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  1. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is widely performed for a number of hormone-producing tumors and postoperative management depends on the hormones produced. In the present study, we conducted a retrospective analysi...

    Authors: Mizuki Izawa, Toshikazu Takeda, Tadatsugu Anno, Tomohiro Iwasawa, Yota Yasumizu, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Shinya Morita, Takeo Kosaka, Ryuichi Mizuno, Hiroshi Asanuma and Mototsugu Oya
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:90
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  2. •we report the case of a 36-year-old female patient who presented to our hospital with a diagnosis of cystitis glandularis manifesting as a vesicovaginal fistula. She underwent cystoscopic biopsy at a local ho...

    Authors: Wu Ronghua, Zheng Ji, Liu Gang, Zhang Yun and Nie Xubiao
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:89
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  5. Authors: Giancarlo Albo, Andrea Gallioli, Francesco Ripa, Elisa De Lorenzis, Luca Boeri, Carolina Bebi, Lorenzo Rocchini, Fabrizio Longo, Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Matteo Turetti, Michela Piccoli and Emanuele Montanari
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:86
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    The original article was published in BMC Urology 2024 24:64

  6. To explore a novel biopsy scheme for prostate cancer (PCa), and test the detection rate and pathological agreement of standard systematic (SB) + targeted (TB) biopsy and novel biopsy scheme.

    Authors: Yang He, Yu Fan, Haitian Song, Qi Shen, Mingjian Ruan, Yuke Chen, Derun Li, Xueying Li, Yi Liu, Kai Zhang and Qian Zhang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:85
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  7. Despite the rapid advances in modern medical technology, kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) remains a challenging clinical problem in urology. Researchers urgently search for useful markers to break thro...

    Authors: Junhao Sun, Xinyu Zhang, Fan Wu, Bingye Zhu and Huyang Xie
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:84
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  8. Fasciitis ossificans is a rare subtype of nodular fasciitis, a benign soft tissue tumor with reactive characteristics. Due to its rapid growth, it is often misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor. While fasciitis os...

    Authors: Sebastian Lenart, Oskar Koperek, Anke Scharrer and Eva Comperat
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:83
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  9. Redo surgery for pelvic fracture urethral distraction defects (PFUDDs) is still a challenge. the long urethral defect makes it difficult while the high tension increase the recurrence rate. Although certain an...

    Authors: Kaile Zhang, Meng Liu, Tiantian Wang and Qiang Fu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:82
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  10. To observe the safety and short-term outcomes of a new way of laparoscopic trocar placement in pediatric robotic-assisted Lich-Gregoir ureteral reimplantation for vesicoureteral reflux.

    Authors: Jianglong Chen, Yingquan Kang, Shan Lin, Shaohua He, Yufeng He, Xinru Xu, Huihuang Xu, Guangxu You and Di Xu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:81
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  12. Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) is widely used for the diagnosis, surveillance, and staging of prostate cancer. However, it has several limitations, including higher costs, longer examination times, and the use of...

    Authors: Ryutaro Shimizu, Shuichi Morizane, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Yamane, Ryoma Nishikawa, Yusuke Kimura, Noriya Yamaguchi, Katsuya Hikita, Masashi Honda and Atsushi Takenaka
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:79
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  13. Few studies are focusing on the mechanism of erastin acts on prostate cancer (PCa) cells, and essential ferroptosis-related genes (FRGs) that can be PCa therapeutic targets are rarely known.

    Authors: Fan Wu, Fei Huang, Nili Jiang, Jinfeng Su, Siyi Yao, Boying Liang, Wen Li, Tengyue Yan, Sufang Zhou and Qingniao Zhou
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:78
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  15. To develop a risk model including clinical and radiological characteristics to predict false-positive The Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) 5 lesions.

    Authors: Yongbing Cheng, Bo Fan, Yao Fu, Haoli Yin, Jiaming Lu, Danyan Li, Xiaogong Li, Xuefeng Qiu and Hongqian Guo
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:76
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  16. Aphallia is a rare congenital anomaly often associated with other urogenital anomalies. The management of aphallia cases for both the immediate and long-term treatment of patients with aphallia pose a major di...

    Authors: Prahara Yuri, Peri Eriad Yunir, Eldo Taufila Putra Utama, Yevri Zulfiqar and Jarir At Thobari
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:75
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  17. Urinary incontinence symptoms severely affect older people with different body mass index (BMI).To compare the efficacy of the pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) in patients with post-prostatectomy incontinen...

    Authors: Di An, Jianxia Wang, Fan Zhang, Huafang Jing, Yi Gao, Huiling Cong, Guodong Su, Miao Ye, Chunying Hu, Juan Wu and Limin Liao
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:74
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  19. Consolidative resection or cytoreductive radical prostatectomy (CRP) may benefit men with non-organ confined prostate cancer. We report the safety, feasibility, and outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic CRP ...

    Authors: Daniel J. Lama, Kyle Thomas, Simone L. Vernez, Oluwatimilehin Okunowo, Clayton S. Lau and Bertram E. Yuh
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:72
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  20. Utilizing personalized risk assessment for clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) incorporating multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) reduces biopsies and overdiagnosis. We validated both ...

    Authors: Philipp Krausewitz, Thomas Büttner, Marthe von Danwitz, Richard Weiten, Alexander Cox, Niklas Klümper, Johannes Stein, Julian Luetkens, Glen Kristiansen, Manuel Ritter and Jörg Ellinger
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:71
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  21. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is a common obstructive disease of the urinary tract. UPJO patients commonly exhibit coexistent renal calculi. The main aim of therapy is to relieve the obstruction an...

    Authors: Yang Mi, Zhiqin Kang, Jingyu Wang, Liang Yan and Jun Zhang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:70
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  23. This study aimed the evaluation of the value of the calculated volume of a normal testis to predict the status of its contralateral impalpable side and hence decide the importance of laparoscopic exploration.

    Authors: Ahmed Elrouby, Mahmoud Ghalab and Mostafa Kotb
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:68
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  24. A prevalent condition with a high probability of recurrence, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) necessitates lifetime surveillance. In patients with pathologically confirmed NMIBC, our goal was to crea...

    Authors: Yi He, Chenxi Pan, Yue Zhang, Meihong Lv and Bo Yang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:67
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  27. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with extended lymphadenectomy (ePLND) is the gold standard for surgical treatment of prostate cancer (PCa). Recently, the en-bloc ePLND has been proposed but no stud...

    Authors: Giancarlo Albo, Andrea Gallioli, Francesco Ripa, Elisa De Lorenzis, Luca Boeri, Carolina Bebi, Lorenzo Rocchini, Fabrizio Longo, Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Matteo Turetti, Michela Piccoli and Emanuele Montanari
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:64
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Urology 2024 24:86

  28. The Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) is widely used for predicting muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). This study aimed to determine the clinicopathological significance of the VI-RADS ≧4...

    Authors: Shunsuke Ikuma, Jun Akatsuka, Hayato Takeda, Yuki Endo, Tomonari Kiriyama, Tsutomu Hamasaki, Go Kimura and Yukihiro Kondo
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:63
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  29. We aimed to determine the prognostic value of α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (α-HBDH) in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) patients after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU).

    Authors: Jianjun Ye, Lei Zheng, Zeyu Chen, Qihao Wang, Xinyang Liao, Xingyuan Wang, Qiang Wei and Yige Bao
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:62
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  30. Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) is a common form of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) in children. An example of GUTB is epididymal TB, which usually presents unspecific chronic clinical manifestations. Definitive di...

    Authors: Citra Cesilia, Harry Galuh Nugraha, Safendra Siregar and Heda Melinda Nataprawira
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:61
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  32. Bladder cancer (BC) is one of the most common malignancies of the genitourinary system. Phosphofructokinase 1 (PFK-1) is one of member of PFK, which plays an important role in reprogramming cancer metabolism, ...

    Authors: Rong Wang, Fei Xu, Zhengjia Yang, Jian Cao, Liqi Hu and Yangyang She
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:59
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  33. To analyze surgical and oncologic outcomes of patients undergoing open partial nephrectomy (OPN) versus laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) for treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

    Authors: Edouard Nicaise, Adam S. Feldman, Andrew Gusev, Alice Yu, Naren Nimmagadda, Matthew F. Wszolek, Francis McGovern, Michael L. Blute and Douglas M. Dahl
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:58
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  35. The effectiveness of immunosuppressive and corticosteroid treatments for Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN) remains thoroughly evaluated. We undertook a meta-analysis to investigate the efficacy and saf...

    Authors: Dongxu Zhang, Bowen Xia, Xin Zhang, Pu Liang and Xiaopeng Hu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:56
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  37. For renal stones > 20 mm, percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) offers the best stone clearance rates with acceptable complication rates. This study aimed to compare the efficiency of high-power holmium YAG laser...

    Authors: Muhammed Arif Ibis, Ahmet Furkan Özsoy, Mehmet Fatih Özkaya, Emre Erdem, Serhat Erkmen, Ahmet Doruk Güler and Mehmet İlker Gökce
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:54
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  39. The forgotten ureteral stents (FUS) is one of the late complications of stent placement. This systematic review summarized different aspects of FUS and focused on the problems and solutions related to FUS.

    Authors: Xiaochuan Wang, Zhengguo Ji, Peiqian Yang, Jun Li and Ye Tian
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:52
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  41. Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common but frequently neglected problem in females, significantly impacting their psychosocial health. The available estimates are an underestimation of a bigger problem. Thus, t...

    Authors: Priyanka Garg, Lajya Devi Goyal, Suresh Goyal and Madhur Verma
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:50
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  42. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationships between fear of cancer recurrence and quality of life in patients with prostate cancer. A model based on Lazarus’ and Folkman’s theory tested t...

    Authors: Chen Yu, Zhu Jingzhen, Zhou Luqiang, Yuan Xiaojuan and Zheng Ji
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:49
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  44. Some studies have suggested that hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection had a negative association with semen quality, but the conclusions have been inconsistent. The purpose of our study was to systematically asse...

    Authors: Yuting Xu, Kai Gan, Liqing Hou, Huawei Wang, June Cai, Liu Liu, Wen Wen, Meng Rao and Li Tang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:47
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  45. This study comprehensively evaluates the distribution patterns and antimicrobial resistance profiles of urinary pathogens in Preoperative midstream urine cultures collected from patients with urinary calculi i...

    Authors: Xin Mei, Shike Zhang, Peng Xu, Zhican He, Ruizheng Tang, Baotong Yang, Iqbal Muhammad Sarfaraz and Wenqi Wu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:46
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  46. In recent years, enzalutamide and abiraterone have been widely used as treatments for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, the cost-effectiveness of these drugs in Iran is unknown....

    Authors: Zahra Goudarzi, Farhad Lotfi, Zhila Najafpour, AliAkbar Hafezi, Marzieh Alizadeh Zakaria and Khosro Keshavarz
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:45
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  48. Peritoneal loose body (PLB) is a kind of lesions located in the abdominal cavity or pelvic cavity, which is rare and difficult to diagnose. The diameter of PLB is mostly 0.5–2.5 cm. Most PLBS are asymptomatic....

    Authors: Weicong Sang, Yang Li, Xiaoping Hong, Haihong Qu, Rujian Zhu and Qingtong Yi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:43
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  50. Incarceration of the appendix within a femoral hernia is a rare condition of abdominal wall hernia about 0.1 to 0.5% in reported femoral hernia [1]. We report a case of a 56-year-old female whose appendix was tra...

    Authors: Po-Chuan Yu, Ling-Ting Wang, Chun-Yu Chang, Yao-Chou Tsai and Kian-Hwee Chong
    Citation: BMC Urology 2024 24:41
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