Urology

Prescription trend and lactic acidosis in patients prescribed metformin before and after the revision of package insert for allowing metformin administration to patients with moderately decreased kidney function based on real-world data from MID-NET in Japan.

INTRODUCTION: This study was conducted to understand the impact of package insert (PI) revision in J...

Reply to Carmen Gravina, Matteo Romagnoli, Antonio Nacchia, et al.'s Letter to the Editor re: Edward Lambert, Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Christophe Vaessen, et al. Robot-assisted Periprostatic Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation in Men with Neurogenic Stress Urinary Incontinence: Description of the Surgical Technique and Comparison of Long-term Functional Outcomes with the Open Approach. Eur Urol. 2024;85:139-145.

Improving image quality of triple-low-protocol renal artery CT angiography with deep-learning image reconstruction: a comparative study with standard-dose single-energy and dual-energy CT with adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction.

AIM: To investigate the improvement in image quality of triple-low-protocol (low radiation, low cont...

DARDN: A Deep-Learning Approach for CTCF Binding Sequence Classification and Oncogenic Regulatory Feature Discovery.

Characterization of gene regulatory mechanisms in cancer is a key task in cancer genomics. CCCTC-bin...

Deep Learning-Based Detection and Classification of Bone Lesions on Staging Computed Tomography in Prostate Cancer: A Development Study.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Efficiently detecting and characterizing metastatic bone lesions on stagin...

IDEAL-D Phase 0 Evaluation of the Avatera System in Robot-Assisted Prostate, Bladder and Renal Surgery.

To evaluate the utilization of novel Avatera system in urological operations according to the IDEAL...

Single incision robotic cystectomy and urinary diversion.

PURPOSE: In this review, we aim to provide readers with a balanced understanding of all aspects of s...

Multiparametric MRI-Based Machine Learning Models for the Characterization of Cystic Renal Masses Compared to the Bosniak Classification, Version 2019: A Multicenter Study.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Accurate differentiation between benign and malignant cystic renal masses (...

Point-of-care diagnosis of tissue fibrosis: a review of advances in vibrational spectroscopy with machine learning.

Histopathology is the gold standard for diagnosing fibrosis, but its routine use is constrained by t...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy guided by 5G-powered robot-assisted teleultrasound diagnosis system: first clinical experience with a novel tele-assistance approach (IDEAL stage 1).

BACKGROUND: To demonstrate the technical feasibility of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) guided b...

Development and application of an amplified luminescent proximity homogeneous assay-linked immunosorbent assay for the accurate quantification of kidney injury molecule-1.

Kidney injury molecule-1 (Kim-1), a specific marker of kidney injury, is usually not expressed in n...

Impact of low pneumoperitoneum on renal function and acute kidney injury biomarkers during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP): a randomised clinical trial.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of low pneumoperitoneum pressure (Pnp) on ren...

Incidence, Determinants, and Outcome of Contrast-induced Acute Kidney Injury following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the ...

Study on the Effect of Low Calcium Dialysate on Biochemical Profile of Adynamic Bone Disease in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis.

In recent years, adynamic bone disease (ABD) has become a common skeletal lesion in adult patients w...

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and metabolic related indicators in Mianzhu, Sichuan, China.

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem worldwide. Periodic survey...

Integration of multi-omics and clinical treatment data reveals bladder cancer therapeutic vulnerability gene combinations and prognostic risks.

BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer (BCa) is a common malignancy of the urinary tract. Due to the high hetero...

Quality of information and appropriateness of Open AI outputs for prostate cancer.

Chat-GPT, a natural language processing (NLP) tool created by Open-AI, can potentially be used as a ...

Inguinal hernia leads to worse immediate urinary continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

OBJECTIVES: Patients with inguinal hernia (IH) may have voiding dysfunction and weak urethra-stabili...

Outcomes of lateral approach in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: insights from a single-surgeon experience.

In the era of robotic prostate surgery, various techniques have been developed to improve functional...

normothermic preservation of a kidney graft from uncontrolled donation after circulatory death over 73 hours.

The transplant community is focused on prolonging the preservation time of kidney grafts to allow f...

Effectiveness of continuity of care after robot-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy under ambulatory mode: a single-center intervention study.

To investigate the effectiveness of continuity of care after robot-assisted adrenal tumor resection ...