Issue 6/2021
Including the Topical Section: Consultation of Kidney Stones
Content (76 Articles)
Consultation of kidney stones: aspects of intracorporeal lithotripsy
Palle J. S. Osther, Marianne Brehmer
Consultation on kidney stones, Copenhagen 2019: lithotripsy in percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Tomas Andri Axelsson, Cecilia Cracco, Mahesh Desai, Mudhar Nazar Hasan, Thomas Knoll, Emanuele Montanari, Daniel Pérez-Fentes, Michael Straub, Kay Thomas, James C. Williams Jr., Marianne Brehmer, Palle J. S. Osther
Correction to: Consultation on kidney stones, Copenhagen 2019: lithotripsy in percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Tomas Andri Axelsson, Cecilia Cracco, Mahesh Desai, Mudhar Nazar Hasan, Thomas Knoll, Emanuele Montanari, Daniel Pérez-Fentes, Michael Straub, Kay Thomas, James C. Williams Jr., Marianne Brehmer, Palle J. S. Osther
Consultation on kidney stones, Copenhagen 2019: aspects of intracorporeal lithotripsy in flexible ureterorenoscopy
Søren Kissow Lildal, Kim Hovgaard Andreassen, Joyce Baard, Marianne Brehmer, Matthew Bultitude, Ylva Eriksson, Khurshid R. Ghani, Helene Jung, Guido Kamphuis, Peter Kronenberg, Ben Turney, Olivier Traxer, Øyvind Ulvik, Palle Jörn Sloth Osther
Comparison of the ablation rates, fissures and fragments produced with 150 µm and 272 µm laser fibers with superpulsed thulium fiber laser: an in vitro study
Frédéric Panthier, Steeve Doizi, Pierre Lapouge, Catherine Chaussain, Nicolas Kogane, Laurent Berthe, Olivier Traxer
Thulium fiber laser: ready to dust all urinary stone composition types?
Etienne Xavier Keller, Vincent De Coninck, Steeve Doizi, Michel Daudon, Olivier Traxer
Pulse modulation with Moses technology improves popcorn laser lithotripsy
Kristian M. Black, Ali H. Aldoukhi, Joel M. H. Teichman, Sami E. Majdalany, Timothy L. Hall, William W. Roberts, Khurshid R. Ghani
A temperature model for laser lithotripsy
J. G. Williams, L. Goldsmith, D. E. Moulton, S. L. Waters, B. W. Turney
Vacuum-assisted mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a new perspective in fragments clearance and intrarenal pressure control
Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Elena Lievore, Matteo Fontana, Matteo Turetti, Andrea Gallioli, Fabrizio Longo, Giancarlo Albo, Elisa De Lorenzis, Emanuele Montanari
Feasibility and relevance of urine culture during stone fragmentation in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: a prospective study
E. De Lorenzis, L. Boeri, A. Gallioli, M. Fontana, S. P. Zanetti, F. Longo, R. Colombo, M. Arghittu, S. Piconi, G. Albo, A. Trinchieri, E. Montanari
Perioperative outcomes and safety of robotic vs open cystectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 12,640 cases
Keiran D. Clement, Emily Pearce, Ahmed H. Gabr, Bhavan P. Rai, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Omar M. Aboumarzouk
Relevance of intravesical pressures during transurethral procedures
Theodoros Tokas, Gernot Ortner, Thomas R. W. Herrmann, Udo Nagele
Incidence and outcome of salvage cystectomy after bladder sparing therapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Victor M. Schuettfort, Benjamin Pradere, Fahad Quhal, Hadi Mostafaei, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Keiichiro Mori, Reza Sari Motlagh, Margit Fisch, David D’Andrea, Michael Rink, Paolo Gontero, Francesco Soria, Shahrokh F. Shariat
Polyethylene glycol-based hydrogel rectal spacers for prostate brachytherapy: a systematic review with a focus on technique
S. Vaggers, B. P. Rai, E. C. P. Chedgy, A. de la Taille, B. K. Somani
Bladder infusion versus standard catheter removal for trial of void: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Joshua Makary, Kevin Phan, George McClintock, Marinelle Doctor, David Habashy, Sean Heywood, Steve P. McCombie, Mohan Arianayagam, Bertram Canagasingham, Richard Ferguson, Ahmed Goolam, Mohamed Khadra, Raymond Ko, Celi Varol, Matthew Winter, Matthew J. Roberts
Timing and delay of radical prostatectomy do not lead to adverse oncologic outcomes: results from a large European cohort at the times of COVID-19 pandemic
Romain Diamand, Guillaume Ploussard, Mathieu Roumiguié, Marco Oderda, Daniel Benamran, Gaelle Fiard, Alexandre Peltier, Giuseppe Simone, Julien Van Damme, Bernard Malavaud, Christophe Iselin, Jean-Luc Descotes, Jean-Baptiste Roche, Thierry Quackels, Thierry Roumeguère, Simone Albisinni
Predictors of adverse pathology on radical prostatectomy specimen in men initially enrolled in active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer
Lars Björnebo, Henrik Olsson, Tobias Nordström, Fredrik Jäderling, Henrik Grönberg, Martin Eklund, Anna Lantz
A-blockers for the management of lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy: a randomized controlled study
Kimon Tsirkas, Anna Zygogianni, Andromachi Kougioumtzopoulou, Vasileios Kouloulias, Zoi Liakouli, Athanasios Papatsoris, John Georgakopoulos, Christos Antypas, Christina Armpillia, Athanasios Dellis
Development of a nomogram predicting metastatic disease and the assessment of NCCN, AUA and EAU guideline recommendations for bone imaging in prostate cancer patients
Ming-Wei Ma, Xian-Shu Gao, Feng Lyu, Xiao-Bin Gu, Huan Yin, Hong-Zhen Li, Xiao-Ying Li, Xin Qi, Yun Bai, Jia-Yan Chen
Role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging to predict postoperative Gleason score upgrading in prostate cancer with Gleason score 3 + 4
Hwanik Kim, Jung Kwon Kim, Sung Kyu Hong, Chang Wook Jeong, Ja Hyeon Ku, Cheol Kwak
Reduced cytoplasmic expression of MAGE-A2 predicts tumor aggressiveness and survival: an immunohistochemical analysis
Azadeh Khalvandi, Maryam Abolhasani, Zahra Madjd, Laleh Sharifi, Parisa Bakhshi, Monireh Mohsenzadegan
A prospective comparative study of routine versus deferred pelvic drain placement after radical prostatectomy: impact on complications and opioid use
Mitchell M. Huang, Hiten D. Patel, Zhuo T. Su, Christian P. Pavlovich, Alan W. Partin, Phillip M. Pierorazio, Mohamad E. Allaf
Detectable Prostate-specific antigen value between 0.01 and 0.1 ng/ml following robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP): does it correlate with future biochemical recurrence?
Ahmed S. Zakaria, Russell N. Schwartz, Amr Hodhod, Félix Couture, Côme Tholomier, Hanna Shahine, Cristina Negrean, David-Dan Nguyen, Marc Zanaty, Franziska Stolzenbach, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Assaad El-Hakim, Kevin C. Zorn
Circulating preoperative testosterone level predicts unfavourable disease at radical prostatectomy in men with International Society of Urological Pathology Grade Group 1 prostate cancer diagnosed with systematic biopsies
Matteo Ferro, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Ottavio de Cobelli, Mihai Dorin Vartolomei, Rocco Damiano, Francesco Cantiello, Fabio Crocerossa, Sisto Perdonà, Paola Del Prete, Giovanni Cordima, Gennaro Musi, Francesco Del Giudice, Gian Maria Busetto, Benjamin I. Chung, Angelo Porreca, Pasquale Ditonno, Michele Battaglia, Daniela Terracciano
Prospective assessment of two-gene urinary test with multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate for men undergoing primary prostate biopsy
Gian Maria Busetto, Francesco Del Giudice, Martina Maggi, Ferdinando De Marco, Angelo Porreca, Isabella Sperduti, Fabio Massimo Magliocca, Stefano Salciccia, Benjamin I. Chung, Ettore De Berardinis, Alessandro Sciarra
Added value of systematic biopsy in men with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer undergoing biparametric MRI-targeted biopsy: multi-institutional external validation study
Ugo Falagario, Ivan Jambor, Pekka Taimen, Kari T. Syvänen, Esa Kähkönen, Harri Merisaari, Ileana Montoya Perez, Juha Knaapila, Aida Steiner, Janne Verho, Ashutosh Tewari, Hannu J. Aronen, Giuseppe Carrieri, Peter J. Boström, Otto Ettala
The predictive value of the prostate health index vs. multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for prostate cancer diagnosis in prostate biopsy
Jiří Stejskal, Vanda Adamcová, Miroslav Záleský, Vojtěch Novák, Otakar Čapoun, Vojtěch Fiala, Olga Dolejšová, Hana Sedláčková, Štěpán Veselý, Roman Zachoval
PSA-based machine learning model improves prostate cancer risk stratification in a screening population
Marlon Perera, Rohan Mirchandani, Nathan Papa, Geoff Breemer, Anna Effeindzourou, Lewis Smith, Peter Swindle, Elliot Smith
Late complications of robot-assisted radical cystectomy with totally intracorporeal urinary diversion
F. Presicce, C. Leonardo, G. Tuderti, A. Brassetti, R. Mastroianni, A. Bove, L. Misuraca, U. Anceschi, M. Ferriero, M. Gallucci, G. Simone
Bladder cancer in patients younger than 40 years: outcomes from the National Cancer Database
Claire M. de la Calle, Samuel L. Washington III, Peter E. Lonergan, Maxwell V. Meng, Sima P. Porten
The impact of histological variants on outcomes after open radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer: results from a single tertiary referral centre
Richard Naspro, Marco Finati, Marco Roscigno, Federico Pellucchi, Giovanni La Croce, Mario Sodano, Michele Manica, Daniela Chinaglia, Luigi F. Da Pozzo
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) following radical cystectomy: is it worth implementing for all patients?
Peter Hanna, Joseph Zabell, Yasser Osman, Mohamed M. Hussein, Magdy Mostafa, Christopher Weight, Badrinath Konety
A right colon pouch with a novel efferent channel concept: long-term results of the Turin pouch
G. Muto, A. Giacobbe, D. Collura, F. Germinale, M. Kurti, R. Papalia, G. L. Muto, E. Berdondini, P. Caccia, N. Faraone, E. Giargia, G. Leucci, L. Tosco
Can preoperative imaging characteristics predict pT3 bladder cancer following cystectomy?
Jay G. Fuletra, Andrew Watts, Matthew G. Kaag, Erik Lehman, Jay D. Raman, Suzanne B. Merrill
Adjuvant chemotherapy is ineffective in patients with bladder cancer and variant histology treated with radical cystectomy with curative intent
Stefania Zamboni, Luca Afferi, Francesco Soria, Atiqullah Aziz, Mohammad Abufaraj, Cedric Poyet, Andrea Necchi, David D’Andrea, Giuseppe Simone, Mariaconsiglia Ferriero, Ettore Di Trapani, Claudio Simeone, Alessandro Antonelli, Andrea Gallina, Francesco Montorsi, Alberto Briganti, Renzo Colombo, Giorgio Gandaglia, Agostino Mattei, Philipp Baumeister, Livio Mordasini, Kees Hendricksen, Charlotte S. Voskuilen, Michael Rink, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Evanguelous Xylinas, Marco Moschini
Bladder lesions as incidental findings during transurethral resection of the prostate: prevalence, diagnosis, and pathological findings
Rafael de Cunto Romero, Wagner A. Franca, Cristiane B. Dias, Conrado G. Pascini, Estevão C. Amin, Luis A. S. Rios
Association of De Ritis ratio with oncological outcomes in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)
Ekaterina Laukhtina, Hadi Mostafaei, David D’Andrea, Benjamin Pradere, Fahad Quhal, Keiichiro Mori, Noriyoshi Miura, Victor M. Schuettfort, Reza Sari Motlagh, Abdulmajeed Aydh, Mohammad Abufaraj, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Dmitry Enikeev, Shoji Kimura, Shahrokh F. Shariat
Clinical outcome of robot-assisted residual mass resection in metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumor
Joost M. Blok, Henk G. van der Poel, J. Martijn Kerst, Axel Bex, Oscar R. Brouwer, J. L. H. Ruud Bosch, Simon Horenblas, Richard P. Meijer
Population-based analysis of cost and peri-operative outcomes between open and robotic primary retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for germ cell tumors
Raj Bhanvadia, Caleb Ashbrook, Aditya Bagrodia, Yair Lotan, Vitaly Margulis, Solomon Woldu
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on urological emergencies: a single-center experience
Giovanni Motterle, Alessandro Morlacco, Massimo Iafrate, Marta Bianco, Giuliano Federa, Orest Xhafka, Filiberto Zattoni, Tommaso Prayer-Galetti
Preliminary assessment of patient and physician satisfaction with the use of teleconsultation in urology during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ugo Pinar, Julien Anract, Ophélie Perrot, Thomas Tabourin, Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Jerome Parra, Christophe Vaessen, Alexandre de La Taille, Morgan Roupret
Impact of COVID-19 on medical education: introducing homo digitalis
Stavros Gravas, Mumtaz Ahmad, Andrés Hernández-Porras, Frederico Furriel, Mario Alvarez-Maestro, Anant Kumar, Kyu-Sung Lee, Evaristus Azodoh, Patrick Mburugu, Rafael Sanchez-Salas, Damien Bolton, Reynaldo Gomez, Laurence Klotz, Sanjay Kulkarni, Simon Tanguay, Sean Elliott, Jean de la Rosette
Perioperative and 1-year patient-reported outcomes of Freyer versus Millin versus Madigan robot-assisted simple prostatectomy
Alfredo Maria Bove, Umberto Anceschi, Mariaconsiglia Ferriero, Riccardo Mastroianni, Aldo Brassetti, Gabriele Tuderti, Michele Gallucci, Giuseppe Simone
Endoscopic enucleation for prostate larger than 60 mL: comparison between holmium laser enucleation and plasmakinetic enucleation
P.- M. Patard, M. Roumiguie, S. Sanson, J.- B. Beauval, E. Huyghe, M. Soulié, B. Malavaud, X. Gamé, P. Rischmann
Trends in the pharmacological treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the UK from 1998 to 2016: a population-based cohort study
Henok Tadesse Ayele, Pauline Reynier, Laurent Azoulay, Robert W. Platt, Josselin Cabaussel, Serge Benayoun, Kristian B. Filion
Ejaculation-sparing thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ES-ThuLEP): outcomes on a large cohort
Giorgio Bozzini, Lorenzo Berti, Matteo Maltagliati, Umberto Besana, Alberto Calori, Alexander Müller, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Salvatore Micali, Antonio Luigi Pastore, Rodrigo Ledezma, Paolo Broggini, Bernardo Rocco, Carlo Buizza
Urinary and sexual function after treatment with temporary implantable nitinol device (iTind) in men with LUTS: 6-month interim results of the MT-06-study
Cosimo De Nunzio, Francesco Cantiello, Cristian Fiori, Fabio Crocerossa, Piero Tognoni, Daniele Amparore, Valeria Baldassarri, Javier Reinoso Elbers, Fernando Gomez Sancha, Francesco Porpiglia
Informative value of histological assessment of tissue acquired during aquablation of the prostate
Gautier Müllhaupt, Annette Enzler-Tschudy, Katarina Horg, Lukas Bubendorf, Manolis Pratsinis, Hans-Peter Schmid, Dominik Abt
Efficacy and safety of mirabegron versus solifenacin as additional therapy for persistent OAB symptoms after tamsulosin monotherapy in men with probable BPO
Mohamed G. Soliman, Shawky A. El-Abd, Ahmed M. Tawfik, Mohamed H. Radwan, Ahmed S. El-Abd
Imbalance of nerve growth factor metabolism in aging women with overactive bladder syndrome
Abubakr H. Mossa, Philippe G. Cammisotto, Samer Shamout, Lysanne Campeau
An adaptive randomized clinical trial in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome evaluating efficacy of ASP3652 and the relationship between disease characteristics and Hunner’s lesions
Jos G. A. Houbiers, J. W. Olivier van Till, Mathilde Kaper, Yalcin Yavuz, Reynaldo V. Martina, Dirk Cerneus, Joost Melis, Otto Stroosma, J. Curtis Nickel, Phil M. Hanno, Jørgen Nordling
Robot-assisted continent urinary diversion according to the Mitrofanoff principle: results of a bicentric study
Pierre Lecoanet, Guillaume Pascal, Abderrahmane Khaddad, Nicolas Hubert, Jean-Louis Lemelle, Nicolas Berte, Grégoire Capon
A prospective, multi-center, open-label, single-arm phase 2b study of autologous adult live cultured buccal epithelial cells (AALBEC) in the treatment of bulbar urethral stricture
Sanjay B. Kulkarni, Hemant Pathak, Sudhir Khanna, Suryakant Choubey
Patient-reported outcomes for typical single cheek harvesting vs atypical lingual, labial or bilateral cheeks harvesting: a single-center analysis of more than 800 patients
Guido Barbagli, Marco Bandini, Sofia Balò, Francesco Montorsi, Salvatore Sansalone, Mauro De Dominicis, Denis Butnaru, Massimo Lazzeri
Intrasphincteric anastomotic urethroplasty allows preservation of continence in men with bulbomembranous urethral strictures following benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery
Reynaldo G. Gómez, Laura G. Velarde, Rodrigo A. Campos, Alvaro A. Saavedra, Erico J. Delgado, Richard A. Santucci, Kyle A. Scarberry
Urethral bulking agents: a retrospective review of primary versus salvage procedure outcomes
Ciara M. E. Daly, Jini Mathew, Judey Aloyscious, Suzanne Hagen, Veenu Tyagi, Karen L. Guerrero
Evaluation of pre-operative bladder contractility as a predictor of improved response rate to a staged trial of sacral neuromodulation in patients with detrusor underactivity
Garson Chan, Liang G Qu, Johan Gani
Is multiple tract percutaneous nephrolithotomy a safe approach for staghorn calculi?
Jian Huang, Shike Zhang, Yapeng Huang, Mehmet Özsoy, Hans‑Göran Tiselius, Jinkun Huang, Zhijian Zhao, Tao Zeng, Guohua Zeng, Wenqi Wu
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with spinal cord injury: should all these patients be automatically assigned a Guy’s stone score of 4?
Fabio C. M. Torricelli, Fabio C. Vicentini, Lucas Zanetti, Rodrigo Perrella, Giovanni S. Marchini, Alexandre Danilovic, Carlos A. Batagello, Claudio B. Murta, Joaquim F. A. Claro, Miguel Srougi, William C. Nahas, Eduardo Mazzucchi
Renal pelvis urine Gram stain as a traditional, but new marker in predicting postoperative fever and stone culture positivity in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: an observational, prospective, non-randomized cohort study
Nejdet Karsiyakali, Ugur Yucetas, Aysel Karatas, Emre Karabay, Emrah Okucu, Erkan Erkan
New computed tomographic predictors of complicated perioperative course of 17.5F mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PNL)
Tomasz Ozimek, Jan M. Laturnus, Carolin Gohlke, Judith R. Wiessmeyer, Julian P. Struck, Marie C. Hupe, Axel S. Merseburger, Mario W. Kramer
Safety and efficacy of superior calyceal access versus inferior calyceal access for pelvic and/or lower calyceal renal calculi- a prospective observational comparative study
M. Amaresh, P. Hegde, A. Chawla, J. J. M. C. H. de la Rosette, M. P. Laguna, A. Kriplani
The German linguistic validation of the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life questionnaire (WisQoL)
Martin Gottstein, Manolis Pratsinis, Sabine Güsewell, Patrick Betschart, Dominik Abt, Thomas Knoll
Operator-assisted vs self-achieved basketing during ureteroscopy: results from an in vitro preference study
Eugenio Ventimiglia, Sermsin Sindhubodee, Thomas Besombes, Felipe Pauchard, Francesca Quadrini, Bertrand Delbarre, Alvaro Jiménez Godínez, Yazeed Barghouthy, Mariela Alejandra Corrales Acosta, Hatem Kamkoum, Luca Villa, Steeve Doizi, Bhaskar K. Somani, Olivier Traxer
Real-world comparative effectiveness of shockwave lithotripsy versus ureterorenoscopy for the treatment of urinary stones
David F. Friedlander, Aaron Brant, Timothy D. McClure, Joseph Del Pizzo, Molly A. Nowels, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Art Sedrakyan, Bilal Chughtai
Opiates prescribed for acute renal colic are associated with prolonged use
Brittney H. Cotta, Vi Nguyen, Roger L. Sur, Seth K. Bechis
Evaluation of 30-day complication rates following vaginal anterior compartment repair with and without graft augmentation in a propensity score matched cohort
Ryan Darvish, Abigail Davenport, Angela Dao, Emily Slopnick, Graham Chapman, David Sheyn
The effect of botulinum toxin on ureteral inflammation
Kevin Krughoff, Faith L. Anderson, Scott Palisoul, Alison L. Young, Jason R. Pettus, Karen L. Moodie, Christopher Ogomo, Steven S. Tau, Rachel A. Moses, Matthew C. Havrda, David R. Chavez
Evaluation of efficacy of oxygen-enriched oil-based gel dressing in patients who underwent surgical repair of distal hypospadias: a prospective randomised clinical trial
Ciro Esposito, Fulvia Del Conte, Mariapina Cerulo, Vincenzo Coppola, Giovanni Esposito, Elisabetta Ricciardi, Felice Crocetto, Marco Castagnetti, Antonio Calignano, Maria Escolino
Penile low intensity shock wave treatment for PDE5I refractory erectile dysfunction: a randomized double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial
Jose Vinay, Daniel Moreno, Osvaldo Rajmil, Eduard Ruiz-Castañe, Josvany Sanchez-Curbelo
Surgical complications risk in obese and overweight recipients for kidney transplantation: a predictive morphometric model based on sarcopenia and vessel-to-skin distance
Ugo Pinar, Xavier Rod, Arthur Mageau, Yohann Renard, Cedric Lebacle, Benoit Barrou, Sarah Drouin, Jacques Irani, Thomas Bessede
Non-technical skills for urological surgeons (NoTSUS): development and evaluation of curriculum and assessment scale
Abdullatif Aydın, Cora M. Griffin, Oliver Brunckhorst, Ahmed Al-Jabir, Nicholas Raison, Haleema Aya, Craig McIlhenny, James Brewin, Majid Shabbir, Joan Palou Redorta, Muhammad Shamim Khan, Prokar Dasgupta, Kamran Ahmed
Preoperative diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of FEPs of ureters in children: a 13-year retrospective study based on data at a large pediatric medical center
Meng He, Ning Li, Weiping Zhang, Zhentao Ren
Are decision aids for all? Time to take care of the millions of low literate
M. van Balken, F. Schlatmann, H. Pander Maat
Release of severe chordee and urethroplasty in proximal hypospadias repair
Smail Acimi
Safety and efficacy of bipolar versus monopolar transurethral resection of bladder tumor: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhongbao Zhou, Zhenli Gao, Jitao Wu, Yuanshan Cui