Urology

Incidence, Etiology, Prevention and Management of Ureteroenteric Strictures after Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy: A Review of Published Evidence and Personal Experience.

Benign ureteroenteric anastomosis strictures (UESs) are one of many critical complications that may cause irreversible disability following robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). Previous studies have shown that the incidence rates of UES after RARC can reach 25.3%, with RARC having higher UES incidence rates compared to open radical cystectomy. Various known and unknown factors are involved in...

Characterizing shared and distinct symptom clusters in common chronic conditions through natural language processing of nursing notes.

Data-driven characterization of symptom clusters in chronic conditions is essential for shared cluster detection and physiological mechanism discovery. This study aims to computationally describe symptom documentation from electronic nursing notes and compare symptom clusters among patients diagnosed with four chronic conditions-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, type 2 d...

Blood-Based Immune Profiling Combined with Machine Learning Discriminates Psoriatic Arthritis from Psoriasis Patients.

Psoriasis (Pso) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, and up to 30% of Pso patients develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA), which can lead to irreversibl...

Multimodal kidney-preserving approach in localised and locally advanced high-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

OBJECTIVES: Multimodal kidney-preserving (MKP) strategies may be an option for patients with localised or locally advanced high-risk upper tract uroth...

A Deep Learning Pipeline for Grade Groups Classification Using Digitized Prostate Biopsy Specimens.

Prostate cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA. In this paper, we develop a computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) system for a...

Deep learning-based classification and structure name standardization for organ at risk and target delineations in prostate cancer radiotherapy.

Radiotherapy (RT) datasets can suffer from variations in annotation of organ at risk (OAR) and target structures. Annotation standards exist, but thei...

Retrospective Analysis of the Efficacy of Da Vinci Robot-Assisted Pyeloplasty in the Treatment of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction in Children.

Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is one of the common causes of hydronephrosis in children, and the purpose of this study was to observe the ...

Detection of urinary tract calculi on CT images reconstructed with deep learning algorithms.

BACKGROUND: Deep learning Computed Tomography (CT) reconstruction (DLR) algorithms promise to improve image quality but the impact on clinical diagnos...

Less invasive and equivalent short-term outcomes with simultaneous en bloc robot-assisted radical cystectomy and laparoscopic nephroureterectomy: Comparison with conventional open radical cystectomy and nephroureterectomy.

INTRODUCTION: To clarify the safety and efficacy of en bloc simultaneous robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) and laparoscopic nephroureterectomy ...

Noninvasive intracranial pressure real-time waveform analysis monitor during prostatectomy robotic surgery and Trendelenburg position: case report.

Both robotic surgery and head-down tilt increase intracranial pressure by impairing venous blood outflow. Prostatectomy is commonly performed in elder...

Reply to Nikolaos Kalampokis, Nikolaos Grivas, Markos Karavitakis, and Henk van der Poel's Letter to the Editor re: Aina Salazar, Lucas Regis, Jacques Planas, et al. A Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Benefit of Posterior Rhabdosphincter Reconstruction in Early Urinary Continence Recovery after Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Eur Urol Oncol 2022;5:460-3.

A Cascaded Deep Learning-Based Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Automated Lesion Detection and Classification on Biparametric Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Prostate MRI improves detection of clinically significant prostate cancer; however, its diagnostic performance has wide vari...

Automatic radiotherapy delineation quality assurance on prostate MRI with deep learning in a multicentre clinical trial.

Volume delineation quality assurance (QA) is particularly important in clinical trial settings where consistent protocol implementation is required, a...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic urologic surgery in infants weighing ≤10 kg: A weight stratified analysis.

INTRODUCTION: Robot-assisted laparoscopic (RAL) urologic surgery is widely used in pediatric patients, though less commonly in infants. There are smal...

Stratification of Potency Outcomes Following Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Based on Age, Preoperative Potency, and Nerve Sparing.

To identify factors affecting potency and to predict ideal patient subgroups who will have the highest chance of being potent after robot-assisted la...

A magnetically controlled soft miniature robotic fish with a flexible skeleton inspired by zebrafish.

The untethered miniature swimming robot actuation and control is difficult as the robot size becomes smaller, due to limitations of feasible miniaturi...

Extended robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection as a monotherapy in patients with very high-risk prostate cancer Patients.

BACKGROUND: Patients with very-high-risk prostate cancer (VHRPCa) have earlier biochemical recurrences (BCRs) and higher mortality rates. It remains u...

Clinically Distinct Subtypes of Acute Kidney Injury on Hospital Admission Identified by Machine Learning Consensus Clustering.

BACKGROUND: We aimed to cluster patients with acute kidney injury at hospital admission into clinically distinct subtypes using an unsupervised machin...

Can maneuverability in the robot assisted laparoscopic stapler during ileoileal anastomosis compensate for shorter stapler length? - A randomized experimental porcine study.

BACKGROUND: Ileal anastomosis is imperative in patients given a urinary diversion during radical cystectomy. Proper handling and staplers with a certa...

Re: Aina Salazar, Lucas Regis, Jacques Planas, et al. A Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Benefit of Posterior Rhabdosphincter Reconstruction in Early Urinary Continence Recovery after Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Eur Urol Oncol 2022;5:460-3.