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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tianyu Xiong, Xiaobo Ye, Guangyi Zhu, Fang Cao, Yun Cui, Liming Song, Mingshuai Wang, Wahafu Wasilijiang, Nianzeng Xing, Yinong Niu
BACKGROUND: Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score was used for screening the preoperative nutritional status. The correlation between the CONUT score and the prognosis of patients with prostate cancer (PCa) has yet to be elucidated. Herein, we analyzed the prognostic value of CONUT scores in patients with PCa who underwent laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data of 244 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Perioperative variables and follow-up data were analyzed...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hegel Trujillo-Santamaría, José Iván Robles-Torres, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Yiloren Tanidir, José Gadú Campos-Salcedo, Edgar Iván Bravo-Castro, Marcelo Langer Wroclawski, W S Yeoh, Santosh Kumar, Juan Eduardo Sanchez-Nuñez, José Enrique Espinoza-Aznar, Deepak Ragoori, Saeed Bin Hamri, Ong Teng Aik, Cecil Paul Tarot-Chocooj, Anil Shrestha, Mohamed Amine Lakmichi, Mateus Cosentino-Bellote, Luis Gabriel Vázquez-Lavista, Boukary Kabre, Ho Yee Tiong, José Gustavo Arrambide-Herrera, Lauro Salvador Gómez-Guerra, Umut Kutukoglu, Joao Arthur Brunhara Alves-Barbosa, Jorge Jaspersen, Christian Acevedo, Francisco Virgen-Gutiérrez, Sumit Agrawal, Hugo Octaviano Duarte-Santos, Chai Chu Ann, Daniele Castellani, Vineet Gahuar
BACKGROUND: Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a necrotizing infection of the kidney and the surrounding tissues associated with considerable mortality. We aimed to formulate a score that classifies the risk of mortality in patients with EPN at hospital admission. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients diagnosed with EPN between 2013 and 2020 were retrospectively included. Data from 15 centers (70%) were used to develop the scoring system, and data from 7 centers (30%) were used to validate it...
March 2024: Current Urology
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Silu Chen, Yuye Wu, Peng Zhang, Zhihua Li, Xinfei Li, Zhenyu Li, Kunlin Yang, Xuesong Li
Continuous cutaneous urinary diversion is challenging when the appendix is physically unavailable. The Yang-Monti channel is an alternative to the tunneled appendix for urinary diversion. We present a case involving a 49-year-old man who underwent total urethrectomy and cystostomy 10 months previously. No tumor recurrence was observed; however, the patient experienced severe catheter-related bladder irritation after the procedure. The patient was readmitted to the authors' hospital and underwent laparoscopic continent cutaneous urinary diversion using extracorporeal construction of a modified Yang-Monti channel...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Leon Chertin, Binyamin B Neeman, Jawdat Jaber, Guy Verhovsky, Amnon Zisman, Ariel Mamber, Ilan Kafka, Ala Eddin Natsheh, Dmitry Koulikov, Ofer Z Shenfeld, Boris Chertin, Stanislav Koucherov, Amos Neheman
PURPOSE: To summarize our experience in the management of congenital anomalies in the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) in adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review of all adult patients who underwent primary surgical intervention for CAKUT between 1998 and 2021. RESULTS: The study included 102 patients with a median age of 25 (interquartile range, 23-36.5). Of these, 85 (83.3%) patients reported normal prenatal ultrasound, and the remaining 17 (16...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mathias Reichert, Arne Strauß, Joost Wilhelm Voß, Hans Christoph von Knobloch, Hannah Maria Neuenhofer, Annemarie Uhlig, Lutz Trojan, Mirjam Naomi Mohr
PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to examine the influence of the surgical approach for robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) on long-term urinary continence status in the era of self-reported functional status measures using the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite 26. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a prospective evaluation of 232 patients undergoing RALP between September, 2019 and September, 2020. Urinary continence status and postoperative incontinence (pad usage) were evaluated 12 months after RALP using Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite 26 questionnaires...
March 2024: Current Urology
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Giovanni Drocchi, Cinzia Santucciu, Scilla Mastrandrea, Francesco Sanguedolce, Massimo Madonia
BACKGROUND: Echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus . Usually, the liver is the most affected organ, accounting for approximately 70% to 85% of cases. The lungs represent 20% of the cases. Fewer than 10% are found in other sites, including the bone, brain, spleen, and kidneys. CASE PRESENTATION: A young man was referred to a local hospital for dull pain in the right flank, fever, and mild cough. Computed tomography showed 2 large cysts: the first involved the left lung and measured 130 × 90...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ali Talyshinskii, Bm Zeeshan Hameed, Ulanbek Zhanbyrbekuly, Mesrur Selcuk Silay, Nithesh Naik, Milap Shah, Anshuman Singh, Bakhman Guliev, Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Bhaskar Kumar Somani
BACKGROUND: The aims were to describe a software-based reconstruction of the patient-specific kidney cavity intraluminal appearance via a head-mounted device and to estimate its feasibility for training novices. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In total, 15 novices were recruited. Each novice was shown a three-dimensional reconstruction of a patient's computed tomography scan, whose kidney was printed. They then joined the surgeon in the operating room and assisted them in detecting the stone during flexible ureteroscopy on the printed model...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
José A Câncio Martins Bissaia Barreto, Maria I Táboas Simões, Gonçalo Gomes Engenheiro, Joana I Ferreira Matos, Joana A Rodrigues Leal
Overactive bladder (OAB) is the most common voiding dysfunction in children; however, nonneurogenic or idiopathic OAB remains poorly studied. First-line treatment includes conservative measures; however, as many patients are refractory, have adverse effects, or are contraindicated for anticholinergics, new options must be explored. This review covers the use of intravesical botulinum toxin (BoNT) for idiopathic OAB treatment in children, emphasizing its efficacy, safety, differences between toxins, doses, and injection techniques...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alberto Artiles Medina, Inés Laso García, Fernando González Tello, Sara Álvarez Rodríguez, Manuel Hevia Palacios, Marina Mata Alcaraz, César Mínguez Ojeda, Fernando Arias Funez, Victoria Gómez Dos Santos, Francisco Javier Burgos Revilla
BACKGROUND: Malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO) is a common condition that complicates the course of advanced malignancies. The aims of this study are to analyze the causes, management, and survival of patients with obstructive nephropathy due to malignant ureteric obstruction and to determine prognostic factors. Furthermore, we studied the complications and outcomes in patients who underwent urinary diversion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on patients with computed tomography-confirmed MUO between January 2016 and November 2020...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lin Wang, Wenxiong Song, Xufeng Peng, Rong Lyu, Jijian Wang, Chongrui Jin, Chao Feng, Xiangguo Lyu, Yinglong Sa, Yidong Liu
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of redo inferior pubectomy on the management of complicated pelvic fracture urethral injury (PFUI) in patients with a history of failed anastomotic urethroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all patients receiving redo anastomotic urethroplasty with redo inferior pubectomy for failed PFUI between January 2010 and December 2021. Patients with incomplete data and those who were lost to follow-up were excluded...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Stanislav Kotcherov, Shahar Rotem, Jawdat Jaber, Galit Avraham, Gennady Lev, Michal Darmon, Yudith Gabay, Boris Chertin
BACKGROUND: The aim of this prospective randomized study was to evaluate the impact of visual guidelines (picture book) and parents tutoring on pediatric urological surgery on parent's stress and anxiety, the number of postoperative contacts, and complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Following institutional ethical committee approval, a special picture book reflecting different stages of the convalescent period following multiple types of pediatric urological surgery was developed...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmed S El Hefnawy, Mohamed Attya Ahmed Hasan, Esam El Sawy, Mohamed Abdel-Razik, Nasr El-Tabey
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of intravesical instillation of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to treat interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty PRP samples were tested in vitro for stability after exposure to urine samples with different pH. A pilot study involving 21 female patients with IC/BPS was conducted, and 6 weekly doses of autologous PRP (50 mL) were administered. Patients were followed up at the 2nd, 4th, 8th, and 12th weeks after terminating instillation...
March 2024: Current Urology
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EDITORIAL
José Ignacio Nolazco
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March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ali Kaan Yildiz, Ahmet Varan, Hakan Kurt, Omer Gokhan Doluoglu, Berat Cem Ozgur
BACKGROUND: The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on patient decision making remains uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the pandemic on treatment preferences of patients with proximal ureteral stones. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective data regarding treatment preferences of patients diagnosed with symptomatic proximal ureteral stones between July 2018 and November 2021 at a single center were analyzed. Data from 493 patients were analyzed according to 2 groups, including patients diagnosed during the COVID-19 pandemic and those diagnosed during an equivalent period of time before the pandemic...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rachel Ng, Ahmed Adam, Nathan Poppleton, Christopher Oldmeadow, Aniruddh V Deshpande
BACKGROUND: Atypical Congenital Obstructive Urethral Lesions (ACOUL) are uncommon causes of urethral obstruction in children. They include Cobb's collar or Moorman's ring, Type III posterior urethral valve (PUV), congenital urethral narrowing and anterior urethral valves. This study is aimed to evaluate the knowledge and current practice amongst clinicians attending to ACOUL. An international online case based questionnaire was performed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey was administered to members of international urological societies...
March 2024: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Delin Wang, Hao Ning, Haihu Wu, Yufeng Song, Yaru Chu, Feifan Liu, Zhenlin Zhao, Fei Wu, Jiaju Lyu
BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer (BLCA) is the most common malignancy of the urinary system. Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), which constitutes approximately 25% of all BLCA cases, is characterized by frequent recurrence and early onset of metastasis. Bladder cancer most commonly occurs in elderly patients and is significantly associated with aging. However, the prognostic value of age-related genes in BLCA, especially in MIBC, remains unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Training and testing sets were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas BLCA project...
December 2023: Current Urology
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REVIEW
Daniel Da Silva Ferreira, Amit Satish Bhattu, Ahmed Adam
Newer modalities for treating upper tract urinary stones focus on maintaining and improving outcomes, reducing complications, and optimizing patient care. This narrative review aims to outline novel miniaturized endourological innovations for managing upper tract calculi.
December 2023: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem, Ahmed Mahmoud Abdelraouf, Abdelfattah Ibrahim Ahmed, Ahmed Mohammed El-Taher, Hosny Mahmoud Behnsawy
BACKGROUND: There are persistent controversies about the outcomes and benefits of drainage of malignant ureteral obstruction by percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN). This study aimed to assess the predictors of the time-to-nadir (TTN) of serum creatinine (SCr) levels after drainage of bilaterally obstructed kidneys (BOKs) due to bladder cancer (BC) by PCN. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective nonrandomized study included patients with BOKs due to BC treated by PCN between April 2019 and March 2022...
December 2023: Current Urology
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REVIEW
Maria A Bantounou, Josip Plascevic, Lewis MacDonald, Man Chun Wong, Neasa O'Connell, Helen F Galley
BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer is the 10th most common cancer globally. The majority of bladder cancers are urothelial carcinomas (UCs), which, if locally advanced or metastatic, carry poor long-term prognosis. Cancer cells can evade the immune system by expressing the programmed cell death ligand 1 protein (PD-L1). Programmed cell death ligand 1 protein binds to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) on T cells, inhibiting their antitumor action. Bladder tumor cells also overexpress nectin-4, a cell adhesion polypeptide that contributes to metastasis, worsening prognosis...
December 2023: Current Urology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tarun Jindal, Ankush Sarwal, Prateek Jain, Rajan Koju, Satyadip Mukherjee
BACKGROUND: Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) is associated with perioperative morbidity of 5% to 10%, which can lead to unplanned readmissions. In this study, we aimed to identify the factors that lead to an increased risk of unplanned readmissions within 30 days of primary TURBT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted to identify patients who underwent primary TURBT at our institute from 2011 to 2019. Clinical and demographic factors, history of smoking, antiplatelet drugs intake, comorbidities, tumor size (<3 or >3 cm), multifocality, and histopathological type were abstracted...
December 2023: Current Urology
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