Urology

Re: Impact of metabolic syndrome on early recovery of continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Re: Assessing the Impact of Surgeon Experience on Urinary Continence Recovery after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Results of Four High-Volume Surgeons.

Re: Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation: The European Experience.

Kidney Detection in 3-D Ultrasound Imagery via Shape-to-Volume Registration Based on Spatially Aligned Neural Network.

This paper introduces a computer-aided kidney shape detection method suitable for volumetric (3D) ul...

Using support vector machine analysis to assess PartinMR: A new prediction model for organ-confined prostate cancer.

BACKGROUND: Partin tables represent the most widely used predictive tool for prostate cancer stage a...

Impact of the off-clamp endoscopic robot-assisted simple enucleation (ERASE) of clinical T1 renal tumors on the postoperative renal function: Results from a matched-pair comparison.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the surgical and functional outcomes of a matched-paired series of on-clamp vs ...

Machine Learning on a Genome-wide Association Study to Predict Late Genitourinary Toxicity After Prostate Radiation Therapy.

PURPOSE: Late genitourinary (GU) toxicity after radiation therapy limits the quality of life of pros...

Coil Embolization of a Renal Aneurysm Using a Minimally Invasive Endovascular Robotic System.

We present a case demonstrating the use of an endovascular robotic system in the treatment of a sacc...

InfAcrOnt: calculating cross-ontology term similarities using information flow by a random walk.

BACKGROUND: Since the establishment of the first biomedical ontology Gene Ontology (GO), the number ...

Re: Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Assistant's Seniority has No Influence on Perioperative Course.

Re: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Impact of the Retzius-Sparing Approach on Early Urinary Continence Recovery after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.

A method of gene expression data transfer from cell lines to cancer patients for machine-learning prediction of drug efficiency.

Personalized medicine implies that distinct treatment methods are prescribed to individual patients ...

25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels was not Associated with Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

BACKGROUND: We investigated the effect of vitamin D deficiency on cardiovascular risk profiles in an...

Risk and Management of Postoperative Urinary Retention Following Spinal Surgery.

PURPOSE: Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is a common complication after spinal surgery. Howev...

Physician perceptions of blood pressure control in patients with chronic kidney disease and target blood pressure achievement rate.

BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP) control is the most-established method for the prevention of chronic...

Cockcroft-Gault, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, and Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equations for estimating glomerular filtration rates in cancer patients receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

BACKGROUND: Although the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation has be...

Clinical Significance of Urinary Biomarkers in Patients With Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

BACKGROUND: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is often accompanied with tubulointerstitial l...

Changes in glomerular filtration rate and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation.

BACKGROUND: Patients with kidney disease are more likely to develop atrial fibrillation (AF) than in...

Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor/Calcium Antagonist Combination Therapy on Renal Function in Hypertensive Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Chikushi Anti-Hypertension Trial - Benidipine and Perindopril.

BACKGROUND: Appropriate blood pressure control suppresses progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD...

A comparison of normal and high post-void residual urine and urodynamic parameters in women with overactive bladder.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate voiding functions and assess the relationships of voiding parameters to ov...

Analogous detection of circulating tumor cells using the AccuCyte -CyteFinder system and ISET system in patients with locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer.

INTRODUCTION: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can provide important information on patient's prognosi...