The 365 μm holmium laser in flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy: prospect and risk coexist?
Published in World journal of urology
Prospective evaluation of fexapotide triflutate injection treatment of Grade Group 1 prostate cancer: 4-year results.
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This study was undertaken to determine the safety and efficacy of fexapotide triflutate (FT) 2.5 mg and 15 mg for the treatment of Grade Group 1 prostate cancer. Prospective randomized transrectal intraprostatic single injection FT 2.5 mg (n = 49), FT 15 mg (n = 48) and control active surveillance (AS) (n = 49) groups were compared in 146 patients ...
Augmentation cystoplasty in the patient with neurogenic bladder.
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To review the indications and techniques of augmentation cystoplasty (AC) in patients with neurogenic bladder (NGB) while also examining the long-term outcomes, complications, and follow-up surgeries. PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases were searched for articles related to AC and NGB. AC is indicated for an overactive or poorly ...
Operative time comparison of aquablation, greenlight PVP, ThuLEP, GreenLEP, and HoLEP.
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The BPH surgical armamentarium is composed of a rapidly expanding number of technologies and techniques. These include greenlight photovaporization of the prostate (PVP), greenlight enucleation of the prostate (GreenLEP), holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP), thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP) and, more recently, the aq...
The effect of tetrahydrocannabinol on testosterone among men in the United States: results from the National Health and ...
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To determine the association between tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) use and testosterone (T) levels among men in the United States. Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from the years 2011-2016, we identified all men 18 years and older who answered the substance use questionnaire and underwent laboratory testing for ...
Delaying BCG immunotherapy onset after transurethral resection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer is associated with ...
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This study was carried out to assess whether a prolonged time between primary transurethral resection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (TURB) and implementation of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy (time to BCG; TTBCG) is associated with adverse oncological survival in patients with T1 high-grade (HG) non-muscle-invasive bladder can...
Comparison of the efficacy and safety of microscopic and laparoscopic surgery for varicocele.
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Non-contrast computed tomography characteristics in a large cohort of cystinuria patients.
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Cystine stones are widely considered hard and difficult to treat. Hounsfield Units (HU) are used in other stone types to estimate 'hardness' and treatments based on that finding. Our objective was to report mean HU of cystine stones in vivo in a large case series of cystinuria patients and assess for differences in genotype. A prospective case seri...
Learning benefits of live surgery and semi-live surgery in urology-informing the debate with results from the Internatio...
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To analyze the perceived learning opportunities of participants of the International Meeting on Reconstructive Urology (IMORU) VIII for both live surgery demonstrations (LSD) and semi-live surgery demonstrations (SLSD). Safety and educational efficacy of LSD and SLSD at live surgery events (LSE) have been debated extensively, however, objective dat...
The efficacy of medical dissolution therapy for uric acid nephrolithiasis.
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