Urology

An efficient method for kidney allocation problem: a credibility-based fuzzy common weights data envelopment analysis approach.

Given the perennial imbalance and chronic scarcity between the demand for and supply of available organs, organ allocation is one of the most critical decisions in the management of organ transplantation networks. Organ allocation systems undergo rapid revisions for the sake of improved outcomes in terms of both equity and medical efficiency. This paper presents a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-b...

The relationship between kidney function and quality of life among community-dwelling adults varies by age and filtration marker.

BACKGROUND: The impact of a diminished level of kidney function on the well-being of an older individual is poorly understood. We sought to determine the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and overall quality of life (QoL) among older adults.

Pressure-related flow rates for continuous renal replacement therapy in very small children: an in vitro study.

OBJECTIVE: Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is extremely challenging in very small children, as most CRRT intravascular access devices are ...

A scheme based on ICD-10 diagnoses and drug prescriptions to stage chronic kidney disease severity in healthcare administrative records.

BACKGROUND: Information about renal function is important for drug safety studies using administrative health databases. However, serum creatinine val...

Patterns of progression of chronic kidney disease at later stages.

BACKGROUND: At later stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), a pattern of linear and irreversible renal function decline is thought to be the most com...

Changes in cardiac function and hemodynamics during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy with steep head-down tilt: a prospective observational study.

OBJECTIVE: Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy requires the patient to be placed in a steep head-down tilt. The aim of our study was to investig...

Bayesian Additive Regression Trees using Bayesian Model Averaging.

Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) is a statistical sum of trees model. It can be considered a Bayesian version of machine learning tree ensemb...

The Impact of Adding Sentinel Node Biopsy to Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection on Biochemical Recurrence in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.

The benefit of adding sentinel node biopsy (SNB) to extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) remains controversial. The aim of our study was to e...

Intra-Abdominal Cooling System Limits Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Robot-Assisted Renal Transplantation.

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation is feasible; however, concerns have been raised about possible increases in warm ischemia times. We describe a n...

Automated diagnosis of prostate cancer in multi-parametric MRI based on multimodal convolutional neural networks.

Automated methods for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis in multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MP-MRIs) are critical for alleviating requiremen...

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 prostate cancer treated with robot-assisted laparo...

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-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Methods Al...

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 sensorimotor polyneuropathy related to transthyretin (TTR) mu...

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 remains an important burden that tremendously impair...

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), knowledge of quality of care and management practices ...

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 accepted treatment option for low-risk prostate canc...

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 States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the ...

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 robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) have ...

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 cancer (PC) on positron emission tomography (PET), bot...

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 of lower urinary tract stones.