Published in World Journal of Urology
PurposeTo determine whether pre-treatment hemoglobin (Hb) levels in patients with bladder cancer impact on oncological outcomes after radical cystectomy (RC).Methods A consecutive, contemporary series of 246 patients undergoing RC and pelvic lymph node dissection for bladder cancer. Decreased Hb level was defined as ≤12 g/dL. The Kaplan–Meier metho...
Published in World Journal of Urology
PurposeTo evaluate the association between tumor squamous and/or glandular differentiation and tumor biological characteristics and to validate the impact of these histologic variants on oncologic outcomes of UTUC patients.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the data of 687 UTUC patients who underwent radical nephroureterectomy in our institute, fro...
Published in World Journal of Urology
PurposeBladder cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in urinary system. The prognosis of metastatic BC is poor, but there remains no reliable marker to early detect metastasis. Dysregulated prenylated protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) are commonly associated with cancer metastasis. From a published BC transcriptome, we identified that PTP IV...
Published in World Journal of Urology
Published in World Journal of Urology
Published in World Journal of Urology
PurposeTo determine whether the immunohistochemical markers survivin and E-cadherin can predict progress at initially diagnosed Ta bladder cancer.Methods We retrospectively searched for every initially diagnosed pTa urothelial bladder carcinoma having been treated at our single-center hospital in Germany from January 1992 up to December 2004. Follo...
Published in World Journal of Urology
ObjectiveTo assess competency of urology post-graduate trainees (PGTs) in percutaneous renal access (PCA).MethodsUpon obtaining ethics approval and informed consents, PGTs between post-graduate years (PGY-3 to PGY-5) from all four urology programs in Québec were recruited. PCA competency of each participant was assessed objectively by performing ta...
Published in World Journal of Urology
Purpose To compare the perioperative relative renal function and determine predictors of deterioration and recovery of separate renal function in patients with renal stones >10 mm and who underwent mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy or retrograde intra-renal surgery.Patients and methods A main stone >10 mm or stones growing, high-risk stone formers ...
Published in World Journal of Urology
PurposeTo investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of three-dimensional laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with selective segmental artery clamping (3D-LPNSSAC) comparing with the conventional two-dimensional laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (2D-LPN).MethodsBetween November 2012 and March 2014, 90 patients with cT1 renal tumor at Shanghai Genera...
Published in World Journal of Urology
PurposeThe aim of our study was to assess whether multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MP-MRI) of the prostate with three parameters (PS3: T2-weighted, DWI, and DCE) benefits from an additional fourth parameter (PS4: including 1H-MRSI) in the detection and grading of prostate cancer (PCa) at 3 T.MethodsMP-MRI was performed in 64 patients (me...
