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  2. Content type: Research article

    Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms have a substantial effect on quality of life (QoL). We report QoL and mental health results from a LUTS prevalence study in three Asian...

    Authors: Kyu-Sung Lee, Tag Keun Yoo, Limin Liao, Jianye Wang, Yao-Chi Chuang, Shih-Ping Liu, Romeo Chu and Budiwan Sumarsono

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:108

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  3. Content type: Research article

    To establish and internally validate an innovative R.I.R.S. scoring system that allows urologists to preoperatively estimate the stone-free rate (SFR) after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS).

    Authors: Yinglong Xiao, Deng Li, Lei Chen, Yaoting Xu, Dingguo Zhang, Yi Shao and Jun Lu

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:105

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  4. Content type: Case report

    In recent years, the delayed side effects associated with radiotherapy for prostate cancer have drawn the interest of urologists. Although urosymphyseal fistula is one of these delayed side effects, this serio...

    Authors: Shimpei Yamashita, Yasuo Kohjimoto, Akinori Iba, Kazuro Kikkawa and Isao Hara

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:107

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  5. Content type: Research article

    Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is commonly performed using the transperitoneal (TP) approach with six trocars over an 8-cm distance in the steep Trendelenburg position. In this study, we investiga...

    Authors: Satoshi Kurokawa, Yukihiro Umemoto, Kentaro Mizuno, Atsushi Okada, Akihiro Nakane, Hidenori Nishio, Shuzo Hamamoto, Ryosuke Ando, Noriyasu Kawai, Keiichi Tozawa, Yutaro Hayashi and Takahiro Yasui

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:106

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  6. Content type: Research article

    Computed Tomography (CT) is considered the gold-standard for the pre-operative evaluation of urolithiasis. However, no Hounsfield (HU) variable capable of differentiating stone types has been clearly identifie...

    Authors: Andrea Gallioli, Elisa De Lorenzis, Luca Boeri, Maurizio Delor, Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Fabrizio Longo, Alberto Trinchieri and Emanuele Montanari

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:104

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  7. Content type: Research article

    It remains controversial as to whether active stone removal should be performed in patients with poor performance status because of their short life expectancy and perioperative risks. Our objectives were to e...

    Authors: Shimpei Yamashita, Yasuo Kohjimoto, Yasuo Hirabayashi, Takashi Iguchi, Akinori Iba, Masatoshi Higuchi, Hiroyuki Koike, Takahito Wakamiya, Satoshi Nishizawa and Isao Hara

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:103

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  10. Content type: Correction

    After publication of this work [1] it was noticed the author – Jie Wang’s name was in the wrong order.

    Authors: Hai-bin Wei, Xiao-long Qi, Feng Liu, Jie Wang, Xiao-feng Ni, Qi Zhang, En-hui Li, Xuan-yu Chen and Da-hong Zhang

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:100

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    The original article was published in BMC Urology 2017 17:96

  12. Content type: Research article

    In prostate cancer, men diagnosed with low risk disease may be monitored through an active surveillance. This research explored the perspectives of men with prostate cancer regarding their decision-making proc...

    Authors: Margaret Fitch, Kittie Pang, Veronique Ouellet, Carmen Loiselle, Shabbir Alibhai, Simone Chevalier, Darrel E. Drachenberg, Antonio Finelli, Jean-Baptiste Lattouf, Simon Sutcliffe, Alan So, Simon Tanguay, Fred Saad and Anne-Marie Mes-Masson

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:98

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  13. Content type: Research article

    Reconstruction of ureteral defects and strictures remains problematic for urologists. We aimed to investigate the possibility of a tapered non-vascularized bladder graft as a novel substitute for ureteral reco...

    Authors: Lujia Zou, Shanhua Mao, Shenghua Liu, Limin Zhang, Tian Yang, Yun Hu, Qiang Ding and Haowen Jiang

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:97

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  14. Content type: Case report

    Renal artery aneurysm (RAA) is rare and its incidence in the general population remains elusive. There have been few reports on the repair of multiple aneurysms conducted with the Da Vinci robot-assisted surgi...

    Authors: Hai-bin Wei, Xiao-long Qi, Feng Liu, Jie Wang, Xiao-feng Ni, Qi Zhang, En-hui Li, Xuan-yu Chen and Da-hong Zhang

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:96

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Urology 2017 17:100

  15. Content type: Research article

    The experience and acceptability of lifestyle interventions for men with localised prostate cancer are not well understood, yet lifestyle interventions are increasingly promoted for cancer survivors. We explor...

    Authors: Lucy E. Hackshaw-McGeagh, Eileen Sutton, Raj Persad, Jonathan Aning, Amit Bahl, Anthony Koupparis, Chris Millett, Richard M. Martin and J. Athene Lane

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:94

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  16. Content type: Study protocol

    The majority of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients have urinary issues, such as incontinence, retention, and frequency. These problems place a significant burden on patients’ physical health and quality of life...

    Authors: Darshan P. Patel, Sara M. Lenherr, John T. Stoffel, Sean P. Elliott, Blayne Welk, Angela P. Presson, Amitabh Jha, Jeffrey Rosenbluth and Jeremy B. Myers

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:95

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  17. Content type: Case report

    Traumatic amputation of the penis is a rare surgical emergency. Although repair techniques have been well described in literature, failure of replantation and its causes are poorly understood and reported. Her...

    Authors: Tushar Patial, Girish Sharma and Pamposh Raina

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:93

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  18. Content type: Research article

    Multi-step testing might enhance performance of the prostate cancer diagnostic pipeline. Using PSA >1 ng/ml for first-line risk stratification and the Stockholm 3 Model (S3M) blood-test >10% risk of Gleason Sc...

    Authors: Tobias Nordström, Jan Adolfsson, Henrik Grönberg and Martin Eklund

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:92

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  19. Content type: Research article

    Positive surgical margins are a strong prognostic marker of disease outcome following radical prostatectomy, though prior evidence is largely from a PSA-screened population. We therefore aim to evaluate the bi...

    Authors: Ashwin Sachdeva, Rajan Veeratterapillay, Antonia Voysey, Katherine Kelly, Mark I. Johnson, Jonathan Aning and Naeem A. Soomro

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:91

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  20. Content type: Study protocol

    Urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most prevalent microbial diseases and their financial burden on society is substantial. The continuing increase of antibiotic resistance worldwide is alarming. Thus...

    Authors: Lorenz Leitner, Wilbert Sybesma, Nina Chanishvili, Marina Goderdzishvili, Archil Chkhotua, Aleksandre Ujmajuridze, Marc P. Schneider, Andrea Sartori, Ulrich Mehnert, Lucas M. Bachmann and Thomas M. Kessler

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:90

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  21. Content type: Study protocol

    Male stress urinary incontinence is a prevalent condition after radical prostatectomy. While the standard recommendation for the management of urine leakage is pelvic floor muscle training, its efficacy is sti...

    Authors: Shinobu Shimizu, Tokunori Yamamoto, Shinobu Nakayama, Akihiro Hirakawa, Yachiyo Kuwatsuka, Yasuhito Funahashi, Yoshihisa Matsukawa, Keisuke Takanari, Kazuhiro Toriyama, Yuzuru Kamei, Kazutaka Narimoto, Tomonori Yamanishi, Osamu Ishizuka, Masaaki Mizuno and Momokazu Gotoh

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:89

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  22. Content type: Research article

    Optimizing the patients’ quality of life is one of the main goals in the urological management of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. In this study we validated the Dutch SF-Qualiveen, a short questionnaire tha...

    Authors: Sarah H. M. Reuvers, Ida J. Korfage, Jeroen R. Scheepe, Lisette A. ‘t Hoen, Tebbe A. R. Sluis and Bertil F. M. Blok

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:88

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  23. Content type: Research article

    Besides clinical stage and Gleason score, risk-stratification of prostate cancer in the pretherapeutic setting mainly relies on the serum PSA level. Yet, this is associated with many uncertainties. With regard...

    Authors: Thomas Stefan Worst, Frank Waldbillig, Abdallah Abdelhadi, Cleo-Aron Weis, Maria Gottschalt, Annette Steidler, Jost von Hardenberg, Maurice Stephan Michel and Philipp Erben

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:86

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  24. Content type: Research article

    Recently, sarcopenia has been reported as a new predictor for patient outcomes or likelihood of post-operative complications. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of the psoas muscle volum...

    Authors: Yoko Saitoh-Maeda, Takashi Kawahara, Yasuhide Miyoshi, Sohgo Tsutsumi, Daiji Takamoto, Kota Shimokihara, Yuutaro Hayashi, Taku Mochizuki, Mari Ohtaka, Manami Nakamura, Yusuke Hattori, Jun-ichi Teranishi, Yasushi Yumura, Kimito Osaka, Hiroki Ito, Kazuhide Makiyama…

    Citation: BMC Urology 2017 17:87

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