Showing papers in "European Urology in 2012"

TL;DR: These data represent a marked increase in stone disease compared with the NHANES III cohort, particularly in black, non-Hispanic and Hispanic individuals, and obesity and diabetes were strongly associated with a history of kidney stones in multivariable models.

TL;DR: PCa incidence rates increased in nearly all countries considered in this analysis except in a few high-income countries, and the increase in PCa mortality rates mainly occurred in lower resource settings, with declines largely confined to high-resource countries.

TL;DR: This systematic review of literature shows, for the first time, a statistically significant advantage in favor of RARP in comparison with both RRP and LRP in terms of 12-mo urinary continence recovery.

TL;DR: These EAU guidelines are a short comprehensive overview of the updated guidelines of male infertility as recently published by the EAU and are also available in the National Guideline Clearinghouse ( www.guideline.gov/).

TL;DR: This update of previous systematic reviews of the literature showed, for the first time, a significant advantage in favor of RARP in comparison with RRP in terms of 12-mo potency rates.

TL;DR: The first update of a nomogram predicting the presence of LNI in patients treated with ePLND is reported, which maintained high accuracy, even in more contemporary patients (87.6%) and should be mandatory in any LNI prediction model.

TL;DR: Despite factoring in multiple variables including the number of positive cores and the maximum percentage of cancer per core, the concordance indexes were not sufficiently high to justify the use of nomograms for predicting upgrading and downgrading for the individual patient.

TL;DR: AS for PCa offers an opportunity to limit intervention to patients who will likely benefit the most from radical treatment, and confers a low risk of disease-specific mortality in the short to intermediate term.

TL;DR: RALP is at least equivalent to ORP or LRP in terms of margin rates and suggests that RALP provides certain advantages, especially regarding decreased adverse events, according to a meta-analysis conducted from 2002 to 2010.

TL;DR: PSM rates are similar following RARP, RRP, and LRP, but definitive comparisons with RRP or LRP are not currently possible.

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic literature search of all papers reporting complications after urologic surgery published in European Urology, Journal of Urology, Urology and BJU International was performed.

TL;DR: RARP can be performed routinely with a relatively small risk of complications, and transfusion rates were lower with RARP than with LRP, although all other features were similar regardless of the surgical approach.

TL;DR: CMT achieves a CR and preserves the native bladder in >70% of patients while offering long-term survival rates comparable to contemporary cystectomy series, which support modern bladder-sparing therapy as a proven alternative for selected patients.

TL;DR: The previous European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines on urinary incontinence comprised a summary of sections of the 2009 International Consultation on Incontinence as mentioned in this paper, and a decision was made in 2010 to rewrite these guidelines based on an independent systematic review carried out by the EAU guidelines panel.

TL;DR: RARP has supplanted ORP as the most common surgical approach for RP and demonstrates superior adjusted perioperative outcomes after RARP in virtually all examined outcomes.

TL;DR: This contemporary and homogeneous single-center series found acceptable OS, DFS, and RFS for patients undergoing RC and downstaging by transurethral resection of the prostate was observed in 382 patients.

TL;DR: An overview of the currently available prognostic factors for UTUC, focusing on clinical and pathologic characteristics, as well as on molecular markers, is provided.

TL;DR: Complications after PNL can be kept to a minimum in experienced hands with the development of new techniques and improved technology and a modified procedure-specific Clavien classification should be established that would need to be validated in prospective trials.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated MRI-guided prostate biopsies (MR-GBs) of abnormalities determined on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps.

TL;DR: Data from the peer-reviewed literature suggest an association of MetS with BPH and PCa, although the evidence for a causal relationship remains missing, and MetS should be considered a new domain in basic and clinical research in patients with prostatic disorders.

TL;DR: Although the Clavien classification demonstrates high validity, interrater reliability is low for minor complications, andClavien scores are assigned to complications of PCNL to improve the reliability and consistency of reporting adverse outcomes.

TL;DR: It is suggested that PDE5-Is can significantly improve LUTS and erectile function in men with BPH and seem to be a promising treatment option for patients with LUTs secondary to BPH with or without ED.

TL;DR: In a European screening trial, <5% PNBs resulted in febrile complications, but the absolute frequency of hospital admissions related to PNB was low and should not dissuade healthy men who would benefit from early prostate cancer diagnosis from undergoing biopsy when clinically indicated.

TL;DR: Monotherapy with tadalafil or tamsulosin resulted in significant and numerically similar improvements versus placebo in LUTS/BPH and Q(max), however, only tdalafil improved erectile dysfunction.

TL;DR: Available evidence suggests that RARP is a valuable therapeutic option for clinically localized PCa, and may offer advantages in postoperative recovery of urinary continence and erectile function, although there are methodological limitations in most studies to date and a need for well-controlled comparative outcomes studies of radical prostatectomy surgery following best practice guidelines.

TL;DR: UI is common in men and women aged >40 and individuals with UUI combined with SUI or OI bear a greater mental health burden and report poorer health-related quality of life (HRQL).

TL;DR: WBMRI outperforms BS/TXR in detecting bone metastases and performs as well as CT for enlarged lymph node evaluation and can replace the current multimodality metastatic work-up for the concurrent evaluation of bones and lymph nodes in high-risk PCa patients.

TL;DR: The evidence base suggests localised RCCs are best managed by nephron-sparing surgery where technically feasible, however, the current evidence base has significant limitations due to studies of low methodological quality marked by high risks of bias.

TL;DR: While it is important to avoid overtreatment, finding a balance between cases with clinically insignificant VUR and cases that require immediate intervention should be the guiding principle in the management of children presenting with VUR.

TL;DR: These European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines summarise the present information on penile curvature and provide clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of penILE curvature.