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  1. The aim of the present study was to establish an animal model of Yang-Monti ileal ureter-bladder anastomosis and Yang-Monti ileal ureter-ureteral anastomosis and compare the advantages and disadvantages of the...

    Authors: Wang Zhenxing, Sun Zhaolin, Yang Xiushu, Luo Guangheng, Tian Ye, Shen Lei, Su Zhiyong and Liu Hongming
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:129
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  2. The angiogenesis inhibitor monoclonal antibody Bevacizumab is presently the standard treatment for numerous neoplasms but particular toxicities are emerging, such as hypertension, haemorrhage, thromboembolism,...

    Authors: Alessio Tognarelli, Lorenzo Faggioni, Francesca Manassero, Angiolo Gadducci and Cesare Selli
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:128
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  3. Due to their location away from the nerve bundles, anterior prostate cancers (APC) represent a rational target for image-guided cryoablation. This report describes the feasibility and short-term outcomes of an...

    Authors: Christina Sze, Efrat Tsivian, Kae Jack Tay, Ariel A. Schulman, Leah G. Davis, Rajan T. Gupta and Thomas J. Polascik
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:127
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  4. Bladder hyperthermic intracavitary chemotherapy (HIVEC) has good effectiveness for bladder cancer, but conventional HIVEC systems lack precision and convenient application. To test the safety of a new HIVEC de...

    Authors: Mingchen Ba, Shuzhong Cui, Hui Long, Yuanfeng Gong, Yinbing Wu, Kunpeng Lin, Yinuo Tu, Bahuo Zhang and Wanbo Wu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:126
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  5. Second-line treatment for urothelial carcinoma (UC) patients is used if progression or failure after platinum-based chemotherapy occurs or if patients are cisplatin-unfit. However, there is still no widely acc...

    Authors: Huitao Wang, Jianhe Liu, Kewei Fang, Changxing Ke, Yongming Jiang, Guang Wang, Tongxin Yang, Tao Chen and Xin Shi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:125
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  6. Identifying men for a repeat prostate biopsy is a conundrum to urologists. Risk calculators (RCs) such as the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) RCs have been developed to predi...

    Authors: Pieter Minnee, Daphne Hessels, Jack A. Schalken and Wim Van Criekinge
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:124
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  7. Advances in systemic targeted therapies afford treatment opportunities in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Elderly patients with metastatic RCC present a subpopulation for consideration owi...

    Authors: Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Eric W. Schaefer, Justin Doan and Jay D. Raman
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:123
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  8. Accurate puncture and dilation of the target kidney calices for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) can be difficult. This study aimed to investigate the advantages of PCNL using optical puncture (i.e. the pun...

    Authors: Mi Zhou, Xiang He, Yuelong Zhang and Weiwen Yu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:122
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  9. Predictive models that take race into account like the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Risk Calculator 2.0 (PCPT RC) and the new Prostate Biopsy Collaborative Group (PBCG) RC have been developed to equitably ...

    Authors: Samuel Carbunaru, Oluwarotimi S. Nettey, Pooja Gogana, Irene B. Helenowski, Borko Jovanovic, Maria Ruden, Courtney M. P. Hollowell, Roohollah Sharifi, Rick A. Kittles, Edward Schaeffer, Peter Gann and Adam B. Murphy
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:121
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  11. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are correlated. To investigate the underlying effect of MetS on PSA levels, the relationship between the major pathogenic factors of M...

    Authors: Bo-Wen Xia, Si-Cong Zhao, Zong-Ping Chen, Chao Chen, Tian-Shu Liu, Fan Yang and Yong Yan
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:119
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  12. Pheochromocytoma is well-known for sudden initial presentations, particularly in younger patients. Hemodynamic instability may cause serious complications and delay a patient’s ability to undergo surgical rese...

    Authors: Umberto Maestroni, Francesco Ziglioli, Marco Baciarello, Valentina Bellini, Raffaele Dalla Valle, Simona Cataldo, Giada Maspero and Elena Bignami
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:118
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  13. Bladder cancer is a complex disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. Management of bladder cancer before radical cystectomy continues to be controversial. We compared the long-term efficacy of one...

    Authors: Wasilijiang Wahafu, Sai Liu, Wenbin Xu, Mengtong Wang, Qingbao He, Liming Song, Mingshuai Wang, Feiya Yang, Lin Hua, Yinong Niu and Nianzeng Xing
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:117
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  14. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFM) training for post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI) is an important rehabilitative approach, but the evidence base is still evolving. We developed a novel PFM training program...

    Authors: Joanne E. Milios, Timothy R. Ackland and Daniel J. Green
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:116
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  15. Activation of mast cells plays an important role in the pathogenesis of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC). Histamine, a mast cell-derived mediators, induced inflammation and hypersensitivity...

    Authors: Hui Shan, Er-Wei Zhang, Peng Zhang, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Ning Zhang, Peng Du and Yong Yang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:115
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  16. Hypospadias are among the most common genital malformations. Langerhans Cells (LCs) play a pivotal role in HIV and HPV infection. The migration of LC precursors to skin coincides with the embryonic period of h...

    Authors: Bernhard Haid, Daniela Reider, Felix Nägele, Anne-Françoise Spinoit, Elisabeth Pechriggl, Nikolaus Romani, Helga Fritsch and Josef Oswald
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:114
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  17. Retzius-sparing robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (rsRARP) allows entire prostatectomy procedure via the pouch of Douglas. In low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PCa) there is level 1 e...

    Authors: Joanne Nyaboe Nyarangi-Dix, Magdalena Görtz, Georgi Gradinarov, Luisa Hofer, Viktoria Schütz, Claudia Gasch, Jan Philipp Radtke and Markus Hohenfellner
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:113
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  18. Multiple surgical treatment options are available for the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). The aim of this study is to compare the most frequently used technics in a comprehensive networ...

    Authors: Annemarie Uhlig, Johannes Uhlig, Lutz Trojan, Marc Hinterthaner, Alexander von Hammerstein-Equord and Arne Strauss
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:112
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  19. Micro-computerized tomography (micro-CT) is considered as an innovative non-invasive and high-resolution imaging technology. The current research aims to reconstruct the distribution of preputial vessels in di...

    Authors: Defu Lin, Pei Liu, Guannan Wang, Weiping Zhang and Ning Sun
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:111
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  20. Robot-assisted radical cystectomy is becoming a common treatment for bladder carcinoma. However, in comparison with open radical cystectomy, its cost-effectiveness has not been confirmed. Although few publishe...

    Authors: Yasuhiro Morii, Takahiro Osawa, Teppei Suzuki, Nobuo Shinohara, Toru Harabayashi, Tomoki Ishikawa, Takumi Tanikawa, Hiroko Yamashina and Katsuhiko Ogasawara
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:110
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  21. The prevalence of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) increases with age. Sleep disturbances in elderly individuals with OAB is a common problem. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a biofeed...

    Authors: Jooyeon Park, Choal Hee Park, Sang-Eun Jun, Eun-Ju Lee, Seung Wan Kang and Nahyun Kim
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:109
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  22. Interstitial Cystitis (IC) is a debilitating disorder of the bladder, with a multifactorial and poorly understood origin dealing with microcirculation repeated damages. Also Fibromyalgia (FM) is a persistent d...

    Authors: Gerardo Bosco, Edoardo Ostardo, Alex Rizzato, Giacomo Garetto, Matteo Paganini, Giorgio Melloni, Giampiero Giron, Lodovico Pietrosanti, Ivo Martinelli and Enrico Camporesi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:108
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  23. To report a new standardized cognitive fusion technique on transperineal targeted biopsy (TB) of prostate, and to evaluate its efficacy for cancer detection combined with systematic biopsy (SB) .

    Authors: Lei Wang, Xiaofei Wang, Wenfeng Zhao, Zichen Zhao, Zhihu Li, Shengmin Fei, He Zhu, Xiang Ji, Bing Yang, Ningchen Li and Yanqun Na
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:107
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  25. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) rarely occurs in children or young males. In this case report, a 29-year-old male patient diagnosed with BPH coexisting with ketamine-associated uropathy was reported to inve...

    Authors: Zhangcheng Liao, Zhao Wang, Zhongyuan Jin and Zhengyan Tang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:105
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  26. Male genital skin loss is a common disease in urology. However, male genital skin loss accompanying a penile urethra defect is rarely reported. Herein, we describe a novel surgical technique using a composite ...

    Authors: Da-chao Zheng, Min-kai Xie, Shi-bo Fu, Jian-hua Guo, Wen-ji Li, Hai-jun Yao and Zhong Wang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:104
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  27. Competent detrusor muscles with coordinated contraction and relaxation are crucial for normal urinary bladder storage and emptying functions. Hence, detrusor instability, and subsequently bladder overactivity,...

    Authors: Dalia F. El Agamy and Yahya M. Naguib
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:103
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  28. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) has become the “gold standard” for treating most adrenal tumors in the past decade. However, it is still considered a relatively complicated procedure requiring experience from ...

    Authors: Jadwiga Dworak, Michał Wysocki, Anna Rzepa, Michał Natkaniec, Michał Pędziwiatr, Andrzej Budzyński and Piotr Major
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:102
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  29. Prostate biopsy remains the gold standard approach to verify prostate cancer diagnosis. Transrectal (TR) biopsy is a regular modality, while transperineal (TP) biopsy is an alternative for the patients who dis...

    Authors: Guan-Lin Huang, Chih-Hsiung Kang, Wei-Ching Lee and Po-Hui Chiang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:101
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  30. To evaluate the outcome and complication rate in a single institution experience using the two most commonly used techniques of ureteroenteric anastomosis, the Bricker and Wallace anastomosis.

    Authors: Frank Christoph, Franziska Herrmann, Peter Werthemann, Thomas Janik, Martin Schostak, Christian Klopf and Steffen Weikert
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:100
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  31. Chronic inflammation is thought to be a major causative factor for the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Tadalafil, a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor...

    Authors: Mikio Sugimoto, Xia Zhang, Nobufumi Ueda, Hiroyuki Tsunemori, Rikiya Taoka, Yusi Hayashida, Hiromi Hirama, Yasuyuki Miyauchi, Yuki Matsuoka, Hirohito Naito, Yu Osaki and Yosiyuki Kekehi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:99
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  32. Although the indications of minimally invasive treatments for pediatric urolithiasis are similar to those in adults, it is still crucial to make the right treatment decision due to the special considerations o...

    Authors: Qing He, Kaiwen Xiao, Yuntian Chen, Banghua Liao, Hong Li and Kunjie Wang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:98
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  33. We investigated the surgical feasibility, safety and effectiveness of 50 W (low power) Holmium Laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) in patients who have undergone previous template biopsy of the prostate ...

    Authors: Chris Bell, Sacha L. Moore, Amarit Gill, Obinna Obi-Njoku, Stephen F. Hughes, Asad Saleemi, Gidon Ellis, Farooq Khan and Iqbal S. Shergill
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:97
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  34. Robotic stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is currently under investigation as a noninvasive treatment option for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). For radiation therapy of RCC, tumor motion and...

    Authors: C. Senger, A. Conti, A. Kluge, D. Pasemann, M. Kufeld, G. Acker, M. Lukas, A. Grün, G. Kalinauskaite, V. Budach, J. Waiser and C. Stromberger
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:96
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  35. Electrical conductivity-based magnetic resonance (MR) imaging may provide unique information on tissue condition because its contrast originates from the concentration and mobility of ions in the cellular spac...

    Authors: Yong Soo Cho, Young Hoe Hur, Hyun Ju Seon, Jin Woong Kim and Hyung Joong Kim
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:95
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  36. Accurate grading at the time of diagnosis if fundamental to risk stratification and treatment decision making in patients with prostate cancer. Whilst previous studies have demonstrated significant pathologica...

    Authors: Nicholas Bullock, Andrew Simpkin, Sarah Fowler, Murali Varma, Howard Kynaston and Krishna Narahari
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:94
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  37. A supernumerary kidney (SK) is an additional kidney with its own capsule and blood supply that is not fused with the ipsilateral kidney (IK). Because individual case reports indicate a high morbidity rate, the...

    Authors: Peter Rehder, Rafael Rehwald, Julia M. Böhm, Astrid E. Grams, Alexander Loizides, Marco Pedrini, Jannik Stühmeier and Bernhard Glodny
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:93
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  38. Fatigue is one of the most prevalent symptoms among cancer patients. Specifically, in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients, fatigue is the most common adverse event associated with ...

    Authors: A. Rodríguez Antolín, L. Martínez-Piñeiro, M. E. Jiménez Romero, J. B. García Ramos, D. López Bellido, J. Muñoz del Toro, A. García García-Porrero and F. Gómez Veiga
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:92
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  39. Neuroendocrine (NE) cells may have an impact on the development and initial growth of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) according to previous human studies.

    Authors: Yuki Kyoda, Koji Ichihara, Kohei Hashimoto, Ko Kobayashi, Fumimasa Fukuta and Naoya Masumori
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:91
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  40. Because of the failure, shortage and related toxicities of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the other intravesical chemotherapy drugs are also widely used in clinical application. Gemcitabine and anthracycline ...

    Authors: Tian-Wei Wang, Hui Yuan, Wen-Li Diao, Rong Yang, Xiao-Zhi Zhao and Hong-Qian Guo
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:90
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  41. A variety of penile rehabilitation (PR) therapies are available to improve post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction (ED) with mixed results. It is uncertain how adherent men are to PR therapies. The aim of this...

    Authors: Jeffrey Albaugh, Brittany Adamic, Cecilia Chang, Nicholas Kirwen and Joshua Aizen
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:89
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  42. The association between surgical outcome of hypospadias repair and long-term male reproductive function has not been documented. The purpose of this study was to clarify association between paternity in adult ...

    Authors: Akihiro Kanematsu, Shiro Tanaka, Takahiko Hashimoto, Michio Nojima and Shingo Yamamoto
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:88
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  43. We investigated the impact of postoperative membranous urethral length and other anatomic characteristics of the pelvic floor shape as measured by magnetic resonance imaging on the improvement in continence fo...

    Authors: Akihiro Nakane, Hiroki Kubota, Yusuke Noda, Tomoki Takeda, Yasuhiko Hirose, Atsushi Okada, Kentaro Mizuno, Noriyasu Kawai, Keiichi Tozawa, Yutaro Hayashi and Takahiro Yasui
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:87
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  44. Despite international recommendations of including patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in randomised clinical trials (RCTs), a 2014 review concluded that few RCTs of bladder cancer (BC) report PRO as an outcome. ...

    Authors: Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Francesco Sparano, Debra Josephs, Mirjam Sprangers, Francesco Cottone and Fabio Efficace
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:86
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  45. There is an increased incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in patients with metabolic syndrome who usually have high levels of serum triglyceride (TG) and low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C). P...

    Authors: Emre Karabay, Nejdet Karsiyakali, Serdar Duvar, Cagatay Tosun, Ahmet Ruknettin Aslan and Omer Ergin Yucebas
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:85
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  46. In patients presenting with limited nodal recurrence following radical prostatectomy (RP), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) results might improve with a better case selection.

    Authors: Christoph Oehler, Michel Zimmermann, Lukas Adam, Juergen Curschmann, Marcin Sumila, Räto T. Strebel, Richard Cathomas, Qiyu Li, Uwe Schneider and Daniel R. Zwahlen
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:84
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  48. We aimed to investigate the prevalence, relative risk factors, and the impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) with coexisting overactive bladder (OAB) in men...

    Authors: Qing-Tong Yi, Min Gong, Chu-Hong Chen, Wei Hu and Ru-Jian Zhu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:82
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