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  2. A routine blood examination is one of the most rapid, convenient and inexpensive clinical examinations that can reflect a patient’s inflammatory status and other blood conditions, and the prognostic value of r...

    Authors: Jingqi Zhang, Xiaozhou Zhou, Hua Ding, Liwei Wang, Sha Liu, Yuting Liu and Zhiwen Chen

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:31

    Content type: Research article

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  3. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of transurethral thulium laser en bloc resection of the bladder tumor (TmLRBT) in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and to investigate whether a...

    Authors: Wenhao Zhou, Wei Wang, Wenbo Wu, Tingmang Yan, Guofang Du and Haitao Liu

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:30

    Content type: Technical advance

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  4. The robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has been widely applied in recent years; however, only a few studies are reported about long-term urinary continence after surgery. The present study aimed to ex...

    Authors: Xing Li, Huan Zhang, Zhuo Jia, Yunpeng Wang, Yong Song, Limin Liao and Xu Zhang

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:29

    Content type: Research article

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  6. To compare the safety and efficacy of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and modified Ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (UMP) in semi-supine combined lithotomy position for the management of 1.5–3.5 cm...

    Authors: Zhuohang Li, Cong Lai, Arvind K. Shah, Weibin Xie, Cheng Liu, Li Huang, Kuiqing Li, Hao Yu and Kewei Xu

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:27

    Content type: Research article

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  7. Steep Trendelenburg position (ST) during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) poses a risk of increase in intraocular pressure (IOP) in men receiving robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). The aim...

    Authors: Yuko Shirono, Itsuhiro Takizawa, Takashi Kasahara, Ryo Maruyama, Kazutoshi Yamana, Toshiki Tanikawa, Noboru Hara, Yuta Sakaue, Tetsuya Togano, Tsutomu Nishiyama, Takeo Fukuchi and Yoshihiko Tomita

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:26

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains a primary treatment for localized prostate cancer (PCa) even though there is no evidence that its use is beneficial in the absence of curative treatment.

    Authors: Heikki Seikkula, Peter J. Boström, Karri Seppä, Janne Pitkäniemi, Nea Malila and Antti Kaipia

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:25

    Content type: Research article

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  9. The clinical landscape of prostate biopsy (PB) is evolving with changes in procedures and techniques. Moreover, antibiotic resistance is increasing and influences the efficacy of pre-biopsy prophylactic regime...

    Authors: Sofie C. M. Tops, Evert L. Koldewijn, Diederik M. Somford, Anita M. P. Huis, Eva Kolwijck, Heiman F. L. Wertheim, Marlies E. J. L. Hulscher and J. P. Michiel Sedelaar

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:24

    Content type: Research article

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  10. Acute pyelonephritis (APN) with obstructive uropathy often causes sepsis. Recently, sepsis was redefined using the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, based on the new Sepsis-3 criteria. We inves...

    Authors: Mitsuhiro Tambo, Satoru Taguchi, Yu Nakamura, Takatsugu Okegawa and Hiroshi Fukuhara

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:23

    Content type: Research article

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  12. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognostic factors for sperm retrieval and determine if Y chromosome deletion is associated with deleterious effects on spermatogenesis in non-mosaic Klinefelter pa...

    Authors: I-Shen Huang, Richard J. Fantus, Wei-Jen Chen, James Wren, Wei-Tang Kao, Eric Yi-Hsiu Huang, Nelson E. Bennett, Robert E. Brannigan and William J. Huang

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:21

    Content type: Research article

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  15. Sexual function is a component of quality of life, and sexual dysfunction entails reduced satisfaction with life and impaired mood and quality of relationships and affects not only the individual’s quality of ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Nazari, Vahid Shaygannejad, Mehrdad Mohammadi Sichani, Marjan Mansourian and Valiollah Hajhashemi

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:15

    Content type: Research article

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  16. Sarcomatoid differentiation in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with vena caval tumour thrombus has been shown to be associated with aggressive behaviours and poor prognosis; however, evidence of the impact of rhabd...

    Authors: Bin Yang, Haizhui Xia, Chuxiao Xu, Min Lu, Shudong Zhang, Guoliang Wang and Lulin Ma

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:14

    Content type: Research article

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  17. Endourological procedures are widely used to treat benign urinary disorders and the double-J stent is routinely used. However, its potential impact on sexual function remains unclear. Therefore, we performed a...

    Authors: Junlin Lu, Yinghong Lu, Yang Xun, Fan Chen, Shaogang Wang and Shiyi Cao

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:13

    Content type: Research article

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  18. Surveilling recurrent urothelial carcinoma (UC) requires frequent cystoscopy, which is invasive, expensive and time-consuming. An accurate urinary biomarker has the potential to reduce the number of cystoscopi...

    Authors: Madhusudan Koya, Sue Osborne, Christophe Chemaslé, Sima Porten, Anne Schuckman and Andrew Kennedy-Smith

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:12

    Content type: Research article

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  19. RNA sequencing data is providing abundant information about the levels of dysregulation of genes in various tumors. These data, as well as data based on older microarray technologies have enabled the identific...

    Authors: Sinisa Simonovic, Christian Hinze, Kai M. Schmidt-Ott, Jonas Busch, Monika Jung, Klaus Jung and Anja Rabien

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:7

    Content type: Research article

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  20. The treatment effect of dapoxetine in real-world practice is not well established. This study was to investigate the factors influencing efficacy of dapoxetine for the treatment of Premature ejaculation (PE) i...

    Authors: Jing Peng, Dong Fang, Huixi Li, Yuan Tang, Yiming Yuan, Wanshou Cui, Bing Gao, Hongjun Li and Zhichao Zhang

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:11

    Content type: Research article

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  21. Approximately 80% of patients with indwelling ureteral stents experience stent related symptoms (SRS). We believe SRS can be reduced through altering the composition of ureteral stents to a less firm material....

    Authors: Nariman Gadzhiev, Dmitry Gorelov, Vigen Malkhasyan, Gagik Akopyan, Revaz Harchelava, Denis Mazurenko, Christina Kosmala, Zhamshid Okhunov and Sergei Petrov

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:10

    Content type: Research article

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  23. Post-operative urinary incontinence is a significant concern for patients choosing to undergo a radical prostatectomy (RP) for treatment of prostate cancer. The aim of our study was to determine the effect of ...

    Authors: Diwei Lin, Michael O’Callaghan, Rowan David, Andrew Fuller, Richard Wells, Peter Sutherland and Darren Foreman

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:8

    Content type: Research article

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  25. Preliminary data suggest that the urinary microbiome may play a role in bladder cancer. Information regarding the most suitable method of collecting urine specimens is needed for the large population studies n...

    Authors: Suchitra K. Hourigan, Wei Zhu, Wendy S.W.Wong, Nicole C. Clemency, Marina Provenzano, Thierry Vilboux, John E. Niederhuber, John Deeken, Simon Chung, Kim McDaniel-Wiley and Donald Trump

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:5

    Content type: Research article

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  26. To assess the prevalence of intraoperative penile erection in our endourology practice and the utility of intravenous ketamine in the management of the condition.

    Authors: Aşkın Eroğlu, Bahattin Tuncalı and Rahmi Gökhan Ekin

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:4

    Content type: Research article

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  27. Transient postoperative urinary incontinence is a bothersome complication of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP). The effects of preoperative pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) for early recover...

    Authors: Go Anan, Yasuhiro Kaiho, Hiromichi Iwamura, Jun Ito, Yuki Kohada, Jotaro Mikami and Makoto Sato

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:3

    Content type: Research article

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  29. Urinary incontinence (UI) is highly prevalent and affects the lives of many men and women. We aimed to conduct a qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) to explore the experience of living with UI and to develop ...

    Authors: Francine Toye and Karen L. Barker

    Citation: BMC Urology 2020 20:1

    Content type: Research article

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  30. Urolithiasis is a clinically common benign disease in urology. Surgical treatments that are widely used in urolithiasis are percutaneous nephrolithotomy, rigid/flexible ureteroscopy, laparoscopic surgery, and ...

    Authors: Fan Zhang, Lisong Shan, Jiahui Yin, Luyang Liu, Pengchao Wang, Shengkun Sun, Xu Zhang, Hongzhao Li, Xin Ma, Gang Guo and Qiming Liu

    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:139

    Content type: Case report

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  32. To study the outcomes and experiences of using metallic stents in treating patients with malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO), we examined the effects of metallic ureteral stenting using the Cook Resonance® st...

    Authors: Jun Miyazaki, Mizuki Onozawa, Satoshi Takahashi, Yuka Maekawa, Mitsuru Yasuda, Koichiro Wada, Yuji Maeda, Takuro Masaki, Akito Yamaguchi, Masahiko Suzuki, Yasuyuki Sakai, Tomokazu Kimura, Manabu Takai, Kensaku Seike, Takahiko Hashimoto and Shingo Yamamoto

    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:137

    Content type: Research article

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  33. Metachronous renal cell carcinoma after radical nephrectomy is extremely rare. Renal cell carcinoma commonly metastasizes to distant organs. However, metastasis to the urinary bladder is very uncommon.

    Authors: Mustufa Babar, Saad Hamdani, Corinne Liu, Jogarao Vedula and David S. Schnapp

    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:136

    Content type: Case report

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  35. To report current worldwide variation in techniques and clinical practice of flexible ureteroscopy (FURS) among endourologists of different case volumes per year.

    Authors: Omar Alhunaidi, Abdulrahman A. Ahmad, Ahmed R. EL-Nahas, Bader Akroof, Ali Alamiri, Feras Al-Ajrawi, Abdullatif Al-Terki and Mohamed El-Shazly

    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:134

    Content type: Research article

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  37. To assess the impact of volumetry of perinephric fat (PNF) on the perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN).

    Authors: Daisuke Motoyama, Yuto Matsushita, Hiromitsu Watanabe, Keita Tamura, Toshiki Ito, Takayuki Sugiyama, Atsushi Otsuka and Hideaki Miyake

    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:132

    Content type: Research article

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  38. The presence of urinary fistula after ileal conduit urinary diversion is a challenging complication, and this study investigated the role of the intra-conduit negative pressure system (NPS) in the presence of ...

    Authors: Yun-lin Ye, Hai-tao Liang, Lei Tan, Xia Zheng, Dan Xiong, Kang-hua Xiao and Zi-ke Qin

    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:131

    Content type: Research article

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  39. This study examined the prevalence of somatization disorder in Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (UCPPS) and the utility of two self-report symptom screening tools for assessment of somatization in patie...

    Authors: C. S. North, B. A. Hong, H. H. Lai and D. H. Alpers

    Citation: BMC Urology 2019 19:130

    Content type: Research article

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  40. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  41. 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

    Content type: Case report

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  42. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  43. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  44. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  45. 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

    Content type: Case report

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  46. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  47. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  48. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  50. 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

    Content type: Research article

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