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Urology General

Kidney disease characteristics, prevalence, and risk factors in León, Nicaragua: a population-based study.

Nov 13, 2023

CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu) disproportionately affects young people in Central America who lack traditional CKD risk factors (diabetes and hypertension) and has instead been variably linked to heat...

Contribution of medico-administrative databases to health vigilance: example of post-oocyte retrieval infections.

Nov 13, 2023

Can we monitor post-oocyte retrieval infections in the French national health data system to complement the French ART vigilance system?Medico-administrative databases provide a more comprehensive vie...

Tissue S100/calgranulin expression and blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in prostatic disorders in dogs.

Nov 13, 2023

Prostatic carcinoma (PCA) is a rare but severe condition in dogs that is similar to the androgen-independent form of PCA in men. In contrast to humans, PCA is difficult to diagnose in dogs as reliable...

Gender Bias in Letters of Recommendation: Relevance to Urology Match Outcomes and Pursuit of Fellowship Training/Academic Career.

Nov 13, 2023

To review applications to a single urology residency program to determine application characteristics predictive of 1) successful match into urology residency and 2) pursuit of fellowship training and...

Development and Validation of a Preoperative Nomogram for Endoscopic Management Decision Making in Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

Nov 06, 2023

We aimed to develop and validate a preoperative nomogram that predicts low-grade, non-muscle invasive upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (LG-NMI UTUC), thereby aiding in the accurate selection o...

The relationship between depression and benign prostatic hyperplasia in middle-aged and elderly men in India: a large-scale population study.

Nov 06, 2023

There have been few investigations on the association between depression and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This study aims to explore the correlation between depression and BPH among middle-aged...

iPCa-Net: A CNN-based framework for predicting incidental prostate cancer using multiparametric MRI.

Nov 06, 2023

Incidental prostate cancer (iPCa) is an early stage of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) and is typically asymptomatic, making it difficult to detect in clinical practice. The objective o...

Advances in lasers for the minimally invasive treatment of upper and lower urinary tract conditions: a systematic review.

Nov 06, 2023

Technological advancements in laser lithotripsy are expanding into numerous fields of urology, like ureteroscopy (URS), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and benign and malignant soft-tissue treatm...

Nephron-sparing ureteroscopic surgery vs. radical nephroureterectomy: comparable survival-outcomes in upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

Nov 06, 2023

This study investigates the utility of ureteroscopic surgery (URS) as an alternative to radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) in managing upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), with a focus on survival o...

Hard Flaccid Syndrome: A Biopsychosocial Management Approach with Emphasis on Pain Management, Exercise Therapy and Education.

Oct 30, 2023

Hard flaccid syndrome (HFS) is a rather rare, acquired clinical entity affecting young men's well-being, sexual and social life. HFS presents with a cluster of symptoms including penile-specific somat...

Penile implants in low flow priapism.

Oct 30, 2023

Priapism is a persistent or prolonged erection, in the absence of sexual stimulation, that fails to subside. Prolonged ischaemic or low flow priapism is defined as a full or partial erection persistin...

Treatment Algorithm for Management of Benign Prostatic Obstruction: An Overview of Current Techniques.

Oct 30, 2023

The management of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) should involve a treatment algorithm that takes into account prostate size, and patient's symptoms and preference with the aim of helping with urin...

Association of serum uric acid levels with benign prostatic hyperplasia in US men: results from NHANES 2005-2008.

Oct 30, 2023

The relationship between uric acid (UA) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is controversial and has rarely been studied in American populations.Data from two cycles of the National Health and Nutr...

Laypersons versus experienced surgeons in assessing simulated robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Oct 30, 2023

Feedback is important for surgical trainees but it can be biased and time-consuming. We examined crowd-sourced assessment as an alternative to experienced surgeons' assessment of robot-assisted radica...

Voiding Cystourethrogram Before Pyeloplasty: To do or not to do?

Oct 23, 2023

To assess the incidence of concomitant vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in unilateral cases of ureteropelvic junction obstruction(UPJO) and to identify factors that predict VUR.Files of 381 pediatric patie...

Surgical management and post-operative functional outcomes of patients with a penile fracture-a single centre experience over 10 years.

Oct 23, 2023

Penile fractures are uncommon urological emergencies which occur when there has been a breach in the tunica albuginea of the corpora cavernosum that may be unilateral and bilateral and can extend to i...

Penile revascularization using the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery: An alternative vascular graft.

Oct 23, 2023

Microsurgical revascularization stands as the preferred method for addressing erectile dysfunction (ED) resulting from traumatic penile arterial insufficiency. Traditional microarterial bypass surgery...

STEAP4 modulates cell proliferation and oxidative stress in benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Oct 23, 2023

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a quite common chronic disease plagued elderly men and its etiology remains unclear. It was reported that the six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate 4 (...

Possible therapeutic role of zinc oxide nanoparticles versus vanillic acid in testosterone-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia in adult albino rat: A histological, immunohistochemical and biochemical study.

Oct 23, 2023

The search for alternative therapies for treatment of Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) has been increasingly studied to avoid the common adverse effects of the usual regimens. Therefore, this study ...

PREDICTORS OF EXCELLENT UROLOGY RESIDENTS AT THE TIME OF THE UROLOGY MATCH.

Oct 23, 2023

To update our experience and report on features predictive of high quality urology residents at the time of the urology match, because data predicting which medical students will mature into excellent...

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