Issue 9/2021
Including the Topical Section: Covid19 in Urology
Content (81 Articles)
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
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
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
Consensus of multiple national guidelines: agreed strategies for initial stone management during COVID-19
B. Heijkoop, E. Galiabovitch, N. York, D. Webb
The ‘C’ Words: parallels and analogies between Prostate Cancer and Covid-19
Laurence Klotz, Jehonathan Pinthus
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
Recent evidence for anatomic endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (AEEP) in patients with benign prostatic obstruction on antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy
C. Netsch, T. R. W. Herrmann, G. Bozzini, L. Berti, A. J. Gross, B. Becker
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
Effectiveness of convective water vapor energy therapy versus prostatic urethral lift for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review and indirect comparison
Christopher T. Tallman, Paul F. Zantek, Natalia Hernandez, Ronald A. Morton Jr., Dongfeng Qi, Ricardo R. Gonzalez
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
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
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
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
Early urinary continence recovery following retzius-sparing robotic-assistant radical prostatectomy with suprapubic catheter: a short-term follow-up outcome
Ding Xu, Zhongqing Yang, Jun Qi, Jens Mundhenk, Patrick Zanker, Christian Schwentner, Ye Lei
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
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
PHI density prospectively improves prostate cancer detection
Carsten Stephan, Klaus Jung, Michael Lein, Hannah Rochow, Frank Friedersdorff, Andreas Maxeiner
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
En-bloc resection of bladder tumour as primary treatment for patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: routine implementation in a multi-centre setting
Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Nikhil Mayor, Kai-Man Li, Ka-Lun Lo, Chi-Fai Ng, Hugh Mostafid
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting early stress urinary incontinence following endoscopic enucleation of the prostate
Xuanhao Li, Fei He, Cong Huang, Liangshuo Zhang, Qiang Liu, Jian Song
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
Integration of aquablation through telemetry: an alternative to onsite proctoring?
Jose M. El-Asmar, Muhieddine Labban, Albert El-Hajj
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
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
A novel histologic finding in male patients with bladder outlet obstruction: a possible etiopathogenesis of Marion’s disease?
Athanase Billis, Carlos D’Ancona, Thairo Pereira, Bruna Zaidan, Arnold Achermann
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
Changes in prescribing trends and initial pharmacotherapy of children with nocturnal enuresis in Japan: a large-scale medical claims database analysis
Sachiko Kasamo, Seiji Matsumoto, Yohei Kawasaki, Hiroyasu Inoue, Yoshikazu Tasaki
High spatial correlation in brain connectivity between micturition and resting states within bladder-related networks using 7 T MRI in multiple sclerosis women with voiding dysfunction
Zhaoyue Shi, Khue Tran, Christof Karmonik, Timothy Boone, Rose Khavari
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
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
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
Can ureteral wall thickness (UWT) be used as a potential parameter for decision-making in uncomplicated distal ureteral stones 5–10 mm in size? A prospective study
Mohamed Samir, Hossam Elawady, Emad Hamid, Ahmed Tawfick
Histogram of kidney stones on non-contrast computed tomography to predict successful stone dusting during retrograde intrarenal surgery
Dong Soo Kim, Sung Kyoung Moon, Sang Hyub Lee
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
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
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
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
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
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-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
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
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
Retropulsion force in laser lithotripsy—an in vitro study comparing a Holmium device to a novel pulsed solid-state Thulium laser
Ralf Petzold, Arkadiusz Miernik, Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola
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
Evaluation of intrarenal pressure stability at different lithotripter suction settings in a porcine kidney model
Frank Strittmatter, Udo Nagele, Jörg Schachtner, Markus J. Bader
The future of urology: nonagenarians admitted to a urological ward
Klaus Eredics, Theresa Luef, Stephan Madersbacher
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
Independent predictors of mortality for patients with traumatic renal injury
Patrick Ho, Nicholas J. Hellenthal
Comment on “Bipolar versus monopolar transurethral resection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials”
Gopal Sharma, Shantanu Tyagi
Microbiological diagnosis in urogenital tuberculosis: the Holy Grail still Eludes
P. Ashwin Shekar, P. Satish Kumar
Comment on: Shatagopam K, Bahler CD, Sundaram CP. Renorrhaphy techniques and effect on renal function with robotic partial nephrectomy. World J Urol. 2020;38: 1109–12
Victor Srougi, Alexandre Iscaife, Miguel Srougi
Can the robotic approach replace open surgery in kidney transplantation?
Alberto Breda, Angelo Territo
Management of urinary extravasation after renal trauma: the need for multi-institutional prospective trials
Sorena Keihani, Jeremy B. Myers
Every ureteral stone deserves conventional management prior to intervention
Senol Tonyali, Serdar Turan
Can anterior approach be used for all patients with upper ureteric stones for shock wave lithotripsy?
Gopal Sharma
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