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World Journal of Urology

Issue 9/2021

Including the Topical Section: Covid19 in Urology

Content (81 Articles)

Editorial

COVID19: the response of the urologist

Damien Bolton

A systematic review on COVID-19: urological manifestations, viral RNA detection and special considerations in urological conditions

Vinson Wai-Shun Chan, Peter Ka-Fung Chiu, Chi-Hang Yee, Yuhong Yuan, Chi-Fai Ng, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh

Open Access Coronavirus Topic Paper

Global change of surgical and oncological clinical practice in urology during early COVID-19 pandemic

Robert Dotzauer, Katharina Böhm, Maximilian Peter Brandt, Peter Sparwasser, Maximilian Haack, Sebastian. Karl Frees, Mohamed Mostafa Kamal, René Mager, Wolfgang Jäger, Thomas Höfner, Igor Tsaur, Axel Haferkamp, Hendrik Borgmann

COVID-19 Topic Paper

Clinical trials in urological oncology: COVID-19 and the potential need for a new perspective

Jiasian Teh, Ellen O’Connor, Jasamine Coles-Black, Nathan Lawrentschuk

Scoping review: hotspots for COVID-19 urological research: what is being published and from where?

Liang G. Qu, Marlon Perera, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Rainy Umbas, Laurence Klotz

Prostate Cancer Invited Review

Neoadjuvant treatment with androgen receptor signaling inhibitors prior to radical prostatectomy: a systematic review

Gaëtan Devos, Bram Vansevenant, Gert De Meerleer, Andries Clinckaert, Wout Devlies, Frank Claessens, Markus Graefen, Thomas Steuber, Alberto Briganti, Alexandre de la Taille, Hendrik Van Poppel, Steven Joniau

Hematuria Original Article

A systematic review of long-duration stents for ureteral stricture: which one to choose?

Mariela Corrales, Steeve Doizi, Yazeed Barghouthy, Hatem Kamkoum, Bhaskar Somani, Olivier Traxer

Prostate Cancer Original Article

External validation of genomic classifier-based risk-stratification tool to identify candidates for adjuvant radiation therapy in patients with prostate cancer

David I. Lee, Mohammed Shahait, Deepansh Dalela, Jacob Keeley, Priti Lal, Neha Vapiwala, Firas Abdollah

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Oncological safety and functional outcomes of testosterone replacement therapy in symptomatic adult-onset hypogonadal prostate cancer patients following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Hanna Shahine, Marc Zanaty, Ahmed S. Zakaria, David-Dan Nguyen, Felix Couture, Iman Sadri, Russel Schwartz, Adel Arezki, Dean Elterman, Assaad El-Hakim, Kevin C. Zorn

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Can local treatment prolong the sensitivity of metastatic prostate cancer to androgen deprivation or even prevent castration resistance?

Christina Niklas, Matthias Saar, Alessandro Nini, Johannes Linxweiler, Stefan Siemer, Kerstin Junker, Michael Stoeckle

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Urinary continence recovery and oncological outcomes after surgery for prostate cancer analysed by risk category: results from the LAParoscopic prostatectomy robot and open trial

Anna Hagman, Anna Lantz, Stefan Carlsson, Jonas Höijer, Johan Stranne, S. I. Tyritzis, Eva Haglind, Anders Bjartell, Jonas Hugosson, Olof Akre, Gunnar Steineck, Peter Wiklund

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Prospective trial of regional (hockey-stick) prostate cryoablation: oncologic and quality of life outcomes

Justin R. Gregg, Leonardo D. Borregales, Haesun Choi, Marisa Lozano, Stephen E. McRae, Aradhana M. Venkatesan, John W. Davis, Graciela M. Nogueras-Gonzalez, Louis L. Pisters, John F. Ward

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Prognostic significance of total plasma cell-free DNA level and androgen receptor amplification in castration-resistant prostate cancer

Yuka Kubota, Shingo Hatakeyama, Tohru Yoneyama, Mihoko Sutoh Yoneyama, Itsuto Hamano, Sakae Konishi, Teppei Okamoto, Hayato Yamamoto, Takahiro Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Chikara Ohyama

Open Access Prostate Cancer Original Article

PHI density prospectively improves prostate cancer detection

Carsten Stephan, Klaus Jung, Michael Lein, Hannah Rochow, Frank Friedersdorff, Andreas Maxeiner

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Does post prostatectomy decipher score predict biochemical recurrence and impact care?

Christine White, Ilene Staff, Tara McLaughlin, Joseph Tortora, Kevin Pinto, Akshay Gangakhedkar, Alison Champagne, Joseph Wagner

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Impact of statin use on overall and time to biochemical failure following radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy

Linda My Huynh, Emily Keit, Aviva Atri Schuller, Raymond Ceja Carrillo, Erica Huang, Thomas E. Ahlering, Shawna Boyle, Charles Enke, Michael J. Baine

Prostate Cancer Original Article

Five-alpha reductase inhibitors in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer: impact on treatment and reclassification after 6 years follow-up

Akbar N. Ashrafi, Toshitaka Shin, Arnaud Marien, Thomas Clifford, Sunao Shoji, Tsuyoshi Iwata, Atsuko Iwata, Masakatsu Oishi, Sameer Chopra, Jie Cai, Osamu Ukimura, Duke Bahn, Inderbir S. Gill, Andre Luis Abreu

Prostate Cancer Original Article

MRI predicts prostatic urethral involvement in men undergoing radical prostatectomy: implications for cryo-ablation of localized prostate cancer

Ezequiel Becher, Akash Sali, Andre Abreu, Tsuyoshi Iwata, Angela Tong, Fang-Ming Deng, Atsuko Iwata, Chhavi Gupta, Inderbir Gill, Manju Aron, Suzanne Palmer, Herbert Lepor

Prostate Cancer Original Article

The prognostic value of high-grade prostate cancer pattern on MRI-targeted biopsies: predictors for downgrading and importance of concomitant systematic biopsies

Cécile Manceau, Gaëlle Fromont-Hankard, Jean-Baptiste Beauval, Marine Lesourd, Christophe Almeras, Anne-Sophie Bajeot, Jean-Romain Gautier, Michel Soulié, Guillaume Loison, Ambroise Salin, Christophe Tollon, Bernard Malavaud, Mathieu Roumiguié, Guillaume Ploussard

Open Access Prostate Cancer Original Article

A novel prediction model for the completion of six cycles of radium-223 treatment and survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Yasuhide Miyoshi, Sohgo Tsutsumi, Masato Yasui, Takashi Kawahara, Ko-ichi Uemura, Naruhiko Hayashi, Masahiro Nozawa, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Hiroji Uemura, Hirotsugu Uemura

Open Access Original Article

Assessment of Xpert Bladder Cancer Monitor test performance for the detection of recurrence during non-muscle invasive bladder cancer follow-up

G. Cancel-Tassin, M. Roupret, U. Pinar, C. Gaffory, F. Vanie, V. Ondet, E. Compérat, Olivier Cussenot

Open Access Original Article

Association of patients’ sex with treatment outcomes after intravesical bacillus Calmette–Guérin immunotherapy for T1G3/HG bladder cancer

David D’Andrea, Francesco Soria, Anne J. Grotenhuis, Eugene K. Cha, Nuria Malats, Savino Di Stasi, Steven Joniau, Tommaso Cai, Bas W. G. van Rhijn, Jaques Irani, Jeffrey Karnes, John Varkarakis, Jack Baniel, Joan Palou, Marek Babjuk, Martin Spahn, Peter Ardelt, Renzo Colombo, Vincenzo Serretta, Guido Dalbagni, Paolo Gontero, Riccardo Bartoletti, Stephane Larré, Per-Uno Malmstrom, Richard Sylvester, Shahrokh F. Shariat

Open Access Original Article

Prognostic value of albumin to globulin ratio in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Fahad Quhal, Benjamin Pradere, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Reza Sari Motlagh, Hadi Mostafaei, Keiichiro Mori, Victor M. Schuettfort, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Morgan Rouprêt, Dmitry Enikeev, Michael Rink, Mohammad Abufaraj, Shahrokh F. Shariat

Nephrectomy Original Article

A qualitative framework of non-selection factors for cytoreductive nephrectomy

Andrew W. Silagy, Kyrollis Attalla, Renzo G. Dinatale, Kate L. Weiss, Stanley Weng, Roy Mano, Skylar Iosepovici, Julian Marcon, Ed Reznik, Ritesh R. Kotecha, Robert J. Motzer, Martin H. Voss, Jonathan A. Coleman, A. Ari Hakimi, Paul Russo

Open Access Kidney Cancer Original Article

The prognostic value of fat invasion and tumor expansion in the hilar veins in pT3a renal cell carcinoma

Viktoria Stühler, Steffen Rausch, Katharina Kroll, Marcus Scharpf, Arnulf Stenzl, Jens Bedke

Nephrectomy Original Article

Outcome after resection of occult and non-occult lymph node metastases at the time of nephrectomy

Teele Kuusk, Tobias Klatte, Patricia Zondervan, Brunolf Lagerveld, Niels Graafland, Kees Hendricksen, Umberto Capitanio, Andrea Minervini, Grant D. Stewart, Borje Ljungberg, Simon Horenblas, Axel Bex

Open Access Kidney Cancer Original Article

Higher than expected and significantly increasing incidence of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. A population based study

Bjarte Almås, Ole J. Halvorsen, Tom Børge Johannesen, Christian Beisland

Open Access Hematuria Original Article

Does non-visible haematuria require urgent assessment? A retrospective cohort study from a university teaching hospital

James Lucocq, Adnan Ali, William Harrison, Tarek Khalil, Gursunil Powar, Kamran Raza, Ghulam Nandwani

Ultrasound Original Article

Testicular ultrasound underestimates the size of small testicular masses: a radiologic–pathologic correlation study

Zeyad R. Schwen, James L. Liu, Andrew T. Gabrielson, Hiten D. Patel, Mohit Gupta, Steven P. Rowe, Amin S. Herati, Phillip M. Pierorazio

Open Access Seminoma Original Article

The prognostic significance of lactate dehydrogenase levels in seminoma patients with advanced disease: an analysis by the Global Germ Cell Tumor Collaborative Group (G3)

Christoph Seidel, Gedske Daugaard, Tim Nestler, Alexey Tryakin, Mikhail Fedyanin, Christian Daniel Fankhauser, Thomas Hermanns, Jorge Aparicio, Julia Heinzelbecker, Pia Paffenholz, Axel Heidenreich, Ugo De Giorgi, Richard Cathomas, Anja Lorch, Anna Fingerhut, Fabian Gayer, Felix Bremmer, Patrizia Giannatempo, Andrea Necchi, Daniele Raggi, Gaetano Aurilio, Chiara Casadei, Marcus Hentrich, Ben Tran, Klaus-Peter Dieckmann, Margarido Brito, Christian Ruf, Alessandro Mazzocca, Bruno Vincenzi, Olof Stahl, Carsten Bokemeyer, Christoph Oing

Septicemia Original Article

Enhanced antibiotic prophylaxis and infection-related complications following prostate biopsy

Rebecca S. Steinberg, Lauren Kipling, K. C. Biebighauser Bens, Dattatraya Patil, Mark Henry, Akanksha Mehta, Christopher Filson

Open Access Antibiotic Original Article

The negative aftermath of prostate biopsy: prophylaxis, complications and antimicrobial stewardship: results of the global prevalence study of infections in urology 2010–2019

Jakhongir F. Alidjanov, Tommaso Cai, Riccardo Bartoletti, Gernot Bonkat, Franck Bruyère, Béla Köves, Ekaterina Kulchavenya, José Medina-Polo, Kurt Naber, Tamara Perepanova, Adrian Pilatz, Zafer Tandogdu, Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen, Florian M. Wagenlehner

Open Access Prostatitis Original Article

The use of Lactobacillus casei DG® prevents symptomatic episodes and reduces the antibiotic use in patients affected by chronic bacterial prostatitis: results from a phase IV study

Tommaso Cai, Luca Gallelli, Erika Cione, Gianpaolo Perletti, Francesco Ciarleglio, Gianni Malossini, Giovanni De Pretis, Alessandro Palmieri, Vincenzo Mirone, Riccardo Bartoletti, Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen

Ultrasound Original Article

Rectal perforation after aquablation of the prostate: lessons learned the hard way

A. J. Gross, M. J. Lipp, R. Baumbach, B. Becker, K. Vogt, C. Rosenbaum, C. Netsch

Ejaculation-sparing versus non-ejaculation-sparing anatomic GreenLight laser enucleo-vaporization of the prostate: first comparative study

Paolo Destefanis, Mattia Sibona, Francesco Soria, Eugenia Vercelli, Federico Vitiello, Andrea Bosio, Alessandro Bisconti, Beatrice Lillaz, Paolo Gontero

Feasibility of a telementoring approach as a practical training for transurethral enucleation of the benign prostatic hyperplasia using bipolar energy: a pilot study

Marco Amato, Ahmed Eissa, Stefano Puliatti, Cristian Secchi, Federica Ferraguti, Marco Minelli, Agostino Meneghini, Isotta Landi, Giulio Guarino, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Bernardo Rocco, Giampaolo Bianchi, Salvatore Micali

Laser Original Article

A prospective evaluation of high- and low-power holmium laser settings for transurethral lithotripsy in the management of adults with large bladder calculi

Abhishek Bhat, Jonathan E. Katz, Indraneel Banerjee, Ruben Blachman-Braun, Kevin Alter, Rashmi H. Shah, Nicholas Anthony Smith, Hemendra N. Shah

Open Access Prostatitis Original Article

The efficacy and safety of Serenoa repens extract for the treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Kai Zhang, Run-Qi Guo, Shan-Wen Chen, Bin Chen, Xin-Bo Xue, Shan Chen, Jian Huang, Ming Liu, Ye Tian, Li Zuo, Ming Chen, Li-Qun Zhou

Open Access Incision Original Article

Tissue effects of a newly developed diode pumped pulsed Thulium:YAG laser compared to continuous wave Thulium:YAG and pulsed Holmium:YAG laser

Stephan Huusmann, Marcel Lafos, Ingo Meyenburg, Rolf Muschter, Heinrich-Otto Teichmann, Thomas Herrmann

Identification of key genes in benign prostatic hyperplasia using bioinformatics analysis

Peng Xiang, Dan Liu, Di Guan, Zhen Du, Yongxiu Hao, Wei Yan, Mingdong Wang, Hao Ping

Open Access Urethral Stricture Original Article

Exploring the intersection of functional recurrence, patient-reported sexual function, and treatment satisfaction after anterior buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty

Malte W. Vetterlein, Almut Gödde, Valentin Zumstein, Philipp Gild, Phillip Marks, Armin Soave, Christian P. Meyer, Silke Riechardt, Roland Dahlem, Margit Fisch, Luis A. Kluth

Stress Incontinence Original Article

Artificial urinary sphincter implantation in non-neurogenic men: a place for out-patient surgery

Jordan Nasri, Florian Beraud, Denis Seguier, Gauthier Delporte, Hélène Behal, Jonathan Olivier, Arnauld Villers, François Marcelli, Xavier Biardeau

Urethrotomy Original Article

Dorsolateral inner preputial graft urethroplasty for anterior urethral strictures: long-term outcomes from a single tertiary care centre

Shantanu Tyagi, Kalpesh Parmar, Anuj Sharma, Sudheer Devana, Santosh Kumar, Shrawan Kumar Singh, Girdhar Bora, Ravi Mohan Mavuduru

Venous Thrombosis Original Article

Incidence and risk factors of venous thromboembolism after percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a single-center experience

Huimin Zeng, Meng Gao, Jinbo Chen, Yu Cui, Fang Huang, Feng Zeng, Zhongqing Yang, Yang Li, Zhiyong Chen, Zewu Zhu, Hequn Chen

Ultrasound Original Article

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy with ultrasound-assisted puncture: does the technique reduce dependence on fluoroscopic ionizing radiation?

Enrique Pulido-Contreras, Miguel Angel Garcia-Padilla, Javier Medrano-Sanchez, Guadalupe Leon-Verdin, Miguel Angel Primo-Rivera, Roger L. Sur

Urolithiasis Original Article

Stone size on endoscopic view as a predictor of successful stone retrieval during flexible ureteroscopy: an in vitro analysis

J. Hogan Randall, Raphael V. Carrera, Paul J. Fletcher, David A. Duchene, Kerri L. Thurmon, Donald A. Neff, Wilson R. Molina

Shock Original Article

Comparing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy laser lithotripsy for treatment of urinary stones smaller than 2 cm: a cost-utility analysis in the Spanish clinical setting

Gema Romeu, Leopoldo José Marzullo-Zucchet, Javier Díaz, Sara Villarroya, Alberto Budía, Domingo de Guzmán Ordaz, Vicent Caballer, David Vivas

Urolithiasis Original Article

Trends in urinary stone composition in 23,182 stone analyses from 2011 to 2019: a high-volume center study in China

Shike Zhang, Yapeng Huang, Weizhou Wu, Zhican He, LiLi Ou, Hans-Göran Tiselius, Guohua Zeng, Wenqi Wu

Evaluation of a free 3D software for kidney stones’ surgical planning: “kidney stone calculator” a pilot study

Frédéric Panthier, Olivier Traxer, Laurent Yonneau, Thierry Lebret, Laurent Berthe, Lounès Illoul, Marc-Olivier Timsit, Arnaud Mejean, Steeve Doizi, François Audenet

Open Access Ureterorenoscopy Original Article

The SIMULATE ureteroscopy training curriculum: educational value and transfer of skills

Abdullatif Aydın, Kamran Ahmed, Umair Baig, Nicholas Raison, Andrea G. Lantz Powers, Nicola Macchione, Ahmed Al-Jabir, Takashige Abe, Muhammad Shamim Khan, Prokar Dasgupta

Silicone Original Article

Silicone-hydrocoated ureteral stents encrustation and biofilm formation after 3-week dwell time: results of a prospective randomized multicenter clinical study

Yazeed Barghouthy, Oliver Wiseman, Eugenio Ventimiglia, Julien Letendre, Jonathan Cloutier, Michel Daudon, Francois Kleinclauss, Steeve Doizi, Mariela Corrales, Olivier Traxer

Original Article

Revolution spectral CT for urinary stone with a single/mixed composition in vivo: a large sample analysis

Xian Li, Lu-Ping Wang, Li-Li Ou, Xiao-Yan Huang, Qing-Si Zeng, Wen-Qi Wu

Urolithiasis Original Article

Efficiency of retrograde intrarenal surgery in lower pole stones: disposable flexible ureterorenoscope or reusable flexible ureterorenoscope?

Yunus Emre Göger, Mehmet Serkan Özkent, Muzaffer Tansel Kılınç, Hakan Hakkı Taşkapu, Esra Göger, Arif Aydın, Mehmet Giray Sönmez, Giray Karalezli

Original Article

Simplified biplanar (0–90°) fluoroscopic puncture technique for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: the learning curve

B. O. Manzo, J. E. Torres, J. D. Cabrera, E. Lozada, E. Emiliani, F. Sepulveda, C. Morales, I. Morales, H. M. Sanchez

Original Article

Evaluation of intrarenal pressure stability at different lithotripter suction settings in a porcine kidney model

Frank Strittmatter, Udo Nagele, Jörg Schachtner, Markus J. Bader

Macrohematuria Original Article

The future of urology: nonagenarians admitted to a urological ward

Klaus Eredics, Theresa Luef, Stephan Madersbacher

Pyeloplasty Original Article

Evolving trends in peri-operative management of pediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction: working towards quicker recovery and day surgery pyeloplasty

Mandy Rickard, Michael Chua, Jin Kyu Kim, Daniel T. Keefe, Karen Milford, Jessica H. Hannick, Joana Dos Santos, Martin A. Koyle, Armando J. Lorenzo

Letter to the Editor

Every ureteral stone deserves conventional management prior to intervention

Senol Tonyali, Serdar Turan

Kidney Cancer Letter to the Editor

Radiomics can predict tumour response in patients treated with Nivolumab for a metastatic renal cell carcinoma: an artificial intelligence concept

Zine‐Eddine Khene, Romain Mathieu, Benoit Peyronnet, Romain Kokorian, Anis Gasmi, Fares Khene, Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq, Solène-Florence Kammerer-Jacquet, Shahrokh Shariat, Brigitte Laguerre, Karim Bensalah