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World Journal of Urology

Issue 7/2021

Including the Topical Section: TURPxit or not - Contemporary Management Options for Benign Prostatic Obstruction

Content (77 Articles)

TURPxit or not: contemporary management options for benign prostatic obstruction

Thomas R. W. Herrmann, Vincent Misrai, Fernando Gómez Sancha, Thorsten Bach

Reasons to believe in vaporization: a review of the benefits of photo-selective and transurethral vaporization

Russell N. Schwartz, Felix Couture, Iman Sadri, Adel Arezki, David-Dan Nguyen, Ahmed S. Zakaria, Kyle Law, Dean Elterman, Malte Rieken, Hannes Cash, Kevin C. Zorn

Prostatectomy Topic Paper

Propensity-score analysis comparing perioperative and functional outcomes between XPS 180 W-photovaporization and GreenLight laser enucleation of the prostate: reasons to discard vaporization and move to enucleation

Anis Gasmi, Zine-Eddine Khene, Sonia Guérin, Karim Bensalah, Benoit Peyronnet, Romain Mathieu, Morgan Roupret, Enrique Rijo, Benjamin Pradère, Vincent Misrai

Preservation of antegrade ejaculation after surgical relief of benign prostatic obstruction is a valid endpoint

Gokhan Calik, M. Pilar Laguna, Stavros Gravas, Selami Albayrak, Jean de la Rosette

Prostatectomy Topic Paper

Reasons to overthrow TURP: bring on Aquablation

Iman Sadri, Adel Arezki, Félix Couture, David-Dan Nguyen, Russell Schwartz, Ahmed S. Zakaria, Dean Elterman, Enrique Rijo, Vincent Misrai, Thorsten Bach, Claus G. Roehrborn, Kevin C. Zorn

Reasons to consider prostatic artery embolization

Dominik Abt, Hans-Peter Schmid, Mark J. Speakman

Reasons to go for Rezūm steam therapy: an effective and durable outpatient minimally invasive procedure

Adel Arezki, Iman Sadri, Félix Couture, Russell Schwartz, David-Dan Nguyen, Ahmed S. Zakaria, Dean Elterman, Claus Roehrborn, Kevin McVary, Kevin C. Zorn

Open Access Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Topic Paper

Reasons for new MIS. Let's be fair: iTIND, Urolift and Rezūm

Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola, Arkadiusz Miernik, Christian Gratzke, Dominik S. Schoeb

A call for HoLEP: en-bloc vs. two-lobe vs. three-lobe

Frank Rücker, Karin Lehrich, Axel Böhme, Mario Zacharias, Sascha A. Ahyai, Jens Hansen

Topic Paper

A call for HoLEP: AEEP for mega-prostates (≥ 200 cc)

Nicholas E. Boxall, Fanourios Georgiades, Saiful Miah, Laurian Dragos, James Armitage, Tevita F. Aho

HoLEP for acute and non-neurogenic chronic urinary retention: how effective is it?

Tevita Aho, William Finch, Philippa Jefferson, Lokesh Suraparaju, Fanourios Georgiades

Reasons to go for thulium-based anatomical endoscopic enucleation of the prostate

B. Becker, C. Netsch, G. Bozzini, T. R. W. Herrmann, T. Bach, D. Enikeev, A. J. Gross

A prospective multicenter randomized comparison between Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) and Thulium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (ThuLEP)

Giorgio Bozzini, Lorenzo Berti, Tahsin Batuhan Aydoğan, Matteo Maltagliati, Jean Baptiste Roche, Pierluigi Bove, Umberto Besana, Alberto Calori, Antonio Luigi Pastore, Alexander Müller, Salvatore Micali, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Bernardo Rocco, Carlo Buizza

Open Access Laser Topic Paper

Endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (EEP). The same but different—a systematic review

M. Pallauf, T. Kunit, C. Ramesmayer, S. Deininger, T. R. W. Herrmann, L. Lusuardi

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (EEP). The same but different—a systematic review

M. Pallauf, T. Kunit, C. Ramesmayer, S. Deininger, T. R. W. Herrmann, L. Lusuardi

Laser Letter to the Editor

Surgeon’s heuristics and decision making: a BPH storytelling

Vincent Misrai, Thomas R. W. Herrmann

Kidney Cancer Invited Review

Evaluation, diagnosis and surveillance of renal masses in the setting of VHL disease

Jad Chahoud, Melissa McGettigan, Nainesh Parikh, Ronald S. Boris, Othon Iliopoulos, W. Kimryn Rathmell, Anthony B. Daniels, Eric Jonasch, Philippe E. Spiess

Theophylline Invited Review

Tea and coffee consumption and pathophysiology related to kidney stone formation: a systematic review

Yazeed Barghouthy, Mariela Corrales, Steeve Doizi, Bhaskar K. Somani, Olivier Traxer

Systematic review of the endoscopic enucleation of the prostate learning curve

Dmitry Enikeev, Andrey Morozov, Mark Taratkin, Vincent Misrai, Enrique Rijo, Alexei Podoinitsin, Svetlana Gabdullina, Thomas R. W. Herrmann

Open Access Prostate Cancer Original Article

Detection of prostate cancer with 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT compared to final histopathology of radical prostatectomy specimens: is PSMA-targeted biopsy feasible? The DeTeCT trial

Y. J. L. Bodar, B. H. E. Jansen, J. P. van der Voorn, G. J. C. Zwezerijnen, D. Meijer, J. A. Nieuwenhuijzen, R. Boellaard, N. H. Hendrikse, O. S. Hoekstra, R. J. A. van Moorselaar, D. E. Oprea-Lager, A. N. Vis

Original Article

Innovative standardized reporting template for prostate mpMRI improves clarity and confidence in the report

Joseph M. Caputo, Luis A. Pina, Elisabeth M. Sebesta, Hiram Shaish, Sven Wenske

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Comparison of risk-calculator and MRI and consecutive pathways as upfront stratification for prostate biopsy

Daan J. Reesink, Melline G. M. Schilham, Erik J. R. J. van der Hoeven, Ivo G. Schoots, Harm H. E. van Melick, Roderick C. N. van den Bergh

Ultrasound Original Article

Risk factors for infection complications after transrectal ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy

Xue-fei Ding, Yang Luan, Sheng-ming Lu, Guang-chen Zhou, Tian-bao Huang, Liang-yong Zhu, Cheng-hao Guo

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Retrotrigonal muscular layer sling associated with total anatomical reconstruction in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and early continence

Matteo Luigi Zanoni, Fabio Grizzi, Davide Maffei, Paolo Vota, Nicola Frego, Giovanni Toia, Cinzia Mazzieri, Massimo Lazzeri, Nicolò Buffi, Giovanni Lughezzani, Paolo Casale, Alberto Saita, Giorgio Guazzoni, Alberto Mandressi, Gianluigi Taverna

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Contemporary role of palliative cystoprostatectomy or pelvic exenteration in advanced symptomatic prostate cancer

C. Surcel, C. Mirvald, I. Tsaur, H. Borgmann, Isabel Heidegger, A. P. Labanaris, I. Sinescu, Derya Tilki, G. Ploussard, A. Briganti, F. Montorsi, R. Mathieu, M. Valerio, V. Jinga, D. Badescu, D. Radavoi, R. C. N. van den Bergh, G. Gandaglia, A. Kretschmer, Cristian Surcel, I. Tsaur, H. Borgmann, Isabel Heidegger, Derya Tilki, G. Ploussard, A. Briganti, R. Mathieu, M. Valerio, R. C. N. van den Bergh, G. Gandaglia, A. Kretschmer

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Health-related quality of life in Japanese low-risk prostate cancer patients choosing active surveillance: 3-year follow-up from PRIAS-JAPAN

Hiromi Hirama, Mikio Sugimoto, Nobuyuki Miyatake, Takuma Kato, Lionne D. F. Venderbos, Sebastiaan Remmers, Kenichiro Shiga, Akira Yokomizo, Koji Mitsuzuka, Ryuji Matsumoto, Takahiro Osawa, Takashige Abe, Hiroshi Sasaki, Shin Egawa, Iku Ninomiya, Katsuyoshi Hashine, Monique J. Roobol, Yoshiyuki Kakehi

Open Access Prostate Cancer Original Article

Differences between rural and urban prostate cancer patients

Lara Franziska Stolzenbach, Marina Deuker, Claudia Collà-Ruvolo, Luigi Nocera, Zhe Tian, Tobias Maurer, Derya Tilki, Alberto Briganti, Fred Saad, Vincenzo Mirone, Felix K. H. Chun, Markus Graefen, Pierre I. Karakiewicz

Open Access Prostate Cancer Original Article

Long-term outcomes of active surveillance for clinically localized prostate cancer in a community-based setting: results from a prospective non-interventional study

Jan Herden, Andreas Schwarte, Thorsten Werner, Uwe Behrendt, Axel Heidenreich, Lothar Weissbach

Stress Incontinence Original Article

Quality of life and functional outcomes after radical cystectomy with ileal orthotopic neobladder replacement for bladder cancer: a multicentre observational study

V. Tostivint, G. Verhoest, B. Cabarrou, J. Gas, P. Coloby, J. Zgheib, M. Thoulouzan, M. Soulié, X. Gamé, J. B. Beauval, E. Pons-Tostivint, M. Roumiguié

Obesity Original Article

Early continence after ileal neobladder: objective data from inpatient rehabilitation

Berfin Erdogan, Sebastian Berg, Joachim Noldus, Guido Müller

Cystectomy Original Article

Prognostic value of pretreatment inflammatory markers in variant histologies of the bladder: is inflammation linked to survival after radical cystectomy?

Severin Rodler, Alexander Buchner, Stephan T. Ledderose, Lennert Eismann, Yannic Volz, Paulo Pfitzinger, Alexander Kretschmer, Gerald B. Schulz, Alexander Karl, Boris Schlenker, Christian G. Stief, Friedrich Jokisch

Open Access Original Article

Delaying BCG immunotherapy onset after transurethral resection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer is associated with adverse survival outcomes

Wojciech Krajewski, Marco Moschini, Joanna Chorbińska, Łukasz Nowak, Sławomir Poletajew, Andrzej Tukiendorf, Luca Afferi, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Tim Muilwijk, Steven Joniau, Alessandro Tafuri, Alessandro Antonelli, Francesco Cianflone, Andrea Mari, Ettore Di Trapani, Kees Hendricksen, Mario Alvarez-Maestro, Andrea Rodríguez-Serrano, Giuseppe Simone, Stefania Zamboni, Claudio Simeone, Maria Cristina Marconi, Riccardo Mastroianni, Guillaume Ploussard, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Karl Tully, Anna Kołodziej, Joanna Krajewska, Radosław Piszczek, Evanguelos Xylinas, Romuald Zdrojowy

Nephrectomy Original Article

The impact of intraoperative bleeding on the risk of chronic kidney disease after nephron-sparing surgery

Giuseppe Rosiello, Alessandro Larcher, Giuseppe Fallara, Giuseppe Basile, Daniele Cignoli, Gianmarco Colandrea, Chiara Re, Francesco Trevisani, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Andrea Salonia, Roberto Bertini, Alberto Briganti, Francesco Montorsi, Umberto Capitanio

Open Access Kidney Cancer Original Article

COVID-19 and financial toxicity in patients with renal cell carcinoma

Michael D. Staehler, Dena J. Battle, Cristiane D. Bergerot, Sumanta Kumar Pal, David F. Penson

Open Access Biomarkers Original Article

Pre-therapy serum albumin-to-globulin ratio in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Benjamin Pradere, David D’Andrea, Victor M. Schuettfort, Beat Foerster, Fahad Quhal, Keiichiro Mori, Mohammad Abufaraj, Vitaly Margulis, Marine Deuker, Alberto Briganti, Tim Muilwijk, Kees Hendricksen, Yair Lotan, Pierre Karakiewic, Shahrokh F.Shariat

Metastasis Original Article

Short-term and long-term outcomes after resection of thoracic growing teratoma syndrome

Stefan Sponholz, Kyriaki Chalepaki Ntelli, Georgios Karaindros, Moritz Schirren, Anja Lorch, Andreas Hiester, Peter Albers, Joachim Schirren

Vesicorenal Reflux Original Article

Girls and renal scarring as risk factors for febrile urinary tract infection after stopping antibiotic prophylaxis in children with vesicoureteral reflux

Michiko Nakamura, Kimihiko Moriya, Masafumi Kon, Yoko Nishimura, Hiroki Chiba, Takeya Kitta, Nobuo Shinohara

Nitrofurantoin Original Article

Adverse effects of chronic nitrofurantoin therapy in women with recurrent urinary tract infections in an outpatient setting

Navin N. Maredia, Michael J. Fanning, Alana L. Christie, Bonnie C. Prokesch, Philippe E. Zimmern

Laser Original Article

HoLEP after prostate biopsy: does it have any impact?

Sercan Yılmaz, Engin Kaya, Eymen Gazel, Serdar Yalcın, Halil Cagrı Aybal, Mehmet Yılmaz, Onur Açıkgöz, Hakan Özdemir, Lutfi Tunc

Open Access Prostatectomy Original Article

Laparoscopic simple prostatectomy vs bipolar plasma enucleation of the prostate in large benign prostatic hyperplasia: a two-center 3-year comparison

Riccardo Lombardo, Anton Zarraonandia Andraca, Cristina Plaza Alonso, Juan Andres González-Dacal, Higinio Rodríguez Núñez, Aaron Barreiro Mallo, Barbara Cristina Gentile, Giorgia Tema, Luca Albanesi, Luca Mavilla, Valeria Baldassarri, Cosimo De Nunzio, Andrea Tubaro, Manuel Ruibal Moldes, Roberto Giulianelli

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Changes in serum PSA after endoscopic enucleation of the prostate are predictive for the future diagnosis of prostate cancer

E. Lambert, M. Goossens, E. Palagonia, J. Vollemaere, E. Mazzone, P. Dell’Oglio, E. Pauwels, R. De Groote, F. D’Hondt, A. Mottrie, G. De Naeyer, P. Schatteman

Open Access Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Original Article

Impact of early vs. delayed initiation of dutasteride/tamsulosin combination therapy on the risk of acute urinary retention or BPH-related surgery in LUTS/BPH patients with moderate-to-severe symptoms at risk of disease progression

Salvatore D’Agate, Chandrashekhar Chavan, Michael Manyak, Juan Manuel Palacios-Moreno, Matthias Oelke, Martin C. Michel, Claus G. Roehrborn, Oscar Della Pasqua

The association between anogenital distance and benign prostatic hyperplasia related lower urinary tract symptoms in Chinese aging men

Yi Lu, Shujun Fan, Yuxuan Song, Kang Liu, Kechong Zhou, Jiaqi Kang, Shangren Wang, Yongjiao Yang, Xiaoqiang Liu

Online interest in surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia using Google trends

Samir Merheb, Na Wang, Janice Weinberg, David S. Wang, Shaun E. L. Wason

Phytotherapy Original Article

Contemporary use of phytotherapy in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia: results from the EVOLUTION European registry

Nikita R. Bhatt, Niall F. Davis, W. P. Witjes, A. Bjartell, C. Caris, A. Patel, A. de la Taille, Mark Speakman, Luis Martínez-Piñeiro, A. Tubaro

Brachytherapy Original Article

A multi-institutional critical assessment of dorsal onlay urethroplasty for post-radiation urethral stenosis

Connor G. Policastro, Jay Simhan, Francisco E. Martins, Nicolaas Lumen, Krishnan Venkatesan, Javier C. Angulo, Shubham Gupta, Paul Rusilko, Erick Alejandro Ramírez Pérez, Kirk Redger, Brian J. Flynn, Michael Hughes, Stephen Blakely, Dmitriy Nikolavsky

Original Article

The reporting quality of randomized controlled trials and experimental animal studies for urethroplasty

Jacob Albersheim, Daniel W. Smith, Joseph J. Pariser, Philipp Dahm

Urinary Incontinence Original Article

A uro-protective agent with restorative actions on urethral and striated muscle morphology

Lori A. Birder, Amanda Wolf-Johnston, Alan J. Wein, Mara Grove-Sullivan, Donna Stoltz, Simon Watkins, Diane Newman, Roger R. Dmochowski, Edwin K. Jackson

Hypospadia Original Article

A cover flap reduces the rate of fistula after urethroplasty whatever the severity of hypospadias

Benoit Tessier, Sami Sfar, Sarah Garnier, Amandine Coffy, Paula Borrego, Laura Gaspari, Francoise Paris, Nicolas Kalfa

Multiple Sclerosis Original Article

Validity and reliability of the Greek version of the neurogenic bladder symptom score (NBSS) questionnaire in a sample of Greek patients with multiple sclerosis

Lazaros Tzelves, Ioannis Glykas, Charalampos Fragkoulis, Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas, Andreas Skolarikos, Blayne Welk, Athanasios Dellis

Urolithiasis Original Article

Flexible ureteroscopy in extreme elderly patients (80 years of age and older) is feasible and safe

E. Emiliani, A. Piccirilli, M. Cepeda-Delgado, A. K. Kanashiro, D. Mantilla, C. A. Amaya, F. M. Sanchez-Martin, F. Millan-Rodriguez, A. Territo, J. H. Amón-Sesmero, J. Palou-Redorta, O. Angerri-Feu

Comparison of intrapelvic pressures during flexible ureteroscopy, mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy, standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy, and endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery in a kidney model

Steeve Doizi, Audrey Uzan, Etienne Xavier Keller, Vincent De Coninck, Hatem Kamkoum, Yazeed Barghouthy, Eugenio Ventimiglia, Olivier Traxer

Open Access Laser Original Article

Laser-guided real-time automatic target identification for endoscopic stone lithotripsy: a two-arm in vivo porcine comparison study

Daniel Schlager, Antonia Schulte, Jan Schütz, Albrecht Brandenburg, Christoph Schell, Samir Lamrini, Markus Vogel, Heinrich-Otto Teichmann, Arkadiusz Miernik

Nephrostomy Original Article

A clinical experience of thulium fibre laser in miniperc to dust with suction: a new horizon

Darshit Shah, Abhijit Patil, Naveen Reddy, Abhishek Singh, Arvind Ganpule, Ravindra Sabnis, Mahesh Desai

Original Article

Gap between UAS and ureteroscope predicts renal stone-free rate after flexible ureteroscopy with the fragmentation technique

Mitsuru Komeya, Hisakazu Odaka, Takahiko Watanabe, Hirokazu Kiuchi, Takehiko Ogawa, Masahiro Yao, Junichi Matsuzaki

Original Article

Comparison of scoring systems for predicting stone-free status and complications after retrograde ıntrarenal surgery

Ridvan Ozbek, Cagri Senocak, Hakan Bahadir Haberal, Erman Damar, Fahri Erkan Sadioglu, Omer Faruk Bozkurt

Open Access Original Article

Non-contrast computed tomography characteristics in a large cohort of cystinuria patients

Hannah Warren, Daniel Poon, Rohit Srinivasan, Kerushan Thomas, Giles Rottenberg, Matthew Bultitude, Kay Thomas

Urolithiasis Original Article

Integration of exome sequencing and metabolic evaluation for the diagnosis of children with urolithiasis

Yining Zhao, Xiaoliang Fang, Yanjie Fan, Yu Sun, Lei He, Maosheng Xu, Guofeng Xu, Yufeng Li, Yunteng Huang, Yongguo Yu, Hongquan Geng

Tamsulosin Original Article

Understanding urologic scientific publication patterns and general public interests on stone disease: lessons learned from big data platforms

Giovanni S. Marchini, Kauy V. M. Faria, Felippe L. Neto, Fábio César Miranda Torricelli, Alexandre Danilovic, Fábio Carvalho Vicentini, Carlos A. Batagello, Miguel Srougi, William C. Nahas, Eduardo Mazzucchi

Nephrectomy Original Article

The Mayo Adhesive Probability score can help predict intra- and postoperative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic donor nephrectomy

Quentin Franquet, Xavier Matillon, Nicolas Terrier, Jean-Jacques Rambeaud, Sebastien Crouzet, Jean-Alexandre Long, Hakim Fassi-Fehri, Ricardo Codas-Duarte, Delphine Poncet, Thomas Jouve, Johan Noble, Paolo Malvezzi, Lionel Rostaing, Jean-Luc Descotes, Lionel Badet, Gaelle Fiard

Kidney Transplantation Original Article

Comparison of the iliac, vaginal and umbilical graft extraction in robot-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy

Maher Abdessater, Cécile M. Champy, José Batista da Costa, Jean Courcier, René Yiou, Andras Hoznek, Dimitri Vordos, Philippe Grimbert, Marie Matignon, Tiphanie Londero, Philippe le Corvoisier, Laurent Salomon, Alexandre De la Taille, Alexandre Ingels

Kidney Transplantation Original Article

Comparison of the outcomes of the pediatric kidney transplantation between recipients below and above 15 kg: a single center retrospective study

Thomas Loubersac, Gwenaelle Roussey, Fungai Dengu, Hortense Langlois d’Estaintot, Morgane Pere, Pascal Glémain, Jérôme Rigaud, Marc-David Leclair, Georges Karam, Julien Branchereau

Kidney Cancer Original Article

Increasing kidney grafts for transplantation

Mireia Musquera, Alba Sierra, Fritz Diekmann, Meritxell Perez, Claudia Mercader, Lluis Peri, Nuria Esforzado, David Paredes, Antonio Alcaraz

Open Access Original Article

Learning benefits of live surgery and semi-live surgery in urology—informing the debate with results from the International Meeting of Reconstructive Urology (IMORU) VIII

Victor M. Schuettfort, Tim A. Ludwig, Phillip Marks, Malte W. Vetterlein, Valentin Maurer, Constantin Fuehner, Florian Janisch, Armin Soave, Michael Rink, Silke Riechardt, Oliver Engel, Margit Fisch, Roland Dahlem, Christian P. Meyer

Antibiotic Letter to the Editor

Antibiotic prophylaxis in ureteroscopy—time for a good quality randomised controlled trial?

Dinul Hettiarachchi, Alistair Rogers, Rajan Veeratterapillay, Chris Harding

Lumbotomy Letter to the Editor

Orthotopic robot-assisted kidney transplantation: first case report

Francesc Vigués, X. Bonet, B. Etcheverry, M. Fiol, J. F. Suárez-Novo, A. Breda, L. Riera

Open Access Prostate Cancer Correction

Correction to: Health-related quality of life after open and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients: a propensity score-matched analysis

Alexander Kretschmer, Robert Bischoff, Michael Chaloupka, Friedrich Jokisch, Thilo Westhofen, Philipp Weinhold, Frank Strittmatter, Armin Becker, Alexander Buchner, Christian G. Stief

Open Access Prostate Surgery Correction

Correction to: Impact of previous transurethral prostate surgery on health-related quality of life after radical prostatectomy: Does the interval between surgeries matter?

Michael Chaloupka, Franka Figura, Philipp Weinhold, Friedrich Jokisch, Thilo Westhofen, Paulo Pfitzinger, Robert Bischoff, Giuseppe Magistro, Frank Strittmatter, Armin Becker, Steffen Ormanns, Boris Schlenker, Alexander Buchner, Christian G. Stief, Alexander Kretschmer