Urology

Editorial Comment to Validation of an educational program balancing surgeon training and surgical quality control during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

PK/PD analysis of biapenem in patients undergoing continuous hemodiafiltration.

BACKGROUND: Continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF) is used as renal replacement therapy for critically ...

Microarray expression profiling and gene ontology analysis of long non-coding RNAs in spontaneously hypertensive rats and their potential roles in the pathogenesis of hypertension.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been demonstrated to be significant in numerous biological proce...

Outcomes Associated With 3 Treatment Schedules of High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Monotherapy for Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer.

PURPOSE: We report the outcomes associated with 3 high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy regimens used a...

SBRT and HDR brachytherapy produce lower PSA nadirs and different PSA decay patterns than conventionally fractionated IMRT in patients with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: To compare patterns of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response following stereotactic body...

Prostate-specific antigen kinetics after stereotactic body radiotherapy as monotherapy or boost after whole pelvic radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has emerged as an effective treatment for localized p...

Automatic classification of prostate cancer Gleason scores from multiparametric magnetic resonance images.

Noninvasive, radiological image-based detection and stratification of Gleason patterns can impact cl...

Glutathione peroxidase-1 gene (GPX1) variants, oxidative stress and risk of kidney complications in people with type 1 diabetes.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Glutathione peroxidase (GPX) is a class of antioxidant enzymes that catalyze the...

Fully automatized renal parenchyma volumetry using a support vector machine based recognition system for subject-specific probability map generation in native MR volume data.

In epidemiological studies as well as in clinical practice the amount of produced medical image data...

Outcomes of living kidney donors with medullary sponge kidney.

BACKGROUND: Patients with medullary sponge kidney (MSK) commonly encounter recurrent nephrolithiasis...

Does bariatric surgery really prevent deterioration of renal function?

BACKGROUND: Obesity is related to impaired renal function; bariatric surgery is associated with an i...

Botulinum toxin injection in the pediatric population with medically refractory neuropathic bladder.

INTRODUCTION: Botulinum toxin injection (BTI) has been advocated as a second line therapy in managem...

Patient kidney disease knowledge remains inadequate with standard nephrology outpatient care.

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) knowledge among patients newly referred to a nephrology cli...

Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether using hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 as a pump prime and for i...

Comparison of Single-docking Robotic-assisted and Traditional Laparoscopy for Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection During Nephroureterectomy With Bladder Cuff Excision for Upper-tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of traditional laparoscopy and a simple, single-docking robotic ap...

Renal Function in Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients After A 130-km Road Cycling Race.

BACKGROUND: A few patients, after receiving solid organ transplantation, return to performing variou...

Higher serum total bilirubin concentration is associated with lower risk of renal insufficiency in an adult population.

BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation is proposed to play a central role in the pathogenesis of chronic k...

Prediction of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation: comparison between logistic regression and machine learning methods.

BACKGROUND: Predictive models for delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation are usua...

Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Algorithms with Gene Expression Profiling to Predict Recurrent Nonmuscle Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder.

PURPOSE: Due to the high recurrence risk of nonmuscle invasive urothelial carcinoma it is crucial to...

First Robotic-Assisted Dual Kidney Transplant: Surgical Technique and Report of a Case With 24-month Follow-up.

BACKGROUND: Open surgery is the gold standard procedure for kidney transplantation. There is a stron...

Scintigraphic Small Intestinal Transit Time and Defaecography in Patients with J-Pouch.

Objective methods for examination of pouch function are warranted for a better understanding of the ...