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International Urology and Nephrology

Issue 3/2011

Content (51 Articles)

Urology – Original Paper

Stentless pediatric ureteroscopic holmium: YAG laser stone disintegration: is gravels retrieval an issue?

W. Gamal, M. Aldahshoury, A. Hammady, Mohamed Hussein, M. Osman, Ahmed Mmdouh, A. Abouzeid

Urology – Original Paper

Effectiveness of doxazosin on erectile dysfunction in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms

Gokhan Faydaci, Ugur Kuyumcuoglu, Bilal Eryildirim, Alper Aktas, Fatih Tarhan, Murat Tuncer

Urology – Original Paper

The correlation between international prostate symptoms score and sexual health inventory in men with lower urinary tract symptoms

Abdul R. Nasir, Ali Akbar Zehri, Farhat Abbas, M. Hammad Ather

Urology – Original Paper

Alternative management of complex renal stones

Millie Pevzner, Brian C. Stisser, Jordan Luskin, Jeffrey C. Yeamans, Marina Cheng-Lucey, John J. Pahira

Urology – Original Paper

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy for staghorn kidney stones in elderly patients

Baris Kuzgunbay, Tahsin Turunc, Ozgur Yaycioglu, Aliye Atay Kayis, Umit Gul, Tulga Egilmez, Cem Aygun, Hakan Ozkardes

Urology – Original Paper

Effectiveness of doxazosin in the management of lower ureteral stones in male and female patients

Berkan Resorlu, Omer Faruk Bozkurt, Cagri Senocak, Ali Unsal

Urology – Original Paper

Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy: minimally invasive second line treatment

Costantino Leonardo, Giuseppe Simone, Papalia Rocco, Salvatore Guaglianone, Giovanni di Pierro, Michele Gallucci

Urology – Original Paper

Extraperitoneal radical cystectomy and ureterocutaneostomy in octogenarians

C. De Nunzio, A. Cicione, F. Leonardo, M. Rondoni, G. Franco, A. Cantiani, A. Tubaro, C. Leonardo

Urology – Original Paper

Results of secondary ureteral implantation after kidney transplantation

Christian Doehn, Nina Böse, Alexander J. Meyer, Dieter Jocham

Open Access Urology – Original Paper

Renal cell carcinoma of native kidney in Chinese renal transplant recipients: a report of 12 cases and a review of the literature

Chi Yuen Cheung, Man Fai Lam, King Chung Lee, Gavin Sheung Wai Chan, Kwok Wah Chan, Ka Foon Chau, Chun Sang Li, Tak Mao Chan, Kar Neng Lai

Urology – Original Paper

Urothelial cancers after renal transplantation

Jared Cox, Janet L. Colli

Urology – Original Paper

Urinary ultrasonography in screening incidental renal cell carcinoma: is it obligatory?

Ahmet Hakan Haliloglu, Omer Gulpinar, Eriz Ozden, Yasar Beduk

Urology – Original Paper

Adult Wilms tumour

Romuald Zdrojowy, Krystyna Sawicz-Birkowska, Wojciech Apoznański, Dariusz Patkowski, Tomasz Szydełko, Wojciech Pietras, Janusz Dembowski

Urology – Original Paper

Various morphometric measurements of cancer extent on needle prostatic biopsies: which is predictive of pathologic stage and biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy?

Maisa M. Q. Quintal, Luciana R. Meirelles, Leandro L. L. Freitas, Luis A. Magna, Ubirajara Ferreira, Athanase Billis

Urology – Original Paper

Should pathologists continue to use the current pT2 substaging system for reporting of radical prostatectomy specimens?

Athanase Billis, Luciana L. Meirelles, Leandro L. L. Freitas, Luis A. Magna, Leonardo O. Reis, Ubirajara Ferreira

Urology – Original Paper

Prognostic factors identifying biochemical recurrence in patients with positive margins after radical prostatectomy

Ioannis Anastasiou, Stavros I. Tyritzis, Ioannis Adamakis, Dionysios Mitropoulos, Konstantinos G. Stravodimos, Ioannis Katafigiotis, Antonios Balangas, Anastasios Kollias, Kitty Pavlakis, Constantinos A. Constantinides

Urology – Original Paper

Additive antitumoral effect of interleukin-12 gene therapy and chemotherapy in the treatment of urothelial bladder cancer in vitro and in vivo

Wanpeng Liu, Yanwei Cao, Mario I. Fernández, Haitao Niu, Youcheng Xiu

Urology – Original Paper

Bladder cancer after managing upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: risk factors and survival

Bogomir Milojevic, Milan Djokic, Sandra Sipetic-Grujicic, Dragica Milenkovic-Petronic, Aleksandar Vuksanovic, Dejan Dragicevic, Uros Bumbasirevic, Cane Tulic

Urology – Original Paper

A new technique—“lipocorticoplasty”—for the closure of partial nephrectomy defects and its comparison with the standard technique

Levend Ozkan, Ali Saribacak, Cem Taneri, Cuneyd Ozkurkcugil, Ibrahim Cevik, Ozdal Dillioglugil

Urology – Original Paper

Does intubated uretero-ureterocutaneostomy provide better health-related quality of life than orthotopic neobladder in patients after radical cystectomy for invasive bladder cancer?

Ioannis Vakalopoulos, Georgios Dimitriadis, Anastasios Anastasiadis, Georgios Gkotsos, Demetrios Radopoulos

Urology - Original Paper

Assessment of long-term quality of life in patients with orthotopic neobladder followed for more than 5 years

Atsushi Takenaka, Isao Hara, Hideo Soga, Iori Sakai, Tomoaki Terakawa, Mototsugu Muramaki, Hideaki Miyake, Kazushi Tanaka, Masato Fujisawa

Urology – Original Paper

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for recovery of erectile function after posterior urethral reconstruction

Jun-Bin Yuan, Luo-Yan Yang, Yin-Huai Wang, Tao Ding, Tie-Ding Chen, Qiang Lu

Urology – Original Paper

Metalloproteinase-1 usefulness in urethral stricture treatment

Jose Guzmán-Esquivel, Ivan Delgado-Enciso, Luz M. Baltazar-Rodríguez, Alejandrina Rodríguez-Hernández, Ulises Juárez-Pineda, Valery Melnikov

Nephrology – Review

The role of obesity in kidney disease: recent findings and potential mechanisms

Rigas G. Kalaitzidis, Kostas C. Siamopoulos

Nephrology – Review

The epidemiology of end-stage renal disease in Nigeria: the way forward

M. O. Odubanjo, A. O. Oluwasola, S. Kadiri

Nephrology – Original Paper

Detection of urinary abnormalities in a community from northern Italy based on the World Kidney Day screening program

F. Fabbian, P. L. Bedani, E. Rizzioli, C. Molino, M. Pala, A. De Giorgi, C. Longhini, F. Portaluppi

Nephrology – Original Paper

Bone morphogenic protein-7 serum level decreases significantly in patients with contrast-induced nephropathy

Murat Duranay, Liviu Segall, Nihat Sen, Fatma Melik Yilmaz, Mustafa Cetin, Ahmet Isleyen, Mehmet Kanbay, Adrian Covic

Nephrology – Original Paper

Thiazides diuretics in the treatment of nephrolithiasis: are we using them in an evidence-based fashion?

Rebecca Vigen, Rick A. Weideman, Robert F. Reilly

Nephrology – Original Paper

The incidence of low eGFR and proteinuria in a large tertiary referral lipid clinic

Joseph B. Davies, Martin A. Crook, Anthony S. Wierzbicki, David J. Goldsmith

Nephrology – Original Paper

The effect of kidney diseases on survival in liver transplant patients

İnci Süleymanlar, Vural Taner Yılmaz, Hüseyin Koçak, Ayhan Dinçkan, Alihan Gürkan, Fevzi Ersoy, Gültekin Süleymanlar

Nephrology – Original Paper

Risk factors for high erythropoiesis stimulating agent resistance index in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients, stages 4 and 5

Ana de Lurdes Agostinho Cabrita, Ana Pinho, Anabela Malho, Elsa Morgado, Marília Faísca, Hermínio Carrasqueira, Ana Paula Silva, Pedro Leão Neves

Nephrology – Original Paper

Correlation between cathepsin D serum concentration and carotid intima-media thickness in hemodialysis patients

Seyed Adel Moallem, Fatemeh Nazemian, Sepideh Eliasi, Seyed Ali Alamdaran, Jamal Shamsara, Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour

Nephrology – Original Paper

Nerve conduction changes following arteriovenous fistula construction in hemodialysis patients

Mahnaz Talebi, Behzad Salari, Hossein Ghannadan, Farzad kakaei, Sima Abedi Azar

Nephrology – Original Paper

Evaluation of intradialytic hypotension using impedance cardiography

Abed Bayya, Dvora Rubinger, David Michael Linton, Sigal Sviri

Nephrology – Original Paper

Association between depression and malnutrition–inflammation complex syndrome in patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Zhi-Jian Li, Xin An, Hai-Ping Mao, Xin Wei, Jie-Hui Chen, Xiao Yang, Shu-Feng Zhou, Zhi-Bin Li, Xue-Qing Yu

Nephrology - Original Paper

Clinical correlation of nitric oxide levels with acute rejection in renal transplantation

John K. Bellos, Despina N. Perrea, Eleni Theodoropoulou, Ioannis Vlachos, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Alkiviadis I. Kostakis

Nephrology – Original Paper

Longitudinal trends and influence of BMI mismatch in living kidney donors and their recipients

Julie Lin, Molly E. McGovern, Steven M. Brunelli, Peter Gaccione, Sayeed Malek, Stefan G. Tullius, Anil K. Chandraker, Edgar L. Milford

Nephrology – Original Paper

Renal creatinine handling in very old patients with chronic renal disease

Carlos G. Musso, Hernán Michelángelo, Manuel Vilas, Bernardo Martinez, Alberto Bonetto, Ricardo Jauregui, Luis Algranati

Erratum

Erratum to: Renal creatinine handling in very old patients with chronic renal disease

Carlos G. Musso, Hernán Michelángelo, Manuel Vilas, Bernardo Martinez, Alberto Bonetto, Ricardo Jauregui, Luis Algranati

Nephrology – Case Report

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in association with Gitelman syndrome

Mevlut Ceri, Selman Unverdi, Mustafa Altay, Hatice Unverdi, Ilhan Kurultak, Rahmi Yılmaz, Arzu Ensari, Murat Duranay

Nephrology – Case Report

Rheumatoid arthritis and renal light-chain deposition disease: long-term effectiveness of TNF-α blockade with etanercept

Lorenzo Cavagna, Vincenzo Sepe, Francesca Bobbio-Pallavicini, Filippo Mangione, Roberto Caporali, Carlomaurizio Montecucco

Nephrology – Case Report

Rapamycin-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy in a kidney transplantation patient

Wei Qin, Chun Yu Tan, Xiaoqi Huang, Zixing Huang, Ye Tao, Ping Fu

Nephrology – Letter to the Editor

Association of erysipelas with acute renal failure

José Maria Pereira de Godoy, Marcel Kazuo Irikura, Renata de Moura Álvares, Emerson Quintino

Nephrology – Original Paper

Acute bilateral non-obstructive bacterial pyelonephritis with acute kidney injury in the elderly: role of non-invasive studies in its diagnosis

Manjusha Yadla, Sriramnaveen Parvithina, Sandeepreddy Yanala, Krishnakishore Chennu, Sainaresh Vellankivenkata, Vijayalakshmi Bodagala, Lakshmi Amancharla Yadagiri, TekChand Kalawat, Sivakumar Vishnubhotla

Nephrology – Case Report

Acute kidney injury from pyelonephritis in an elderly man: case report

Sayed Husain, Manaf Alroumoh, Prince Mohan, Gabriel El-Kass, Surya V. Seshan, Marilyn Galler

Nephrology – Letter to the Editor

Creatinine clearance with cimetidine in the elderly: response to Dr. Chia-Ter Chao

C. G. Musso, J. Reynaldi, B. Martinez, A. Pierángelo, M. Vilas, L. Algranati

Nephrology – Translational Section

Urea and atherosclerosis—evidence for a direct link involving apolipoprotein B protein modifications

Christian Albert, Peter R. Mertens, Peter Bartsch

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.