Nephrology

Re: Riccardo Bertolo, Riccardo Autorino, Giuseppe Simone, et al. Outcomes of Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Clinical T2 Renal Tumors: A Multicenter Analysis (ROSULA Collaborative Group). Eur Urol 2018;74:226-32.

Reply to Zhenjie Wu and Linhui Wang's Letter to the Editor re: Riccardo Bertolo, Riccardo Autorino, Giuseppe Simone, et al. Outcomes of Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Clinical T2 Renal Tumors: A Multicenter Analysis (ROSULA Collaborative Group). Eur Urol 2018;74:226-32.

Societal Issues Concerning the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.

BACKGROUND: Medicine is becoming an increasingly data-centred discipline and, beyond classical stati...

Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: Machine Learning-Based Quantitative Computed Tomography Texture Analysis for Prediction of Fuhrman Nuclear Grade.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of quantitative computed tomography (CT) texture analysis usi...

Disease Specific Ontology of Adverse Events: Ontology extension and adaptation for Chronic Kidney Disease.

BACKGROUND: Adverse Event (AE) ontology can be used to support interoperability and computer-assiste...

Ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy in renal disorder: a clinico-electrophysiological study.

OBJECTIVE: To report the spectrum of ethambutol induced optic neuropathy in a group of renal patient...

RASPELD to Perform High-End Screening in an Academic Environment toward the Development of Cancer Therapeutics.

The identification of compounds for dissecting biological functions and the development of novel dru...

Minimally invasive donor nephrectomy: current state of the art.

BACKGROUND: The concept of a minimally invasive live donor nephrectomy developed over 20 years ago. ...

Twelve weeks of supervised exercise improves self-reported symptom burden and fatigue in chronic kidney disease: a secondary analysis of the 'ExTra CKD' trial.

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients experience a high symptom burden including fatigue...

Identifying epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status in patients with lung adenocarcinoma by three-dimensional convolutional neural networks.

OBJECTIVE:: Genetic phenotype plays a central role in making treatment decisions of lung adenocarcin...

Synbiotic meal decreases uremic toxins in hemodialysis individuals: A placebo-controlled trial.

Generation of uremic toxins p-cresylsulfate (p-CS), indoxyl sulfate (IS) and indole 3-acetic acid (I...

Re: Does Advancing Technology Improve Outcomes? Comparison of the da Vinci Standard/S/Si to the Xi Robotic Platforms during Robotic Nephroureterectomy.

Small airway segmentation in thoracic computed tomography scans: a machine learning approach.

Small airway obstruction is a main cause for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We propos...

Robot-assisted Kidney Autotransplantation: A Minimally Invasive Way to Salvage Kidneys.

BACKGROUND: Kidney autotransplantation (KAT) is the ultimate way to salvage kidneys with complex ren...

Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: Against.

The use of robotic techniques in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy currently tends to involve a longer ...

Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Stem Cell Donor Availability.

The success of unrelated donor stem cell transplants depends on not only finding genetically matched...

Quality of life with conservative care compared with assisted peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis.

BACKGROUND: There is little information about quality of life (QoL) for patients with end-stage kidn...

Contour-Seed Pairs Learning-Based Framework for Simultaneously Detecting and Segmenting Various Overlapping Cells/Nuclei in Microscopy Images.

In this paper, we propose a novel contour-seed pairs learning-based framework for robust and automat...

Levenberg-Marquardt Neural Network Algorithm for Degree of Arteriovenous Fistula Stenosis Classification Using a Dual Optical Photoplethysmography Sensor.

This paper proposes a noninvasive dual optical photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor to classify the deg...

Editorial Comment on: Learning Curves and Timing of Surgical Trials: Robotic Kidney Transplantation with Regional Hypothermia by Ahlawat et al. (From: Ahlawat RK, Tugcu V, Arora S, et al. J Endourolo 2018;32:1160-1165; DOI: 1089/end.2017.0697).

Ab Initio Calculations of the Redox Potentials of Additives for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Their Prediction through Machine Learning.

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations were carried out to examine the redox potentials of 149 ele...