Urology

Comparison of perioperative outcomes and complications between intracorporeal, extracorporeal, and hybrid ileal conduit urinary diversion during robot-assisted radical cystectomy: a comparative propensity score-matched analysis from nationwide multi-institutional study in Japan.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the impact of different urinary diversion (UD) techniques on the peri- an...

TGDAUNet: Transformer and GCNN based dual-branch attention UNet for medical image segmentation.

Accurate and automatic segmentation of medical images is a key step in clinical diagnosis and analys...

Assessing appropriate responses to ACR urologic imaging scenarios using ChatGPT and Bard.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has recently become a trending tool and topic regarding productivity es...

Development of a novel combined nomogram model integrating deep learning radiomics to diagnose IgA nephropathy clinically.

This study aimed to develop and validate a combined nomogram model based on superb microvascular ima...

From an On-site Program to a Mobile App for Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Lessons Learned from 5 Years of Experience, the COVID-19 Outbreak, and Comparison with Nationwide Data.

Prehabilitation programs play a key role in optimizing patient experiences and outcomes after surger...

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in Aotearoa New Zealand: equity, quality, and workforce.

Novel Solution for Using Neural Networks for Kidney Boundary Extraction in 2D Ultrasound Data.

: Kidney ultrasound (US) imaging is a significant imaging modality for evaluating kidney health and ...

Laparoscopic continent cutaneous urinary diversion using a modified Yang-Monti technique in an adult: A case report including 5-year follow-up.

Continuous cutaneous urinary diversion is challenging when the appendix is physically unavailable. T...

Quality of life after non-nerve-sparing, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life (QOL) after non-nerve-sparing, robot-assisted radical prostat...

Reduced urinary levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity predict acute kidney injury in critically ill patients.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity reflects non-classical renin-angiotensin system upregulati...

Deep Learning-Based Interpretable AI for Prostate T2W MRI Quality Evaluation.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Prostate MRI quality is essential in guiding prostate biopsies. However, a...

Development and internal validation of a nomogram predicting 3-year chronic kidney disease upstaging following robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.

PURPOSE: Aim of the present study was to develop and validate a nomogram to accurately predict the r...

Anaphylactic Shock to Intravenous Indocyanine Green During a Robotic Right Colectomy.

Intravenous indocyanine green (IV ICG) is regarded as a safe immunofluorescence agent used to assess...

Banff Digital Pathology Working Group: Image Bank, Artificial Intelligence Algorithm, and Challenge Trial Developments.

The Banff Digital Pathology Working Group (DPWG) was established with the goal to establish a digita...

Artificial Intelligence-Based Organ Delineation for Radiation Treatment Planning of Prostate Cancer on Computed Tomography.

PURPOSE: Meticulous manual delineations of the prostate and the surrounding organs at risk are neces...

Application of Artificial Intelligence to Patient-Targeted Health Information on Kidney Stone Disease.

OBJECTIVE: The American Medical Association recommends health information to be written at a 6th gra...

The utility of automatic segmentation of kidney MRI in chronic kidney disease using a 3D convolutional neural network.

We developed a 3D convolutional neural network (CNN)-based automatic kidney segmentation method for ...

Can ChatGPT Realistically and Reproducibly Assess the Difficulty Level of Written Questions in the In-Service Assessment of the European Board of Urology? [Urology, 2023 Jul;177:29-33. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2023.05.010].

MicroRNA-30a inhibits cell proliferation in a sepsis-induced acute kidney injury model by targeting the YAP-TEAD complex.

BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a primary feature of renal complications in patients with s...

Insights into urinary incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: urgent urinary incontinence or stress urinary incontinence.

PURPOSE: Urinary incontinence is a common complication following robot-assisted radical prostatectom...

Performance of deep learning models for response evaluation on whole-body bone scans in prostate cancer.

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop deep learning classifiers for assessing therapeutic response on bone ...