Approximately 2 million patients present to emergency departments in the USA annually with signs and symptoms of ureterolithiasis (or renal colic, the pain from an obstructing kidney stone). Both ultrasound and CT scan can be used for diagnosis, but the vast majority of patients receive a CT scan.
Unwanted childlessness is a burden on a couple’s relationship. The therapeutic spectrum of male infertility has increased significantly in recent years so that even azoospermia patients can be given biological paternity by testicular sperm extraction (TESE).
To evaluate the correlation between vitamin D level and erectile dysfunction (ED) in male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) patients. We analyzed data from 534 male patients who were tested for LUTS from 2014 to 2017.
Treatments for Peyronie’s disease (PD) include surgical management and collagenase clostridium histolyticum (CCH). To evaluate PD treatment trends after CCH approval and compare clinical outcomes in CCH- and surgery-treated cohorts.
The incidence of erectile dysfunction (ED) increases with age in mainland China and phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) are the major drugs used for its treatment. To determine the efficacy and safety of Chinese developed avanafil as therapy for ED in China.
Peyronie’s disease (PD) has negative impacts on the psychosocial status of men including depression warranting clinical evaluation in up to 50% of men. To examine predictors of depression in patients with early PD seeking evaluation.
Medical treatment in benign prostatic hyperplasia targets prostate size to prevent disease progression, complications, and surgery, and prostate smooth muscle tone for rapid relief of lower urinary tract symptoms.
Risk stratification for localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) relies heavily on retrospective models, limiting their generalizability to contemporary cohorts. To introduce a contemporary RCC prognostic model, developed using prospective, highly annotated data from a phase III adjuvant trial.
Increasing use and resolution of testicular ultrasound imaging has resulted in a greater diagnosis of non-palpable small testicular masses and subsequent over-treatment with orchiectomy. Our aim was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of testicular ultrasound to accurately determine the pathologic size of small testicular masses (SMTMs) and to evaluate the association of various measurements with […]
The tumor immune microenvironment plays a critical role in cancer progression and response to immunotherapy in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), yet the composition and phenotypic states of immune cells in this tumor are incompletely characterized.
