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  2. Urolithiasis combined with ESBL-producing E. coli is often difficult to control and leads to higher postoperative infection-related complications. This study was aim to explore the efficacy and necessity for earl...

    Authors: Zhilin Li, Donglong Cheng, Huacai Zhu, Mehmet Ali Karagöz, Chonghe Jiang, Shilin Zhang and Yongda Liu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:195
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  3. We conducted this study to summarize the results of studies reporting the role of NLR (neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio) in PSCC (penile squamous cell carcinoma).

    Authors: Saghar Babadi, Matin Moallem Shahri, Sima Foroughi Nematollahi, Arnav Barpujari, Alec Clark, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Shirin Sarejloo, Arshin Ghaedi, Aida Bazrgar and Shokoufeh Khanzadeh
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:194
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  4. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a prevalent urological disease in elderly males. However, few studies have estimated the temporal and spatial distributions of the BPH burden in male adults aged 60 years ...

    Authors: Zhenyang Ye, Jiahao Wang, Yunfei Xiao, Jinyang Luo, Lijing Xu and Zaizhi Chen
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:193
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  5. Patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer may develop lymphoedema of the midline region. This has a substantial impact on a patient’s quality of life and its diagnosis is often delayed or missed. There...

    Authors: Charlotte Van Calster, Wouter Everaerts, Inge Geraerts, An De Groef, An-Kathleen Heroes, Tessa De Vrieze, Ceyhun Alar and Nele Devoogdt
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:192
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  7. To compare the operative effect and clinical efficacy of the Moses laser mode and the Raykeen holmium laser energy platform powder mode under flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy in patients with impacted upper ...

    Authors: Liu Haitao, Cao Ben, Chen Xin, Yi Long, Zhang Xu, Xu Junnan and Mai Haixing
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:190
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  9. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a prevalent condition in aging males, leading to bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and associated urinary symptoms. With increasing life expectancy, the incidence of BPH an...

    Authors: Ting-Wei Hsu, Wen-Hsin Tseng, Steven K. Huang, Allen W. Chiu, Chien-Feng Li and Yow-Ling Shiue
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:188
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  11. Both long (> 30 days) and short-term (≤ 30 days) catheterisation has been associated with urinary tract infections (UTIs) due to the invasive nature of device insertion through the urethra. Catheter associated...

    Authors: Benjamin Gambrill, Fabrizio Pertusati, Stephen Fon Hughes, Iqbal Shergill and Polina Prokopovich
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:186
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  12. For localized prostate cancer, a comprehensive treatment approach centered around radical prostatectomy (RP) is often their optimal choice. Successful RP can typically reduce prostate-specific antigen (PSA) le...

    Authors: Sida Hao, Hao Wang, Shen Lin, Hong Chen, Liping Xie and Xiangyi Zheng
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:185
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  13. Mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) involves the cleansing of bowel excreta and secretions using methods such as preoperative oral laxatives, retrograde enemas, and dietary adjustments. When combined with oral ...

    Authors: Hongze Liu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:184
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  15. Urolithiasis is a highly prevalent global disease closely associated with metabolic factors; however, the causal relationship between blood metabolites and urolithiasis remains poorly understood.

    Authors: Dekai Hu, Jiashan Pan, Anqi Deng, Defeng Ge, Rui Yao, Bingbing Hou and Zongyao Hao
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:182
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  16. The crude mortality rate and the lifetime mortality risk from prostate cancer in Germany are above international average. However age-standardised mortality and years of life lost per capita from prostate canc...

    Authors: Kevin Claaßen, Madeleine Karpinski, Hiltraud Kajüter, Johannes Hüsing, Lennart Möller, Ina Wellmann, Viktor Grünwald, Boris Hadaschik, Peter Albers and Andreas Stang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:181
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  17. Male infertility due to spermatogenesis defects affects millions of men worldwide. However, the genetic etiology of the vast majority remains unclear. The present study was undertaken to assess the association...

    Authors: Dinesh Kumar, Lalit Mohan Jeena, Anjali Tempe, Renu Tanwar and Suman Kumar
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:180
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  19. Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined as any involuntary leakage of urine. UI during pregnancy is a common health problem worldwide with prevalence ranging from 11.4 to 84.5%. In Ethiopia there has been limited...

    Authors: Melese Gezahegn Tesemma, Demisew Amenu Sori and Kifle Woldemichael Hajito
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:178
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  20. The diagnosis and management of prostate cancer (PCa), the second most common cancer in men worldwide, are highly complex. Hence, patients often seek knowledge through additional resources, including AI chatbo...

    Authors: Ahmed Alasker, Seham Alsalamah, Nada Alshathri, Nura Almansour, Faris Alsalamah, Mohammad Alghafees, Mohammad AlKhamees and Bader Alsaikhan
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:177
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  22. Partial nephrectomy (PN) has become the dominant treatment modality for cT1 renal tumor lesions. Tumors suspected of malignant potential are indicated for surgery, but some are histologically classified as ben...

    Authors: Veronika Lounová, Vladimír Študent, Jr., Dana Purová, Igor Hartmann, Aleš Vidlář and Vladimír Študent
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:175
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  23. To investigate the safety of short-term stenting following flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy (fURL) for patients without preoperative stents. Retaining double-J stent for 1–2 weeks after fURL is a common prac...

    Authors: Zhihao Fu, Haijie Xie, Junkai Huang, Fu Zhu, Hongwei Gao and Chunyu Liu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:174
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  24. To predict testicular involvement in patients diagnosed with Fournier’s gangrene (FG) using the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) score and the site other than lower limb (SIARI) score.

    Authors: Anil Erdik, Kemal Demirhan, Haci Ibrahim Cimen, Yavuz Tarik Atik, Deniz Gul, Osman Kose and Hasan Salih Saglam
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:173
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  25. Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-Bx) is the gold standard diagnostic method for prostate cancer. In people with low health literacy, accurate and early diagnosis rates decrease, making it di...

    Authors: Osman Gercek, Arif Demirbas, Kutay Topal, Berkay Eren and Veli Mert Yazar
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:172
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  27. Large-scale sequencing plays important roles in revealing the genomic map of ccRCC and predicting prognosis and therapeutic response to targeted drugs. However, the relevant clinical data is still sparse in Ch...

    Authors: Qiang Zhao, Baoan Hong, Xuezhou Zhang, Jia Xue, Sheng Guo and Ning Zhang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:170
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  28. Inflammatory and immunological responses are reported involved in the pathogenesis and progression of obstructive nephropathy (ON). This study was designed to investigate the characteristics of peripheral immu...

    Authors: Subo Qian, Yongdong Pan, Quan Li, Liying Zhang, Liujian Duan, Yan Xu, Jianwei Cao, Xingang Cui and Yunteng Huang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:169
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  29. Magnetic  resonance imaging (MRI) followed by targeted biopsy (TBx) is utilized for prostate cancer (PCa) detection. However, the value of adding systematic biopsies (SBx) to targeted biopsy procedures (combin...

    Authors: Fredrik Jäderling, Martin Bergman, Jan Chandra Engel, Ashkan Mortezavi, Wolfgang Picker, Erik Skaaheim Haug, Martin Eklund and Tobias Nordström
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:168
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  30. At present, the guidelines for urology recommend percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) as the preferred treatment for staghorn renal calculi (SRC). However, for complete SRC, it has been questioned by clinicians...

    Authors: Bo Chen, Min Wang, Zongping Chen, Ningrui Pan, Xu He, Bengen Li, Congcong Chen, Zidong Zhou, Wei Cui, Peng Zhang, Qixu Ren and Youzhuang Zhong
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:167
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  31. Few studies have systematically explored the factors influencing the difficulty of hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy. To investigate the relationship between the difficulty of hand-assisted l...

    Authors: Jingcheng Lyu, Ruiyu Yue, Zhipeng Wang and Yichen Zhu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:166
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  33. ArtiSential, a new articulating laparoscopic instruments, addresses the limited movement associated with conventional laparoscopic instruments. This study was conducted to assess the clinical effectiveness of ...

    Authors: Jong Keun Kim, Bosik Kang, Yu Seon Kim, Yunhwa Cha, Myoung Jin Jang, Donghwan Bae and Dalsan You
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:164
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  34. This study investigated the use of urinary exosomal mRNA as a potential biomarker for the early detection of prostate cancer (PCa).

    Authors: Jiayin Yu, Chifei Yu, Kangxian Jiang, Guanglin Yang, Shubo Yang, Shuting Tan, Tingting Li, Haiqi Liang, Qihuan He, Faye Wei, Yujian Li, Jiwen Cheng and Fubo Wang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:163
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  36. Cancers of the genitourinary system, particularly prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer, exhibit a high prevalence. Consequently, predicting the morbidity and mortality of genitourinary cancers holds great sign...

    Authors: Pouyan Ebrahimi, Mohsen Karami, Seyed-Hossein Hosseini-Berneti, Amir-Hossein Lashkarbolouki, Sana Keshtegar, Mohammad-Amin Ghezel and Hossein-Ali Nikbakht
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:161
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  37. Eosinophilic solid and cystic renal cell carcinoma (ESC-RCC) is a novel subtype of renal cell carcinoma characterized by its relatively low incidence and indolent behavior. We report a rare case of ESC-RCC con...

    Authors: Xian Zhang, Lin Li, Lisha Wang, Mengxing Yu and Dongdong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:160
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  39. Male factor infertility affect up to 50% of couples unable to conceive spontaneously. Several non-hormonal pharmacological treatments have been proposed to boost spermatogenesis and increase chances of concept...

    Authors: Bassel H. Al Wattar, Michael P. Rimmer, Jack J. Teh, Scott C. Mackenzie, Omar F. Ammar, Carolyn Croucher, Eleni Anastasiadis, Patrick Gordon, Allan Pacey, Kevin McEleny and Phillipa Sangster
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:158
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  41. The relationship between surgical sperm retrieval of different etiologies and clinical pregnancy is unclear. We aimed to develop a robust and interpretable machine learning (ML) model for predicting clinical p...

    Authors: Shun-shun Cao, Xiao-ming Liu, Bo-tian Song and Yang-yang Hu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:156
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  42. Prolonged laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (LNU) for upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) can increase the frequency of intravesical recurrence after surgery. Therefore, it is important for urological surgeons ...

    Authors: Masato Yanagi, Tomonari Kiriyama, Jun Akatsuka, Yuki Endo, Hayato Takeda, Tsutomu Hamasaki, Taiji Nishimura and Yukihiro Kondo
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:155
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  43. To investigate the effects of bladder neck incision (BNI) and primary valves ablation on long-term kidney and bladder function in children with posterior urethral valves (PUV) and bladder neck hypertrophy (BNH).

    Authors: Soheila Sobhani, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Hamid Arshadi, Pooya Hekmati and Abdol-Mohammad Kajbafzadeh
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:154
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  44. Renal calculi are one of the most frequent diseases in urology, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) being the gold standard for treating renal calculi larger than 2 cm. However, traditional rigid nephrosco...

    Authors: Hongbo Luo, Yuan Yuan, Haibo Shi, Chuanqing Hu, Xun Hu, Linlin Luo, Cong Wang, Pengcheng Luo and Lei Wang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:153
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  45. Hip replacement is a common orthopedic surgery in the aging population. With the rising incidence of prostate cancer, metallic hip prosthetics can cause considerable beam hardening and streak artifacts, leadin...

    Authors: Sheen Dube, Vibhay Pareek, Mansi Barthwal, Febin Antony, David Sasaki and Ryan Rivest
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:152
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. Radiation Therapy and IRreversible Electroporation for Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer (RTIRE) is a phase II clinical trial testing combination of radiation therapy and irreversible electroporation for inter...

    Authors: Marshall Diven, Karla Ballman, Ariel Marciscano, Christopher Barbieri, Jennifer Piscopo, Shu Wang, Himanshu Nagar and Timothy McClure
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:151
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  47. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with radical cystectomy (RC) is the preferred first-line treatment for localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). In recent years, octogenarians have been undergoing RC une...

    Authors: Arjun Pon Avudaiappan, Pushan Prabhakar, Mayer Simcha Sandman, Muni Rubens, Rohan Garje, Ahmed Eldefrawy and Murugesan Manoharan
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:150
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  49. Bladder cancer (BC) and Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are the most common urogenital cancers among both sexes, with a yearly global incidence of around 500 000 each. Both BC and RCC have been linked to diabetes. ...

    Authors: Emelie Andersson, Gunnar Brådvik, Fredrik O. L. Nilsson, Johannes Arpegård, Angela Strambi, Petter Kollberg and Katarina Steen Carlsson
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:148
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  50. Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2 (IGF2BP2) has been confirmed to play oncogenic role in many cancers. However, the role and mechanism of IGF2BP2 in bladder cancer (BCa) still deserves to be ...

    Authors: Dian Fu, Xiuquan Shi, Xiaoming Yi, Ding Wu, Haowei He, Wenquan Zhou and Wen Cheng
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:147
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