Showing papers in "Urology in 2013"

TL;DR: Mirabegron 25 mg and 50 mg were associated with significant improvements in efficacy measures of incontinence episodes and micturition frequency and well tolerated vs placebo.

TL;DR: It is suggested that patients with less advanced disease may benefit the most from sipuleucel-T treatment and provide a rationale for immunotherapy as an early treatment strategy in sequencing algorithms for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the relative effect of type and duration of ischemia and parenchymal volume preservation on renal function after partial nephrectomy (PN) was determined.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a scoring system to standardize reporting for percutaneous nephrolithotomy, which can be used for preoperative patient counseling, surgical planning, and evaluation of surgical outcomes across institutions and within medical studies.

TL;DR: FSRS curriculum is a valid, feasible, and structured curriculum that demonstrates its effectiveness by significant improvements in basic robotic surgery skills.

TL;DR: Urethral stricture in developed countries mainly involves the anterior urethra, in particular the bulbar tract, and the most common cause was iatrogenic.

TL;DR: Clinical complications after transperineal prostate biopsy occurred in 40.2% of the patients, but only 1.

TL;DR: MALAT1 plays an oncogenic role in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and is a potential novel therapeutic approach for this cancer.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed complications of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) at 5 centers, as classified by the Clavien system, and found that most complications (77.0%) are Clavian 1 and 2 and can be managed conservatively.

TL;DR: Although the groups were generally similar, nonheterosexual men might experience more intensive screening for disease, as indicated by lower Gleason scores at diagnosis.

TL;DR: There has been a decrease in the supply of urology physicians relative to population growth, which is expected to be exacerbated by an aging and relatively older urology physician workforce, particularly in rural areas, a slight increase in female urologists, and the gravitation of younger urologyists toward group practice in urban areas.

TL;DR: In this article, a prospective observational study was conducted during the 4th Minimally Invasive Urological Surgical Week Course held in Braga (Portugal) in April 2013.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of tamsulosin on the rate of spontaneous passage of distal ureteral stones and found that stones with sizes ≤ 5 mm had a significantly higher expulsion rate compared to those with larger stones.

TL;DR: Although further studies are needed to determine the role of prostate MRI before biopsy and the relevance of targeted biopsies, the Urostation is an MRI-TRUS fusion device that has good accuracy for targeting suspicious areas on MRI.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated preoperative albumin levels as a marker for comparing survival outcomes after cystectomy in patients with bladder cancer, and found that patients with low pre-operative albumin had an increased overall mortality and cancer-specific mortality risk than those with normal albumin level.

TL;DR: Although on comparison, the D-FURS had slightly limited maneuverability, comparable success rates can be achieved with both conventional and digital ureteroscopes.

TL;DR: The data indicate that sperm mitochondrial respiration is decreased in patients with high levels of reactive oxygen species by an uncoupling between electron transport and adenosine triphosphate synthesis, which might be 1 of the reasons responsible for the decrease in spermatozoa motility.

TL;DR: Patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction experience benefits after neuromodulation similar to the benefits experienced by those without coexisting neurologic conditions.

TL;DR: The addition of ICG-NIRF may help mass identification, excision, and promote the use adrenal-sparing surgery in patients with solitary adrenal masses with worrisome features.

TL;DR: Intraureteral injection of ICG with visualization under NIR light allows for real-time delineation of the ureter, aiding in discerning healthy ureters from diseased tissue, further assisting successful robotic Ureteral repair.

TL;DR: The search term ranking suggested that Internet users are most interested in the diagnosis, followed by etiology, infections, and treatment, which appears to be accurately reflected in Internet search trends data.

TL;DR: It is shown that repeated onabotulinumtoxinA treatments provide sustained reductions in UI episodes and increases in the volume/void and quality of life in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity and UI who were inadequately managed by anticholinergics, with no new safety signals.

TL;DR: ThuLEP was statistically superior to PKRP in blood loss, catheterization time, irrigation volume, and hospital stay but inferior toPKRP in operation time, however, procedures did not differ significantly in Qmax, IPSS, PVR, and QOLS through the 18 months of follow-up.

TL;DR: Examination of outcomes and complications of percutaneous and laparoscopic renal cryoablation using the radius, endophytic, nearness to collecting system, anterior/posterior, and location (RENAL) nephrometry system demonstrated that increasing RENAL score was associated with postprocedure complications after renal cryotherapy.

TL;DR: Benign renal tumors represent ∼15% of detected surgically resected renal masses and are more prevalent among small clinical T1a lesions and could allow clinicians greater diagnostic confidence and guide patient management through improved risk stratification.

TL;DR: Deep lateral TUIBNC alone is a highly effective treatment modality for RBNC and smokers and those having 2 or more previous transurethral procedures appear to have greater risk for failure.

TL;DR: Clinicians should consider the urinary pH of patients when treating urinary tract infection, especially in complicated scenarios, and future clinical investigations examining urinary pH and antibiotic efficacy may result in the application of decreased antibiotic dosages and regimen durations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess both the acceptance and the discontinuation rates from dapoxetine, the first oral pharmacological agent indicated for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE).

TL;DR: Patients with PNI were more likely to have adverse pathologic features, including extraprostatic extension, seminal vesicle invasion, and positive surgical margins, and had shorter disease-free, cancer-specific, and overall survival.

TL;DR: Although adoption of partial nephrectomy increased after establishment of new guidelines on renal masses, partial ne phrectomy remains an underutilized procedure and future research must focus on barriers to adoption and how to overcome them.