Urology

Salvage robot-assisted radical prostatectomy following failed local treatments.

Prostate cancer represents the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and is the second-leading cause of cancer related death in the United States. Primary treatment for prostate cancer includes radiotherapy or ablative procedures such as cryotherapy, and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). Unfortunately, a large proportion of these patients, especially with high risk features, may experience...

What's new in robotic partial nephrectomy.

OBJECTIVE: Robot assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is a minimally invasive option for patients with small renal masses undergoing partial nephrectomy. In this review we provide an update on the oncological safety and renal functional outcomes following RAPN. We also discuss the novel techniques and technological advances that have contributed to the outcomes of RAPN.  METHODS: A Medline search u...

Intracorporeal orthotopic neobladder formation: Why not to do it?

There has been growing  interest in intracorporeal techniques to urinary diversion during cystectomy in the modern area. There is little high-quality ...

Role of robotic surgery in functional urology.

Three-dimensional, high-definition images, small instruments with endowrist technology, ergonomic position and the easiness to teach, are possibly the...

Prediction of ISUP grading of clear cell renal cell carcinoma using support vector machine model based on CT images.

BACKGROUND: To explore whether radiomics combined with computed tomography (CT) images can be used to establish a model for differentiating high grade...

Re: Removing the Urinary Catheter on Post-Operative Day 2 after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Feasibility Study from a Single High-Volume Referral Centre.

[Artificial intelligence and neural networks in urology].

Knowledge of artificial intelligence will become essential in urology and medicine in the future. Today, computer-aided solutions are used for higher-...

Re: Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes between Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate and Robot-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy.

Deep Learning Approach for Assessment of Bladder Cancer Treatment Response.

We compared the performance of different Deep learning-convolutional neural network (DL-CNN) models for bladder cancer treatment response assessment b...

[Migration of Hem-o-Lok Clips into the Urinary Bladder Used during Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy].

Recently, robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) has become a widely accepted surgical alternative for the treatment of prostate cancer. The...

[Effects of long non-coding RNA RP1-90L14.1 on the biological behaviors of cancer prostate LNCaP cells and its regulating mechanisms].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of long non-coding RNA RP1-90L14.1 on the proliferation, migration and invasion of prostate cancer LNCaP cells a...

[Down-regulated PTTG1 expression promotes the senescence of human prostate cancer LNCaP-AI].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of the down-regulated expression of pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1 (PTTG1) on the senescence of human castra...

Localizing and Classifying Adaptive Targets with Trend Filtered Regression.

Identifying genomic locations of natural selection from sequence data is an ongoing challenge in population genetics. Current methods utilizing inform...

[Artificial intelligence, philosophical reflection].

The use of artificial intelligence and robotics in health care means ethical principles need to be established. Artificial and human intelligence must...

Comparison of renal function after robot - assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus retropubic radical prostatectomy.

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) on earl...

[Impact of DVH Outliers Registered in Knowledge-based Planning on Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer].

RapidPlan, a knowledge-based planning software, uses a model library containing the dose-volume histogram (DVH) of previous treatment plans, and it au...

Feasibility of Image Registration for Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Radiotherapy Based on Similarity Measurement by a Convolutional Neural Network.

PURPOSE: Registration of 3-dimensional ultrasound images poses a challenge for ultrasound-guided radiation therapy of the prostate since ultrasound im...

Results of a Literature Review to Prepare Data Modelling in the Context of Kidney Transplant Rejection Diagnosis.

Due to demographic change the number of serious kidney diseases and thus required transplantations will increase. The increased demand for donor organ...

Evaluation of Depth Cameras for Use as an Augmented Reality Emergency Ruler.

Children are rarely affected by medical emergencies. The experience of doctors or paramedics with child emergencies is correspondingly poor. The anato...

Can the Student Outperform the Master? A Plan Comparison Between Pinnacle Auto-Planning and Eclipse knowledge-Based RapidPlan Following a Prostate-Bed Plan Competition.

PURPOSE: Pinnacle Auto-Planning and Eclipse RapidPlan are 2 major commercial automated planning engines that are fundamentally different: Auto-Plannin...