu Y,Yazawa S,Nagata H,Kikuchi E,Mikami S,Jinzaki M,Nakagawa K,Tanimoto A,Oya M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate robotic dry laboratory (dry lab) exercises in terms of their face, content, construct and concurrent validities. To evaluate the applicability of the Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills (GEARS) tool to assess dry lab performance. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Participants were prospectively c...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Ramos P,Montez J,Tripp A,Ng CK,Gill IS,Hung AJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical effect of the 'prostatic urethral lift' (PUL) on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) through a crossover design study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Men aged ≥ 50 years with an International Prostate Symptom Score of ≥ 13, a maximum urinary flo...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Cantwell AL,Bogache WK,Richardson SF,Tutrone RF,Barkin J,Fagelson JE,Chin PT,Woo HH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this paper were to review the published literature on the role of HOX genes in the development of the normal prostate gland and in prostate cancer and to discuss the potential role of the HOX family member, Engrailed-2 (EN2), as a diagnostic test of PCa. Hox genes were first described in the fruit fly Dros...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Javed S,Langley SE

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the incremental detection rate (DR) of a targeted biopsy in addition to a randomized 10-core biopsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This retrospective study analysed 1024 patients who consecutively underwent a four-core real-time elastography (RTE) targeted biopsies in addition to a randomized 10-core tran...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Salomon G,Drews N,Autier P,Beckmann A,Heinzer H,Hansen J,Michl U,Schlomm T,Haese A,Steuber T,Graefen M,Becker A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the 5-year oncological outcomes of endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE) from a medium-volume centre, thereby providing much needed data on outcomes from the UK. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From January 2006 to January 2012, 575 patients underwent EERPE for localized prostate cancer,...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： McNeill SA,Good DW,Stewart GD,Stolzenburg JU

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterise the incidence, onset, management, predictors, and clinical impact of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor-associated non-infectious pneumonitis (NIP) on patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective review of 310 patients with mRCC who rece...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Atkinson BJ,Cauley DH,Ng C,Millikan RE,Xiao L,Corn P,Jonasch E,Tannir NM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that observation with early salvage radiotherapy (SRT) is not inferior to 'standard' treatment with adjuvant RT (ART) with respect to biochemical failure in patients with pT3 disease and/or positive surgical margins (SMs) after radical prostatectomy (RP). To compare the following secon...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pearse M,Fraser-Browne C,Davis ID,Duchesne GM,Fisher R,Frydenberg M,Haworth A,Jose C,Joseph DJ,Lim TS,Matthews J,Millar J,Sidhom M,Spry NA,Tang CI,Turner S,Williams SG,Wiltshire K,Woo HH,Kneebone A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of various prostate tumour volume (TV) estimation methods. To determine the most appropriate estimation method for current clinical practice. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens from multiple institutions were analysed by a single uro-pathologist between Septemb...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Perera M,Lawrentschuk N,Bolton D,Clouston D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations of a range of personal and clinical variables with bladder cancer survival in men and women in NSW to see if we could explain why bladder cancer survival is consistently poorer in women than in men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All 6880 cases of bladder cancers diagnosed in NSW betwee...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Tracey E,Watt H,Currow D,Young J,Armstrong B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of histotripsy treatment parameters (pulse number and pulse-repetition frequency [PRF]) on the efficiency of histotripsy induced homogenisation of the prostatic urethra. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In all, 34 transabdominal prostate histotripsy treatments were applied along a perpendicular pla...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Schade GR,Styn NR,Ives KA,Hall TL,Roberts WW

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the development of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in boys who have undergone hypospadias repair. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the records of all boys who had recurrent UTIs after primary or redo tubularized incised plate (TIP) or transverse island flap (TVIF) repair...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wehbi E,Patel P,Kanaroglou N,Tam S,Weber B,Lorenzo A,Pippi Salle JL,Bagli D,Koyle M,Farhat WA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish a consensus on the utility of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) to identify patients for focal therapy. METHODS:Urological surgeons, radiologists, and basic researchers, from Europe and North America participated in a consensus meeting about the use of mpMRI in focal therapy of ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Muller BG,Fütterer JJ,Gupta RT,Katz A,Kirkham A,Kurhanewicz J,Moul JW,Pinto PA,Rastinehad AR,Robertson C,de la Rosette J,Sanchez-Salas R,Jones JS,Ukimura O,Verma S,Wijkstra H,Marberger M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:ERG-gene rearrangement defines a distinct molecular subtype of PCA with potential biological and clinical implications. To identify a molecular signature reflective of the downstream effects of ERG-mediated transcriptional regulation with prognostic implication in patients with prostate cancer (PCA). MATERI...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Bismar TA,Alshalalfa M,Petersen LF,Teng LH,Gerke T,Bakkar A,Al-Mami A,Liu S,Dolph M,Mucci LA,Alhajj R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review our experience in the management of secondary pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) comparing endopyelotomy with pyeloplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analysed our database of 58 patients having undergone operative management of PUJO after failed primary management, including 41...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Vannahme M,Mathur S,Davenport K,Timoney AG,Keeley FX Jr

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of the learning curve on operative, postoperative, and pathological outcomes of the first 67 totally intracorporeal robot-assisted radical cystectomies (RARCs) with neobladders performed by two lead surgeons at Karolinska University Hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between December 2003 ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Collins JW,Tyritzis S,Nyberg T,Schumacher MC,Laurin O,Adding C,Jonsson M,Khazaeli D,Steineck G,Wiklund P,Hosseini A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the perioperative and pathological outcomes associated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in morbidly obese men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 2008 and March 2012, 3041 patients underwent RARP at our institution by a single surgeon (V.P.). In all, 44 patients were considered ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Abdul-Muhsin H,Giedelman C,Samavedi S,Schatloff O,Coelho R,Rocco B,Palmer K,Ebra G,Patel V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the surgical technique of transcorporal artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation. To assess the efficacy of the AUS on continence and erectile function. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective evaluation was conducted between December 2007 and October 2012 at a tertiary referral centre of all ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Wiedemann L,Cornu JN,Haab E,Peyrat L,Beley S,Cathelineau X,Haab F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the cost, quality of life (QoL) and cost-effectiveness of a single-incision mini-sling (SIMS; Ajust(®) , C. R. Bard Inc., New Providence, NJ, USA) compared with a standard mid-urethral sling (SMUS; TVT-O™, Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) in the surgical management of female stress urinary incont...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Boyers D,Kilonzo M,Mostafa A,Abdel-Fattah M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a meta-analysis of the literature on the peri-operative outcomes of both robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN). MATERIALS AND METHODS:An electronic database search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library was performed for publicati...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Zhang X,Shen Z,Zhong S,Zhu Z,Wang X,Xu T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:• To review the published data on predisposing risk factors for cancer treatment-induced haemorrhagic cystitis (HC) and the evidence for the different preventive and therapeutic measures that have been used in order to help clinicians optimally define and manage this potentially serious condition. • Despite recognitio...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Payne H,Adamson A,Bahl A,Borwell J,Dodds D,Heath C,Huddart R,McMenemin R,Patel P,Peters JL,Thompson A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: The EndoSew(®) prototype was first tested in a porcine model several years ago. The investigators found it both simple to master and reliable, its greatest advantage being a 2.4-fold time saving compared with straight laparoscopic suturing. In additi...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Roth B,Birkhäuser FD,Thalmann GN,Zehnder P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jim Peters, a country boy who excelled academically and in the sporting arena was a Victorian urological pioneer. His passion for teaching and belief in the development of Australasian urology resulted in the establishment of two of Melbourne's earliest Urology Units (which are now major academic University department...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Webb DR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review time-trends in the use of perioperative chemotherapy and its impact on oncological outcomes in patients with bladder urothelial cancer (UC) at a single tertiary institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Using electronic and paper medical records, 89 patients were identified who underwent radical cystectomy...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Liew MS,Azad A,Tafreshi A,Eapen R,Bolton D,Davis ID,Sengupta S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze pathological and short-term oncological outcomes in men undergoing open and minimally-invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) for high-risk prostate cancer (HRPC; prostate-specific antigen level [PSA] >20 ng/mL, ≥ cT2c, Gleason score 8-10) in a contemporaneous series. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In total,...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Pierorazio PM,Mullins JK,Eifler JB,Voth K,Hyams ES,Han M,Pavlovich CP,Bivalacqua TJ,Partin AW,Allaf ME,Schaeffer EM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether a panel of kallikrein markers in blood: total, free and intact prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and kallikrein-related peptidase 2, could be used as a non-invasive alternative for predicting prostate cancer on biopsy in a screening setting. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The study cohort comprised pr...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Carlsson SV,Peltola MT,Sjoberg D,Schröder FH,Hugosson J,Pettersson K,Scardino PT,Vickers AJ,Lilja H,Roobol MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a large multi-institutional series of laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) nephroureterectomy (NU). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data on all cases of LESS-NU performed between 2008 and 2012 at 15 institutions were retrospectively gathered. The main demographic data and perioperative outcomes were analysed....

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Park SY,Rha KH,Autorino R,Derweesh I,Liastikos E,Tsai YC,Seo IY,Nagele U,Abdel-Karim AM,Herrmann T,Han DH,Rais-Bahrami S,Lee SW,Kim KS,Fornara P,Kallidonis P,Springer C,Élsalmy S,Chueh SC,Ho CH,Panumatrassamee K,

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify a phenotype that could be informative and prognostic in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) peripheral blood was evaluated for TH1, TH2, regulatory T cells (Tregs), natural killer (NK) and NKT cells and for cytokines/chemokines. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Peripheral blood from 77 patients with RCC...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Polimeno M,Napolitano M,Costantini S,Portella L,Esposito A,Capone F,Guerriero E,Trotta A,Zanotta S,Pucci L,Longo N,Perdonà S,Pignata S,Castello G,Scala S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the template-guided transperineal prostate biopsy (TPB) outcomes for patients of two urologists from a single institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We conducted a prospective study of 409 consecutive men who underwent TPB between December 2006 and June 2008 in a tertiary referral centre using a standa...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Symons JL,Huo A,Yuen CL,Haynes AM,Matthews J,Sutherland RL,Brenner P,Stricker PD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate if absorption of irrigation fluid occurs during bipolar plasma vaporisation (BPV) of the prostate. To examine the clinical predictors of increased risk of fluid absorption and to assess if changes in serum electrolytes, venous pH, haemoglobin or haematocrit are able to detect intra-operative f...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Hermanns T,Fankhauser CD,Hefermehl LJ,Kranzbühler B,Wong LM,Capol JC,Zimmermann M,Sulser T,Müller A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:What's known on the subject? and what does the study add?: As most urologist known, obesity significantly lowers serum PSA levels. So there is some concern about delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer in obese men. In the present study, we found that the accuracy level of PSA for detecting prostate cancer was ...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： Oh JJ,Jeong SJ,Lee BK,Jeong CW,Byun SS,Hong SK,Lee SE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present the oncological and functional outcomes of salvage focal (SFC) and salvage total (STC) cryoablation for recurrent prostate cancer (PCa) after failed primary radiotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From March 2003 to August 2010, 50 men with biopsy-proven unilateral (n = 25) or bilateral (n = 25) radio...

journal_title：BJU international

authors： de Castro Abreu AL,Bahn D,Leslie S,Shoji S,Silverman P,Desai MM,Gill IS,Ukimura O

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00