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Urology General

Priapism in Sickle Cell Disease: An Evaluation of the Knowledge of an at Risk Population in Jamaica.

May 17, 2021

Ischemic priapism is characterized by painful erections that may lead to erectile dysfunction. Men with sickle cell disease (SCD) are particularly prone to this condition, however, the knowledge among...

Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Emerging Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatments for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.

May 17, 2021

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most prevalent and costly chronic conditions among middle-aged and elderly men. Prostatic urethral lift (PUL) and convective water vapor thermal thera...

Chemical characterization and 5α-reductase inhibitory activity of phenolic compounds in goji berries.

May 17, 2021

Lycium fruits have a high content of phenolics as bioactive constituents with various pharmacological effects, but there is a lack of comparative analysis and chemical profiling of phenolics in Lycium...

Upregulation of miR-3195, miR-3687 and miR-4417 is associated with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

May 17, 2021

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer-related death. Upon androgen-deprivation therapy, the disease may progress further to castration-resistant PCa (CRPC) with a poor prognosis. MicroRNA...

Sample Size, Power, and Risk of Misclassification in Pediatric Urology Hospital Rankings.

May 17, 2021

We investigated 2019 and 2020 US News and World Report (USNWR) methodologies of assessing pediatric urology surgical revision rates for distal hypospadias, pyeloplasty, and ureteral reimplantation to ...

Highly efficient enrichment and identification of pathogens using a herringbone microfluidic chip and by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.

May 13, 2021

Bacterial infections cause considerable morbidity and expensive healthcare costs. The prescription of broad-spectrum antimicrobial drugs results in failure of treatment or overtreatment and exacerbate...

Three-Dimensional Micropatterning Deters Early Bacterial Adherence and Can Eliminate Colonization.

May 13, 2021

Developing strategies to prevent bacterial infections that do not rely on the use of drugs is regarded globally as an important means to stem the tide of antimicrobial resistance, as argued by the Wor...

Neglected sexual dysfunction symptoms amongst chronic patients during routine consultations in rural clinics in the North West province.

May 13, 2021

Sexual dysfunction contributes to personal feelings of loss and despair and being a cause of exacerbated interpersonal conflict. Erectile dysfunction is also an early biomarker of cardiovascular disea...

An independent indicator of erectile dysfunction is C-reactive protein/albumin ratio.

May 13, 2021

Research has found that, instead of passive lipid-accumulated vascular damage, atherosclerosis which is the primary cause of erectile dysfunction (ED) can be seen as an active inflammatory cycle and t...

Association Between Penile Color Doppler Ultrasonography and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With Vascular Erectile Dysfunction.

May 13, 2021

Vascular erectile dysfunction (ED) is a burdensome condition, associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Peak systolic velocity (PSV) represents the maximum pulse velocity in the cavernous artery ...

Salvage Enbloc Thulium Fiber Laser Enucleation of Prostate for Giant Prostatomegaly after Prostatic Urethral Lift.

May 13, 2021

Prostatic urethral lift (PUL) is an accepted treatment modality for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and is currently recommended for surgical management of prostates 80 gram also receive PUL. A su...

Bladder neck stenosis after transurethral prostate surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

May 13, 2021

Bladder neck stenosis (BNS) is a long-term complication of surgical procedures for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). We performed a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis of the incidence ...

Is Outpatient Management of Mandibular Fractures Associated With Inflammatory Complications? An ACS-NSQIP Study.

May 10, 2021

Timing of mandibular fracture repair has long been debated. The purpose of the present study was to assess the incidence of postoperative inflammatory complications (POICs) following open repair of ma...

Potential mechanism of plus semen vaccariae granules in the treatment of diabetes mellitus-induced erectile dysfunction in rats utilizing combined experimental model and network pharmacology.

May 10, 2021

Blume (Amaranthaceae) (ABR) and semen vaccariae (SV) are used commonly in the clinical treatment of erectile dysfunction in males with diabetes mellitus (DMED) to strengthen the kidney and promote bl...

Single-cell Transcriptomics Uncover a Novel Role of Myeloid Cells and T-lymphocytes in the Fibrotic Microenvironment in Peyronie's Disease.

May 10, 2021

Peyronie's disease (PD) is an acquired fibrotic disease affecting the penile tunica albuginea that can lead to curvature and deformities, shortening, and erectile dysfunction. Although immunological m...

[CRISPR/Cas9-mediated TEAD1 knockout induces phenotypic modulation of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells in diabetic rats with erectile dysfunction].

May 10, 2021

To construct a corpus cavemosum smooth muscle cell (CCSMCs) line with TEAD1 knockout from diabetic rats with erectile dysfunction (ED) using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and explore the role of TEAD1 in phe...

[New approaches to combined therapy of irritative symptoms in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia].

May 10, 2021

Daytime and nighttime urinary frequency is a common complaint in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The most common reason for seeking elective surgery is an ineffective treatment with ...

Can we use neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in the diagnosis and prediction of extracapsular extension in localized prostate cancer?

May 10, 2021

We investigated role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in the diagnosis and prediction of extracapsular extension (ECE) in clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa).A total of 396 patients with...

Voiding and storage domain-specific symptom score outcomes after prostate artery embolization for lower urinary tract symptoms and urinary retention.

May 10, 2021

To characterize voiding and storage symptom domain-specific outcomes after prostate artery embolization (PAE) to treat lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or urinary retention caused by benign prostat...

Risk factors, demographic profiles, and management of uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract infections: a single institution study.

May 06, 2021

Recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI) are a common urologic chief complaint. Although rUTIs are a significant burden on the healthcare system, until recently there were no published guidelines to ...

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