Urology

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 functional result and treatment of dysfunction. The objective of this study was to evaluate the results of scintigraphic intestinal transit time and defaecography compared to the results of pouch function, mucosal condition and a questionnaire on quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study inc...

Reply to Véronique Phé, Morgan Rouprêt, and Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler's Letter to the Editor re: Xavier Biardeau, Jérôme Rizk, François Marcelli, Vincent Flamand. Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Approach for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation in 11 Women with Urinary Stress Incontinence: Surgical Technique and Initial Experience. Eur Urol 2015;67:937-42.

Re: Xavier Biardeau, Jérôme Rizk, François Marcelli, Vincent Flamand. Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Approach for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation in 11 Women with Urinary Stress Incontinence: Surgical Technique and Initial Experience. Eur Urol 2015;67:937-42.

A Genetic Algorithm Based Support Vector Machine Model for Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration Prediction.

Blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly complex physical barrier determining what substances are allowed to enter the brain. Support vector machine (SVM...

Minilaparoendoscopic Single-site Pyeloplasty: The Best Compromise Between Surgeon's Ergonomy and Patient's Cosmesis (IDEAL Phase 2a).

BACKGROUND: Laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery and minilaparoscopy (ML) represent the evolution of laparoscopy for the treatment of urologic ...

Artificial urinary sphincter implantation in women with stress urinary incontinence: preliminary comparison of robot-assisted and open approaches.

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: We aimed to compare outcomes of open and robot-assisted artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation in female patient...

Evaluation of positive surgical margins in patients undergoing robot-assisted and open radical prostatectomy according to preoperative risk groups.

OBJECTIVES: Recent studies showed that robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) represents an oncologically safe procedure in patients with prostat...

Predictive Value of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Catheterization: A Meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) accumulates in cortical tubules in acute kidney injury (AKI) patients, with its levels a...

Effect of bladder wall thickness on miniature pneumatic artificial muscle performance.

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are actuators known for their high power to weight ratio, natural compliance and light weight. Due to these advant...

Single baseline serum creatinine measurements predict mortality in critically ill patients hospitalized for acute heart failure.

BACKGROUND: Acute heart failure (AHF) is a leading cause of death in critically ill patients and is often accompanied by significant renal dysfunction...

Investigating the clinical advantages of a robotic linac equipped with a multileaf collimator in the treatment of brain and prostate cancer patients.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a commercially avail-able CyberKnife system with a multileaf collimator (CK-MLC) for ster...

Adaptive optimization by 6 DOF robotic couch in prostate volumetric IMRT treatment: rototranslational shift and dosimetric consequences.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude and dosimetric relevance of translational and rotational shifts on IGRT prostate volumetric...

Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging with digital histopathology in prostate.

PURPOSE: We propose a systematic approach to correlate MRI and digital histopathology in prostate.

Transurethral versus suprapubic catheter at robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a prospective randomized trial with 1-year follow-up.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate urethral catheter (UC) versus suprapubic tube (SPT) without stenting the anastomosis at robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (R...

Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation: our first case.

PURPOSE: Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. In order to reduce the morbidity of the open sur...

A Soft Computing Approach to Kidney Diseases Evaluation.

Kidney renal failure means that one's kidney have unexpectedly stopped functioning, i.e., once chronic disease is exposed, the presence or degree of k...

Real-Time Classification of Bladder Events for Effective Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence.

Diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysfunction with urodynamics has historically relied on data acquired from multiple sensors using nonphysiologically ...

Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activities of Benzimidazole-Based Sulfide and Sulfoxide Derivatives.

The design, synthesis, and in vitro antiproliferative activity of a novel series of sulfide (4a-i) and sulfoxide (5a-h) derivatives of benzimidazole, ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic management of duplex renal anomaly: Comparison of surgical outcomes to traditional pure laparoscopic and open surgery.

INTRODUCTION: Surgical management of duplex renal anomaly (DRA) is complex because of individual anatomic variation, competing priorities of vesicoure...

Toward teleoperated needle steering under continuous MRI guidance for prostate percutaneous interventions.

BACKGROUND: To propose a human-operated in-room master-slave bevel-tip needle steering system under continuous MRI guidance for prostate biopsy, in wh...