Urology

Localized prostate cancer and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a retrospective, comparative study between pre- and post-operative Gleason scores.

INTRODUCTION: To compare the pre- and post-operative Gleason scores (GS) in patients with localized ...

Predictors of short-term and long-term incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Purpose To determine retrospectively the prognostic factors for urinary incontinence following robot...

Applying an artificial neural network model for developing a severity score for patients with hereditary amyloid polyneuropathy.

Hereditary (familial) amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is a systemic disease that includes a sensorimoto...

Quality of care and practice patterns in anaemia management at specialist kidney clinics in Ireland: a national study.

BACKGROUND: Although anaemia is a common complication of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), know...

Renal recovery after severe acute kidney injury in critically ill myeloma patients: a retrospective study.

BACKGROUND: Despite substantial improvements in the management of multiple myeloma, renal failure re...

Outcomes of combination MRI-targeted and transperineal template biopsy in restaging low-risk prostate cancer for active surveillance.

OBJECTIVE: Active surveillance (AS) offers a strategy to reduce overtreatment and now is a widely ac...

Extended-release calcifediol for secondary hyperparathyroidism in stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease.

Extended-release calcifediol (ERC) 30 µg capsules were recently approved as Rayaldee® by the United ...

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy significantly reduced biochemical recurrence compared to retro pubic radical prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND: The pathological and oncological outcomes of retro-pubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) and...

Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography for Prostate Cancer: Distribution of Disease and Implications for Radiation Therapy Planning.

PURPOSE: To explore the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-avid distribution of prostate canc...

The association of benign prostatic hyperplasia with lower urinary tract stones in adult men: A retrospective multicenter study.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and the presence o...

NIRCa: An artificial neural network-based insulin resistance calculator.

BACKGROUND: Direct measurement of insulin sensitivity in children with type 1 diabetes is cumbersome...

Pathophysiology of clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia.

A disease can be defined as an abnormal anatomy (pathology) and/or function (physiology) that may ca...

Robot-assisted vs open radical prostatectomy: the day after.

Patterns of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Are Correlated With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Continence in Men Undergoing a Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patterns, class...

Editorial Comment to Robot-assisted laparoscopic versus open partial nephrectomy in patients with chronic kidney disease: A propensity score-matched comparative analysis of surgical outcomes.

Background factors and short-term health-related quality of life in patients who initially underwent radical prostatectomy or androgen deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer in a Japanese prospective observational study (J-CaP Innovative Study-1).

BACKGROUND: This prospective observational study elucidated the usefulness of hormonal therapy for l...

Complications of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Mortality, Myocardial Infarction and Acute Kidney Injury.

OBJECTIVE: Patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) have comorbidities that increase ...

Improving Teamwork: Evaluating Workload of Surgical Team During Robot-assisted Surgery.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cognitive and physical workload experienced by each operating room tea...

A prospective randomized controlled trial for assessment of perineal hydrodissection technique for nervesparing robot assisted radical prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND: This study prospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of perineal hydrodissection i...

Effect of different surgical procedures on the accuracy of prediction of the plasma concentration of fentanyl: comparison between mastectomy and laparoscopic prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of simulation-predicted fentanyl concentration in different types of surgic...

Reply to Fabrizio Dal Moro's Letter to the Editor re: Vladimir Student Jr., Ales Vidlar, Michal Grepl, Igor Hartmann, Eva Buresova, Vladimir Student. Advanced Reconstruction of Vesicourethral Support (ARVUS) during Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: One-year Functional Outcomes in a Two-group Randomised Controlled Trial. Eur Urol 2017;71:822-30: CoRPUS and ARVUS.