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  1. Soft tumors of the penis are extremely rare in childhood and adolescence. Because there are no guidelines, each such case raises embarrassment over the extent and degree of aggressiveness of the diagnostic and...

    Authors: Marcel Drlík, Mária Gregová, Josef Sedláček and Radim Kočvara
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:186
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  2. Despite the generally accepted World Health Organization guidelines on semen analysis, an individual’s results can display significant variation when performed across time or in different laboratories. Semen p...

    Authors: Yana Aznavour, Felipe Navarrete, Jad Badreddine, Paul H. G. Simon, Vrushab Gowda, Stephen Rhodes and Ramy Abou Ghayda
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:184
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  4. In this study, we investigated the ability of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) 12 months after (nPSA12) external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) combined with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to predict biochemical ...

    Authors: Ilknur Alsan Cetin, Sıtkı Utku Akay and Meric Sengoz
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:182
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  5. This study aimed to identify and validate the information content and functional capabilities of a smartphone-based application for the self-care of patients with urinary tract stones.

    Authors: Leila Shahmoradi, Amin Azizpour, Mahmud Bejani, Pejman Shadpour, Sorayya Rezayi, Jebraeil Farzi and Alireza Amanollahi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:181
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  6. The retrospective observational study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of suctioning flexible ureteroscopy with Intelligent pressure-control (SFUI) on treating upper urinary tract calculi in a large c...

    Authors: Xingjian Gao, Zedong Zhang, Xinwei Li, Weiping Cai, Bin Zheng, Yijin Lu, Hualong Zhao, Junhong You, Gangfeng Zheng, Weilong Bao, Yutong Lai and Yisong Lv
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:180
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  7. Situs inversus totalis is a very rare congenital anatomical variation, in which all thoracic and abdominal organs are right-left inverted. This condition is associated with an increased risk of organ malformat...

    Authors: Marah Mansour, Abdulmonem Naksho, Yassamine Ouerdane, Tamim Alsuliman, Hani Almozawer and Khaled Alrebdawi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:179
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  8. Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common among diabetic patients and represent hidden and mysterious morbidity. The pathophysiology of LUTS among diabetes mellitus (DM) patients is multifactorial. Import...

    Authors: Hala Qasrawi, Mahmoud Tabouni, Sara W. Almansour, Mohammad Ghannam, Amjad Abdalhaq, Faris Abushamma, Amer A. Koni and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:178
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  9. While gemcitabine/cisplatin (GC) is the gold standard regimen for patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (aUC), either dose-reduced GC or gemcitabine/carboplatin (GCa) is an alternative option for “cispla...

    Authors: Kazuma Sugimoto, Satoru Taguchi, Kenjiro Kishitani, Taketo Kawai, Kazuki Masuda, Yu Nakamura, Manami Kinjo, Mitsuhiro Tambo, Jimpei Miyakawa, Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Yuta Yamada, Yusuke Sato, Daisuke Yamada, Tohru Nakagawa, Hiroshi Fukuhara and Haruki Kume
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:177
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  10. DNA methylation in cancer is considered a diagnostic and predictive biomarker. We investigated the usefulness of the methylation status of CALN1 as a biomarker for bladder cancer using methylation-sensitive restr...

    Authors: Kimiaki Takagi, Azumi Naruse, Kazutoshi Akita, Yuka Muramatsu-Maekawa, Kota Kawase, Takuya Koie, Masanobu Horie and Arizumi Kikuchi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:176
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  11. This study aimed to evaluate the trend of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients who underwent radical nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision (NUx) for upper tract uro...

    Authors: Jong Hyun Tae, Moon Soo Ha, Byung Hoon Chi, In Ho Chang, Tae-Hyoung Kim, Soon Chul Myung, Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Myoungsuk Kim, Kyung-Eun Lee, Yuwon Kim, Hyun-ki Woo, Dae-Sung Kyoung, Hasung Kim and Se Young Choi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:175
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  12. Robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) and intracorporeal urinary diversion are less invasive than conventional procedures. However, for older patients, cutaneous ureterostomy (CUS) may be preferred because ...

    Authors: Fumiya Kadoriku, Yutaro Sasaki, Kyotaro Fukuta, Yuichiro Atagi, Keito Shiozaki, Kei Daizumoto, Ryotaro Tomida, Yoshiteru Ueno, Megumi Tsuda, Yoshito Kusuhara, Tomoya Fukawa, Yutaka Yanagihara, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Yasuyo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Izaki, Masayuki Takahashi…
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:174
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  13. We designed a new surgical procedure to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH). In order to verify its effectiveness and safety, we constructed this randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of our ...

    Authors: Zhengchao Liu, Zhipeng Chen, Dishi Yan, Tao Jiang, Jian Fu, Jun Zheng, Yuanxiu Zhou, Zhansong Zhou and Wenhao Shen
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:173
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Urology 2022 22:199

  14. 5-α reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are first-line drugs for managing benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Unfortunately, some patients do not respond to 5-ARI therapy and may even show ...

    Authors: Zhanliang Liu, Zhemin Lin, Fang Cao, Mingxin Jiang, Song jin, Yun Cui and YN Niu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:172
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  16. Small cell bladder carcinoma (SCBC) is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor with no established treatment guidelines. Its treatment algorithm has been based on the small cell lung cancer (SCLC) guidelines. Me...

    Authors: Rei Kamitani, Toshiyuki Ando, Kazuya Hanai, Arihito Tanaka, Fumihiro Kashizaki, Yasutomo Sekido and Ryuichi Mizuno
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:170
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  17. The aim of this study was to describe changes in patient-reported functional outcome measures (PROMs) comparing pre-treatment and 12 months after radical prostatectomy (RP), external beam radiation therapy (EB...

    Authors: Tenaw Tiruye, Michael O’Callaghan, Kim Moretti, Alex Jay, Braden Higgs, Kerry Santoro, Terry Boyle, Kerry Ettridge and Kerri Beckmann
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:169
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  18. The anti-carcinogenic properties of aspirin have been observed in some solid tumors. However, the molecular mechanism of therapeutic effects of aspirin on bladder cancer is still indistinct. We introduced a bi...

    Authors: Xiao Li, Yanghao Tai, Shuying Liu, Yating Gao, Kaining Zhang, Jierong Yin, Huijuan Zhang, Xia Wang, Xiaofei Li, Dongfeng Zhang and Dong-feng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:168
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  20. Prostate cancer (PCa) is a common disease in men over 65 years of age, and should be detected early, while reducing unnecessary biopsies. This study aims to construct a classification and regression tree (CART...

    Authors: Nguyen Chi Cuong, Nguyen Truong Vien, Nguyen Minh Thien, Phan Thanh Hai and Tran Ngoc Dang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:166
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  21. This study aimed to evaluate cosmetic outcomes and feasibility of transvaginal natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) in patients who underwent laparoscopic or robotic surgery for the treatment of benign o...

    Authors: Woo Yeon Hwang, Dong Hoon Suh and Sangchul Lee
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:165
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  22. To analyze grayscale values for hypoechoic lesions matched with target lesions evaluated using prebiopsy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) according to the Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS).

    Authors: Dong Gyun Kim, Jeong Woo Yoo, Kyo Chul Koo, Byung Ha Chung and Kwang Suk Lee
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:164
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  23. To evaluate and compare the outcome of ECIRS in the treatment of partial staghorn renal calculi in both prone split-leg positions versus GMSV positions with regard to; technical aspects, success rate, operativ...

    Authors: Tamer A. Abouelgreed, Mohamed A. Abdelaal, Moamen M. Amin, Adel Elatreisy, Osama Shalkamy, Abdrabuh M. Abdrabuh, Osama M. Ghoneimy and Hamdy Aboutaleb
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:163
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  24. Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most diagnosed cancers in the world. PCa inevitably progresses to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) after androgen deprivation therapy treatment, and castration-re...

    Authors: Yan Li, Hui Shi, Zhenjun Zhao and Minghui Xu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:162
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  25. The original S.O.L.V.E. scoring system was modified using virtual reality technology, and a new H.L.P.E.S scoring system was constructed to improve the accuracy of predicting the stone-free rate after flexible...

    Authors: Jianglin Gu, Shengjun Luo, Li Jiang, Daixing Hu, Guozhi Zhao and Wei Tang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:161
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  26. Cholelithiasis represents a known risk factor for digestive system neoplasm. Few studies reported the association between cholelithiasis and the risk of prostate cancer (PCa), and the results were controversial.

    Authors: Ya-Dong Li, Zheng-Ju Ren, Liang Gao, Jun-Hao Ma, Yuan-Qing Gou, Wei Tan and Chuan Liu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:160
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  28. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma is associated with high risk of intraoperative hemodynamic instability. Our study aimed to identify predictive factors for hemodynamic instability during laparos...

    Authors: Yong-sheng Huang, Lei Yan, Ze-yan Li, Zhi-qing Fang, Zhao Liu, Zhong-hua Xu and Gang-Li Gu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:158
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  30. Bladder cancer (BC) seriously endangers public health, but effective biomarkers for BC diagnosis, particularly in the early stage, are still lacking. Identification of reliable biomarkers associated with early...

    Authors: Tao Fan, Liang Xue, Bingzheng Dong, Houguang He, Wenda Zhang, Lin Hao, Weiming Ma, Guanghui Zang, Conghui Han and Yang Dong
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:156
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  32. Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by a gas-producing necrotizing bacterial infection that involves the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and/or perinephric ...

    Authors: Xue Dong, Shuzong You, Huangqi Zhang, Dongnv Wang, Wenting Pan, Binhao Zhang, Shanqiang Huang, Xin Li, Jianxin Pang and Wenbin Ji
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:154
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  33. For patients suffering from urinary retention due to neurogenic [e.g., spinal cord injury (SCI), spina bifida (SB), multiple sclerosis (MS)] or non-neurogenic [e.g., cancer, benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH)] ...

    Authors: Kim Bundvig Barken and Rikke Vaabengaard
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:153
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  34. Kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma (KIRP) is a dangerous cancer, which accounts for 15–20% of all kidney malignancies. Ferroptosis is a rare kind of cell death that overcomes medication resistance. Ferropto...

    Authors: Zixuan Wu, Xuyan Huang, Minjie Cai and Peidong Huang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:152
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  35. The effect of enzalutamide in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after combined androgen blockade, which represents a patient profile similar to real-world clinical practice in J...

    Authors: Mikio Sugimoto, Takuma Kato, Yoichiro Tohi, Yosuke Shimizu, Ryuji Matsumoto, Takahiro Inoue, Yutaka Takezawa, Kimihiko Masui, Hiroshi Sasaki, Hiromi Hirama, Shiro Saito, Shin Egawa, Toshiyuki Kamoto, Satoshi Teramukai, Shinsuke Kojima, Takashi Kikuchi…
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:151
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  37. Testicular cancer (TC), due to its non-specific symptoms and occurrence in young men, is particularly dangerous. A critical point for early diagnosis is awareness of the disease and the willingness to perform ...

    Authors: Jakub Ryszawy, Maksymilian Kowalik, Jakub Wojnarowicz, Grzegorz Rempega, Michał Kępiński, Bartłomiej Burzyński, Paweł Rajwa, Andrzej Paradysz and Piotr Bryniarski
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:149
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Urology 2023 23:25

  38. To identify the malignant potential and prognostic indicators of renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma (eAML), clinicopathological and molecular features as well as the drug efficacy of 67 eAML cases were analyzed.

    Authors: Aihetaimujiang Anwaier, Wen-Hao Xu, Xi Tian, Tao Ding, Jia-Qi Su, Yue Wang, Yuan-Yuan Qu, Hai-Liang Zhang and Ding-Wei Ye
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:148
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  39. To investigate the value of computed tomography (CT)-based radiomics model analysis in differentiating renal oncocytoma (RO) from renal cell carcinoma subtypes (chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, clear cell car...

    Authors: Ziyang Yu, Jie Ding, Huize Pang, Hongkun Fang, Furong He, Chenxi Xu, Xuedan Li and Ke Ren
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:147
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  40. Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) surgery has been performed as a minimally invasive lateral lumbar fusion technique in recent years. Reports of operative complications of OLIF are limited, and there are ...

    Authors: Weiheng Wang, Bing Xiao, Xiaodong Huang, Jiangming Yu, Yanhai Xi, Guohua Xu and Xiaojian Ye
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:146
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  41. We assess whether short-term recovery of urinary incontinence following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) is associated with postoperative membranous urethral length (MUL) and position o...

    Authors: Yasukazu Nakanishi, Shunya Matsumoto, Naoya Okubo, Kenji Tanabe, Madoka Kataoka, Shugo Yajima and Hitoshi Masuda
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:145
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  43. Radical cystectomy for bladder cancer represents a high demolitive surgical procedure with a significative impact on quality of life. Sexuality preserving techniques have been proposed in order to improve func...

    Authors: Flavia Proietti, Leslie Claire Licari, Rocco Simone Flammia, Eugenio Bologna, Veronica Palombi, Emiliano Scarrone, Antonio Tufano, Cosimo De Nunzio and Costantino Leonardo
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:143
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  44. Bladder cancer (BC) is one of the most common malignancies of the genitourinary system. Animal models offer an important tool to explore tumour initiation, progression, and therapeutic mechanisms. Our aim is t...

    Authors: Jinming Cai, Zhiwen Xie, Yilin Yan, Zhengnan Huang, Pengfei Tang, Xiangqian Cao, Zeyi Wang, Chenkai Yang, Mingyue Tan, Fang Zhang and Bing Shen
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:142
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  45. To develop a system for multi-parametric MRI to differentiate benign from malignant solid renal masses and assess its accuracy compared to the gold standard of histopathological diagnosis.

    Authors: Suresh de Silva, Kathleen R. Lockhart, Peter Aslan, Peter Nash, Anthony Hutton, David Malouf, Dominic Lee, Paul Cozzi, Fiona MacLean and James Thompson
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:141
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  46. Drainage is indicated in many patients with a perinephric abscess (PA). Surgical drainage is associated with trauma and slow recovery, while percutaneous drainage can be ineffective in some patients. We report...

    Authors: Enhui Li, Junhui Hong, Mi Zhou, Yuelong Zhang, Xiang He, Dahong Zhang and Weiwen Yu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:140
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  47. The cysts of the male pelvic floor represent a rare clinical entity. Their origin is linked to an altered development of paramesonephric and mesonephric ducts during embryogenesis.

    Authors: Matteo Moretti, Davide Campobasso, Raffaele Inzillo, Marco Grande, Francesco Facchini, Michelangelo Larosa, Jean Emmanuel Kwe, Gabriele Carlinfante, Gian Luigi Pozzoli, Maurizio Zizzo, Salvatore Micali and Antonio Frattini
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:139
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  48. Fascial dehiscence after radical cystectomy may have serious clinical implications. To optimize its management, we sought to describe accompanying intraabdominal findings of post-cystectomy dehiscence repair a...

    Authors: Paz Lotan, Shayel Bercovich, Daniel Keidar, Kamil Malshy, Ziv Savin, Rennen Haramaty, Jonathan Gal, Jonathan Modai, Dan Leibovici, Roy Mano, Barak Rosenzweig, Azik Hoffman, Miki Haifler, Jack Baniel and Shay Golan
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:138
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  50. Correct perioperative antibiotic strategies are crucial to prevent postoperative infections during percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). We aimed to compare the realistic antibiotic strategies applied in China ...

    Authors: Shike Zhang, Gonghui Li, Ludong Qiao, Dehui Lai, Zhican He, Lingyue An, Peng Xu, Hans-Göran Tiselius, Guohua Zeng, Junhua Zheng and Wenqi Wu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2022 22:136
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