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Racial disparities in prostate cancer are prevalent in the United States as African American men consistently experience a higher burden of prostate cancer incidence compared to European American men. While socioeconomic status, access to optimal care, and lifestyle factors can explain a part of these disparities, distinct molecular mechanisms and underlying biologic differences in African […]

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in American men. Even though the 5-year survival rate for localized and regional PCa is 100%, the 5-year survival rate for patients with distant metastasis is only 31%, suggesting there is an urgent need to understand the underlying mechanisms that drive advanced prostate cancer to discover new […]

To examine the safety and feasibility of three-dimensional (3-D) laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for clinically complex renal tumors. We retrospectively evaluated 76 patients who underwent a 3-D (n = 42; age, 54.

Complicated acute pyelonephritis (APN) is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate intervention. This study examined the characteristics of APN occurring as a complication of ureteral stone.

The article describes a clinical case of kidney stone disease (KSD) in a child of 4 y.o. with calcium urolithiasis. Analysis of chemical content of the kidney stones revealed their calcium-oxalate composition.

In this study, we aimed to contribute to the literature by sharing and evaluating the clinical characteristics and our treatment and follow-up approaches in patients in the COVID-19 positive treatment process who had presented to our hospital’s emergency department with a distal ureteral stone and to examine the effects of the pandemic and disease in […]

To compare the safety and efficacy of two minimally invasive surgical techniques used for pediatric stone disease: retrograde intra-renal surgery (RIRS) and micro-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (micro-PCNL).

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined top and down low power thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP). Between May 2017 and May 2019, after institutional board review approval, successfully consented patients underwent combined top and down low power ThuLEP.

Objective – The search of effective approaches to Peyronie’s disease treatment remains an urgent problem. In this study we had evaluated the efficiency of platelet-rich plasma therapy, low-intensity shock wave therapy, local negative-pressure therapy.

In some cases, there is a dissociation between the severity of complaints, physical examination data, and levels of contamination of the biomaterial in the differential diagnosis of various categories of prostatitis (NIH-NIDDK, 1995).