The thulium laser resection of bladder tumors (TmLRBT) was increasingly used in the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) recently, and here we report the relevant outcomes of our institution to evaluate its efficacy and safety.
To prospectively investigate the role of a urinary mRNA biomarker (Xpert Test) after initial complete resection of T1 bladder cancer (BC) for the prediction of positive repeat biopsy for malignancy.
Pembrolizumab is approved to treat patients with BCG unresponsive, high-risk, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumors who are ineligible for or have elected not to undergo cystectomy based on the results of the KEYNOTE-057 trial. However, pembrolizumab costs over $100,000 per year and has a significant rate […]
The epidemiological signature of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) shows a sustained increase in incidence coupled with stable mortality;1 this signature is most probably explained by overdetection of cancers not destined to cause death superimposed on stable occurrence. Furthermore, clinical practice suffers from pursuing management of localized renal masses without knowledge of histology.2 As a result […]
24-h urine collections are recommended for motivated first-time stone formers. Given that children have a lifetime potential for recurrences, metabolic work-up has been recommended. 24-hour urine collections can be problematic, especially in children.
In the last years due to miniaturization of endoscopic instruments and percutaneous surgery, endourology has become very popular in paediatric urinary stone managment. We reported our single-centre experience in retrograde endoscopic procedures in children.
To evaluate the learning curve of the simplified fluoroscopic biplanar (0-90º) puncture technique for percutaneous nephrolithotomy. We prospectively evaluated patients with renal stones treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy by a single institution’s fellows employing the simplified bi-planar (0-90º) fluoroscopic puncture technique for renal access.
Kidney Stone Calculator (KSC) is a free, three-dimensional (3D) planning software for flexible ureteroscopy(fURS) with Holmium:YAG(Ho:YAG) endocorporeal lithotripsy (EL). KSC provides the stone volume (SV) and expected duration of lithotripsy (ExDL) estimations based on non-enhanced-CT scan (NECT) DICOM series.
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) remains a challenging clinical condition to manage. Here, we evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a new treatment option (suppositories) containing pollen extract in combination with hyaluronic acid and vitamins in the management of patients with CP/CPPS.
To determine prevalence of hyperprolactinemia and prolactinoma among men presenting for initial fertility evaluation. We performed a retrospective review of men presenting for initial fertility evaluation at a tertiary care, academic health system between 1999 and 2018.
