Urology

Significance of postoperative membranous urethral length and position of vesicourethral anastomosis for short-term continence recovery following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND: We assess whether short-term recovery of urinary incontinence following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) is associated with postoperative membranous urethral length (MUL) and position of vesico-urethral anastomosis (PVUA).

Deep learning-based segmentation in prostate radiation therapy using Monte Carlo simulated cone-beam computed tomography.

PURPOSE: Segmenting organs in cone-beam CT (CBCT) images would allow to adapt the radiotherapy based on the organ deformations that may occur between treatment fractions. However, this is a difficult task because of the relative lack of contrast in CBCT images, leading to high inter-observer variability. Deformable image registration (DIR) and deep-learning based automatic segmentation approaches ...

Effect of Peritoneal Fixation (PerFix) on Lymphocele Formation in Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy: Results of a Randomized Prospective Trial.

BACKGROUND: Symptomatic lymphoceles present the most common complication of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with extended pelvic lymph nod...

Enhancing MR image segmentation with realistic adversarial data augmentation.

The success of neural networks on medical image segmentation tasks typically relies on large labeled datasets for model training. However, acquiring a...

Deep learning-based 4D-synthetic CTs from sparse-view CBCTs for dose calculations in adaptive proton therapy.

BACKGROUND: Time-resolved 4D cone beam-computed tomography (4D-CBCT) allows a daily assessment of patient anatomy and respiratory motion. However, 4D-...

Long-term results after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy of a simplified inguinal hernia prevention technique without artificial substance use.

INTRODUCTION: Durable techniques that prevent postoperative inguinal hernia (IH) after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) have not been estab...

Editorial Comment to Incidence and predictive factors of orgasmic dysfunction after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study.

Uncovering additional predictors of urothelial carcinoma from voided urothelial cell clusters through a deep learning-based image preprocessing technique.

BACKGROUND: Urine cytology is commonly used as a screening test for high-grade urothelial carcinoma for patients with risk factors or hematuria and is...

Urodynamic assessment and quality of life outcomes of robot-assisted totally intracorporeal radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder for bladder cancer: a preliminary study.

PURPOSE: Few data exist regarding the functional outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) with intracorporeal orthotopic neobladder. The a...

Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Bilateral Ileal Ureter in Duplex Ureter With Strictures After Treatment Failure of Allium Stents.

BACKGROUND: Ureteral injury and vaginal fistula are common complications after surgical treatment and radiotherapy of gynecological tumor. Ureteral in...

Automatic Stones Classification through a CNN-Based Approach.

This paper presents an automatic recognition system for classifying stones belonging to different Calabrian quarries (Southern Italy). The tool for st...

Evaluation of a hybrid pipeline for automated segmentation of solid lesions based on mathematical algorithms and deep learning.

We evaluate the accuracy of an original hybrid segmentation pipeline, combining variational and deep learning methods, in the segmentation of CT scans...

Evaluating Surgical Outcomes of Robot Assisted Simple Prostatectomy in the Retreatment Setting.

OBJECTIVE: To report perioperative and postoperative outcomes in men who undergo salvage RASP (sRASP) following some other endoscopic outlet procedure...

Feasibility of Laser Lithotripsy for Midsize Stones Using Robotic Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery System easyUretero in a Porcine Model.

To test the safety and feasibility of laser lithotripsy for midsize renal stones using a newly developed robotic retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS)...

Deep learning can predict survival directly from histology in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

For clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) risk-dependent diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms are routinely implemented in clinical practice. Artif...

Clinical and bacteriological outcomes in patients with urinary tract infections presenting to primary care in Harare, Zimbabwe: a cohort study.

: Treatment for urinary tract infections (UTIs) is usually empiric and is based on local antimicrobial resistance data. These data, however, are scarc...

Variations in Opioid Use Following Robotic Radical Prostatectomy in South Florida.

Opioid dependency has been a persistent issue in the United States over the past two decades. Increased efforts have been made to reduce opioid presc...

Deep morphological recognition of kidney stones using intra-operative endoscopic digital videos.

To assess the performance and added value of processing complete digital endoscopic video sequences for the automatic recognition of stone morphologic...

Artificial Intelligence Algorithm-Based MRI in the Diagnosis of Complications after Renal Transplantation.

This study was to explore the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) optimized by residual segmentation attention dual channel network (...

Characterization of the SGLT2 Interaction Network and Its Regulation by SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Bioinformatic Analysis.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), also known as solute carrier family 5 member 2 (SLC5A2), is a promising target for a new class of drugs prima...