This study aimed to report a multi-institutional experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) for treatment of urinary tract stones in children. The medical records of 15 patients (12 boys), who underwent RALS for urolithiasis in 4 international centers of pediatric urology over a 5-year period, were retrospectively collected.
To assess the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for neurogenic bladder dysfunction secondary to spinal cord injury (SCI). A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane libraries up to February 2021 was performed using PRISMA methodology.
To identify the potential biomarkers of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC), a chronic syndrome of bladder-centric pain with unknown etiology that has an adverse impact on quality of life, we analyzed the urine and serum metabolomes of a cohort of IC patients and non-disease controls (NC).
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is common in the ageing male. Clinical manifestations like retention impact on a patient’s quality of life. Alterations in androgen activity at the androgen receptor complex level in the prostate contribute to prostatic hyperplasia with the highest incidence occurring in males in their 70’s.
(UroToday.com) In anticipation of the 2021 American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting which is being held, in a delayed fashion, in September, the AUA hosted a “May Kick-Off Weekend” which highlighted a variety of important topics in both benign urology and urologic oncology. Saturday morning, W. Marston Linehan led a course entitled “Diagnosis and Management of […]
(UroToday.com) In anticipation of the 2021 American Urological Association Annual (AUA) Meeting which is being held, in a delayed fashion, in September, the AUA hosted a “May Kick-Off Weekend” which highlighted a variety of important topics in both benign urology and urologic oncology. Saturday morning, W. Marston Linehan led a course entitled “Diagnosis and Management […]
(UroToday.com) In anticipation of the 2021 American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting which is being held, in a delayed fashion, in September, the AUA hosted a “May Kick-Off Weekend” which highlighted a variety of important topics in both benign urology and urologic oncology. Saturday morning, W. Marston Linehan led a course entitled “Diagnosis and Management […]
(UroToday.com) In anticipation of the 2021 American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting which is being held, in a delayed fashion, in September, the AUA hosted a “May Kick-Off Weekend” which highlighted a variety of important topics in both benign urology and urologic oncology. Saturday morning, W. Marston Linehan led a course entitled “Diagnosis and Management of […]
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, both in the USA and worldwide. One of the challenges is to stage the disease accurately and correctly before treatment. Of course, depending on where the disease is, patients will need to be treated differently. You need accurate tests and imaging techniques to locate the disease […]
A diagnosis of testicular cancer (TC) at a relatively young age can have a dramatic impact on the psychological well-being of those affected. The aim of this review was to synthesize recent evidence to provide an updated account of the prevalence, severity and correlates of anxiety, depression, fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) and distress in […]
