Urology

Stabilization of estimated glomerular filtration rate in kidney transplantation from deceased donors with acute kidney injuries.

AIM: To evaluate and compare the outcomes of kidney transplant (KT) from deceased donors among standard criteria, acute kidney injury (AKI) and expanded criteria donors (ECDs).

A case series of the safety and efficacy of testosterone replacement therapy in renal failure and kidney transplant patients.

BACKGROUND: Hypogonadism is common in patients with renal dysfunction and does not always correct following transplantation. Recent studies show increased mortality for dialysis and transplant patients with low testosterone (T). These patients are often not treated due to concerns over efficacy and complications (both real and imagined). There is surprisingly scant literature supporting the use of...

Bladder Cancer Segmentation in CT for Treatment Response Assessment: Application of Deep-Learning Convolution Neural Network-A Pilot Study.

Assessing the response of bladder cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is crucial for reducing morbidity and increasing quality of life of patients. Cha...

Continuous Hemodiafiltration with an AN69ST Hemofilter (AN69ST-CHDF) as FGF-23-Lowering Therapy.

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) is elevated not only in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but also in acut...

Diagnosis and Management of Polycythemia Vera in a Ferret ().

A 5-y-old female ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was evaluated for diarrhea, anorexia, and lethargy for 1 wk. Only mild dehydration was detected on phy...

[DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE].

According to consensus definition, chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes urinary excretion of albumin >30 mg/day and/ or reduction in kidney function ...

An imaging-based approach predicts clinical outcomes in prostate cancer through a novel support vector machine classification.

Preoperatively predict the probability of Prostate cancer (PCa) biochemical recurrence (BCR) is of definite clinical relevance. The purpose of this st...

Integrated HTA-FMEA/FMECA methodology for the evaluation of robotic system in urology and general surgery.

OBJECTIVES: The following study proposes and tests an integrated methodology involving Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Failure Modes, Effects a...

Retzius Space Preservation Technique for Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in a Kidney Transplant Patient: First Case in Thailand and Our First Experience.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work was to report our experience in robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localized pro...

[Radical Resection of cT3a Gallbladder Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy - A Case Report].

We report a case of a radical resection of cT3a gallbladder cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC). A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital...

The co-regulators SRC-1 and SMRT are involved in interleukin-6-induced androgen receptor activation.

BACKGROUND: The androgen receptor (AR) can be stimulated by interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the absence of androgens to induce prostate cancer progression. Th...

Editorial Comment from Dr Stranne and Psychotherapist Stranne to Postoperative urinary incontinence exacerbates nocturia-specific quality of life after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

A Multi-Technique Reconfigurable Electrochemical Biosensor: Enabling Personal Health Monitoring in Mobile Devices.

This paper describes the design and characterization of a reconfigurable, multi-technique electrochemical biosensor designed for direct integration in...

Prophylactic Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for Preoperative Suspicion of Prostate Cancer: Experience with 55 Cases.

BACKGROUND/AIM: Expanded indications are not yet reported for robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) performed by experienced surg...

Finding causative genes from high-dimensional data: an appraisal of statistical and machine learning approaches.

Modern biological experiments often involve high-dimensional data with thousands or more variables. A challenging problem is to identify the key varia...

Using a Checklist in Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Procedures.

Robotic surgical systems are relatively new in New Zealand and have been used mainly for laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Checklists are successful...

Robotic-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy: An Overview.

Despite widespread use of medical therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia, a need remains for robust surgical therapy in select patients. Robotic-ass...

Towards synergistic control of hands-on needle insertion with automated needle steering for MRI-guided prostate interventions.

A significant hurdle of accurate needle tip placement in percutaneous needle-based prostate interventions is unmodeled needle deflection and tissue de...

[Salvage external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer recurrence after high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation].

The article outlines oncological and functional outcomes of salvage external beam radiation therapy after HIFU-ablation in 49 patients. The study dete...

[Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HOLEP) for small, large and giant prostatic hyperplasia. Practice guidelines. Experience of more than 450 surgeries].

INTRODUCTION: and objectives. Most of modern endoscopic procedures (e.g., TURP) are only confined to small and medium-sized glands (up to 80 cm3), but...