Urology

Prospective Study to Assess Progression of Renal Markers after Interruption of Tenofovir due to Nephrotoxicity.

. Prospective studies about the reversibility of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate- (TDF-) related renal...

Correlation of Serum Cystatin C with Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Receiving Platinum-Based Chemotherapy.

. Serum cystatin C seems to be an accurate marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) compared to se...

Long non-coding RNA LOC283070 mediates the transition of LNCaP cells into androgen-independent cells possibly via CAMK1D.

AIMS: The present study is to investigate the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the developm...

Chronic Kidney Disease Is an Independent Risk Factor for Transfusion, Cardiovascular Complication, and Thirty-Day Readmission in Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and minimall...

Re: Hussein et al.: Development and Validation of a Quality Assurance Score for Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy: A 10-Year Analysis (Urology 2016;97:124-129).

Long-Term Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in the Era of Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents.

BACKGROUND: The following registry (Katowice-Zabrze retrospective registry) aimed to assess the infl...

Semiautomated Support Photoelectrochemical Immunosensing Platform for Portable and High-Throughput Immunoassay Based on Au Nanocrystal Decorated Specific Crystal Facets BiVO Photoanode.

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) measurement has been developed rapidly for bioanalysis in recent years. H...

Automatic prediction of tumour malignancy in breast cancer with fractal dimension.

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancer today in women. The main avenue of diagno...

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Febuxostat Therapy on Adipokines and Markers of Kidney Fibrosis in Asymptomatic Hyperuricemic Patients With Diabetic Nephropathy.

BACKGROUND: In observational studies, higher uric acid levels are associated with metabolic syndrome...

Ileostomy creation in colorectal cancer surgery: risk of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

BACKGROUND: Ileostomy creation is associated with postoperative dehydration and readmission; however...

Comparison of Data from a Single-Analyte and a Multianalyte Method for Determination of Urinary Total Deoxynivalenol in Human Samples.

Deoxynivalenol (DON) exposure is estimated by the combined measures of urinary DON and DON-glucuroni...

Evaluation of a Machine-Learning Algorithm for Treatment Planning in Prostate Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy.

PURPOSE: This work presents the application of a machine learning (ML) algorithm to automatically ge...

Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: A Case Report.

Ductal adenocarcinoma is an unusual variant of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. A 73-year-old male wa...

Exploring Value From the Patient's Perspective Between Modern Radiation Therapy Modalities for Localized Prostate Cancer.

PURPOSE: Patients' perspectives on their treatment experiences have not been compared between modern...

A case of rapid amelioration of hepatitis C virus-associated cryoglobulinemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis treated by interferon-free directly acting antivirals for HCV in the absence of immunosuppressant.

Mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome, which is a systemic vasculitis characterized by the immune complex ...

Robotic-Assisted Versus Manual Prostatic Arterial Embolization for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Comparative Analysis.

PURPOSE: Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is a safe and efficacious procedure for benign prostati...

Patterns of Recurrence After Postprostatectomy Fossa Radiation Therapy Identified by C-11 Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography.

PURPOSE: To evaluate C-11 choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CholPET) in stag...

First report of robot-assisted transperineal fusion versus off-target biopsy in patients undergoing repeat prostate biopsy.

PURPOSE: To clarify the value of targeted versus off-target biopsies in men with a suspicion of pros...

Early surgery after angiography in patients scheduled for valve replacement.

Background There are limited data regarding the risks of cardiac surgery early after coronary angiog...

Multi-atlas and unsupervised learning approach to perirectal space segmentation in CT images.

Perirectal space segmentation in computed tomography images aids in quantifying radiation dose recei...

Re: Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RALP) Versus Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy (RRP): Early Outcomes from a Randomised Controlled Phase 3 Trial.