Radical cystectomy for urinary bladder cancer is a procedure associated with a high risk of complications, and poor overall survival (OS) due to both patient and tumour factors. Sarcopenia is one such patient factor.
Worldwide there has been controversy regarding surgical management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. These concerns have been raised about the possibility that surgical management of SUI in women of advanced age can lead to a variety of postoperative side effects. Moreover, there were court actions in the UK, the USA, Canada, and European […]
Immunotherapy-based combinations have had a dramatic improvement in outcomes for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, with some patients having deep and durable responses. Developing biomarkers to predict which patients are most likely to respond to immunotherapy may help limit the number of patients who require upfront and long-term exposure to VEGF-TKIs. Additionally, the identification […]
Tom Keane: Good morning, everybody. This is Tom Keane coming to you from UroToday and from the Medical University of South Carolina. Today, we have a real treat, professor, Heather Payne, and it is wonderful to have you here, Heather. Please take it away. Heather Payne: Thank you so much. It is a great pleasure […]
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the standard surgical treatment method for large kidney stones. Its aim is to achieve a stone-free status, since any residual fragments (RFs) after PCNL are likely to cause additional morbidity or stone growth.
The prevalence rate of upper urinary tract calculi in Saudi Arabia is one of the highest globally. Bilateral renal stone management is an option but is still controversial. The study was a retrospective study, including 31 patients with bilateral renal or ureteric stones who underwent bilateral same-session ureterorenoscopy (BSS-URS).
Introduction An understanding of which trainee factors Endourology Society (ES) fellowship program directors (PDs) value may help urology residents optimize their fellowship candidacy and help current fellows optimize their fellowship performance.
Chronic prostatitis is a common andrological disease, which brings many troubles to the lives of middle-aged and elderly male patients. With the increase of modern life pressure, the incidence of chronic prostatitis tends to younger, but its etiology and pathogenesis are not fully elucidated.
Approximately 15% of the couples suffer from infertility. Half of the cases of infertility are due to male factors. Several sperm function tests have been proposed to evaluate male fertility, but sperm analysis is still the first and most important diagnostic test for male infertility.
This retrospective cohort study aimed to explore whether paternal age and semen quality parameters affect the embryological and clinical outcomes of ICSI with oocyte donation. A total of 339 oocyte donation (OD)-ICSI cycles were categorized into four groups according to the semen parameter profiles of the male counterparts: normozoospermia (NS, n = 184), oligozoospermia (OS, n = 41), asthenozoospermia […]
