Urology

Acute Kidney Injury in a Tertiary Care Center of South India.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Data regarding the epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) from our part of the world are limited. The irking consequences of AKI, both on the patient and the health care system, are being increasingly recognized. We aimed to study the epidemiology and short-term outcomes of AKI and to analyze the factors associated with adverse renal outcomes.

Implementation of Machine Learning Models for the Prevention of Kidney Diseases (CKD) or Their Derivatives.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health issue with a high rate of morbidity and mortality and a high rate of disease progression. Because there are no visible symptoms in the early stages of CKD, patients frequently go unnoticed. The early detection of CKD allows patients to receive timely treatment, slowing the disease's progression. Due to its rapid recognition performance and accuracy, ...

Successful Multidisciplinary Repair of Severe Bilateral Uretero-Enteric Stricture with Inflammatory Reaction Extending to the Left Iliac Artery, after Robotic Radical Cystectomy and Intracorporeal Ileal Neobladder.

Uretero-enteric anastomotic strictures (UES) after robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) represent the main cause of post-operative renal dysfuncti...

Factors Affecting Transperitoneal Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.

To evaluate the impact of body mass index (BMI), preoperative risk classification, previous inguinal herniotomy, and abdominal operations on several ...

Cystectomy and ileal conduit for neurogenic bladder: Comparison of the open, laparoscopic and robotic approaches.

AIM: The objective of the present study was to compare the outcomes of open versus laparoscopic versus robotic cystectomy and ileal conduit for neurog...

Comparison of antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 after two doses of inactivated virus and BNT162b2 mRNA vaccines in kidney transplant.

BACKGROUND: Antibody response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) after mRNA or adenoviral vector-based vaccines is w...

Ensemble of Deep Learning Based Clinical Decision Support System for Chronic Kidney Disease Diagnosis in Medical Internet of Things Environment.

Recently, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing environments become commonly employed in several healthcare applications by the integration of ...

Design of a rapid diagnostic model for bladder compliance based on real-time intravesical pressure monitoring system.

OBJECTIVE: The diagnosis of bladder dysfunction for children depends on the confirmation of abnormal bladder shape and bladder compliance. The existin...

Development of a prediction score for in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients with acute kidney injury: a machine learning approach.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is frequently associated with COVID-19 and it is considered an indicator of disease severity. This study aimed to develop a ...

Development and Validation of an Objective Scoring Tool for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Scoring for Partial Nephrectomy.

To develop a structured and objective scoring tool for assessment of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN): Scoring for Partial Nephrectomy (SPaN...

The effect of race coefficients on preemptive listing for kidney transplantation.

BACKGROUND: Race coefficients of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) formulas may be partially responsible for racial inequality in preemptive...

Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Isthmus Division Using Endoscopic Transection Equipment in the Treatment of Symptomatic Horseshoe Kidney.

The surgical treatment of horseshoe kidney (HSK) remains a huge challenge because of the complex anatomy and abnormal blood vessel distribution. Ther...

Weakly-supervised deep learning for ultrasound diagnosis of breast cancer.

Conventional deep learning (DL) algorithm requires full supervision of annotating the region of interest (ROI) that is laborious and often biased. We ...

Reply to Nikolaos Grivas, Nikolaos Kalampokis, Markos Karavitakis, Ioannis Leotsakos, Ioannis Katafigiotis, and Henk van der Poel's Letter to the Editor re: Bara Barakat, Hazem Othman, Ulrich Gauger, Ingmar Wolff, Boris Hadaschik, Christian Rehme. Retzius Sparing Radical Prostatectomy Versus Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Which Technique Is More Beneficial for Prostate Cancer Patients (MASTER Study)? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.08.003.

Does transition from standard to Retzius-sparing technique in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy affect the functional and oncological outcomes?

OBJECTIVE: To appraise the outcomes on the Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (Rs-RARP) learning curve of a surgeon with previous ex...

The use and applicability of machine learning algorithms in predicting the surgical outcome for patients with benign prostatic enlargement. Which model to use?

OBJECTIVES: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in medicine, but data on benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) management are lacking. This...

Structural, functional and molecular pathogenesis of pelvic organ prolapse in patient and deficient mice.

Pelvic organ prolapse is a worldwide health problem to elderly women. Understanding its pathogenesis and an ideal animal model are crucial to developi...

Re: Bara Barakat, Hazem Othman, Ulrich Gauger, Ingmar Wolff, Boris Hadaschik, Christian Rehme. Retzius Sparing Radical Prostatectomy Versus Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Which Technique Is More Beneficial for Prostate Cancer Patients (MASTER Study)? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.08.003.

[EMPAIA-ecosystem for pathology diagnostics with AI assistance].

Applications of deep learning and other artificial intelligence techniques play an increasing role in pathological research. In contrast to research, ...

Radiation Protection and Occupational Exposure on Ga-PSMA-11-Based Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging Procedures in Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy.

Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI) was successfully implemented in the intraoperative context as a form of radioguided cancer surgery, showing promis...