... on RCC risk and progression, enabling more accurate diagnosis and tailored treatment. Kidney neoplasms Renal cell carcinoma Risk factors Epidemiology Turkey Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 3% of all adult malignancies and about 90% of kidney cancer cases [ 1, 2...

... centers (2) to as high as 25% in developing countries series. This study aims to perform a systematic review of population-based studies reporting mortality after RC. Methods: A Systematic search was performed in Medline (PubMed®), Embase, and Cochrane for epidemiologic studies reporting mortality after...

... . Urodynamics Epidemiology Health services research Lower urinary tract symptoms Urinary incontinence Urodynamic studies (UDS) provide a direct assessment of lower urinary tract function by measuring relevant physiological parameters. UDS can play a critical role in the diagnosis of urinary...

... of even asymptomatic kidney stones. Besides the effects on individual patients with increased risk for complications, this results in a higher monetary burden to the health care system and society. Urolithiasis Endourology Epidemiology Public health Urolithiasis is a very common disease...

...Thomas Hager; Klaus Kraywinkel; Tibor Szarvas; Boris Hadaschik; Kurt Werner Schmid; Henning Reis Introduction: Urachal cancer (UrC) is a rare but aggressive cancer. Due to its low incidence, structured epidemiological data have only rarely been reported. To date, no valid data on UrC are available...

.... This was a multi-center, cross-sectional and observational, population-based epidemiological study. A total of 723 patients were included in a prospective study between May 1, 2014, and July 31, 2014. The study involved 8 hospitals responsible of urolithiasis in a geographical area of Spain (Comunidad Valenciana...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Epidemiology Prevalence Urinary tract infection Urinary catheters Indwelling...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Fournier’s gangrene Mortality Necrotizing infection Epidemiology Outcomes Management In 1883 Jean Alfred Fournier described idiopathic gangrene in previously healthy young men with acute...

... to in the content or advertisements. Interstitial cystitis BPS/IC Statin Epidemiology Urogenecology Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is a chronic, debilitating bladder disease. In 2009, the American Urological Association Annual Meeting reported that about 3-8 million women...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Alcohol Urolithiasis Meta-analysis Epidemiology Drinking habits The prevalence and incidence of urolithiasis is reported to be increasing worldwide [ 1 ]. The morbidity of urolithiasis is 4...

... to in the content or advertisements. Necrotizing fasciitis Fournier’s gangrene Predisposing factors Epidemiology Fournier’s gangrene (FG), a rapidly progressive inflammation and necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and fascia, was first described by Dr. Jean Alfred Fournier in 1877 [ 1 ]. He...

... intake and PSA. Several dietary factors are associated with the risk of prostate cancer [ 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 ]. Dietary fat, more than any other dietary component, has been the focus of nutritional studies in relation to prostate cancer. Early epidemiological studies of this relationship...

...Stefan Heidler; Can Mert; Clemens Wehrberger; Christian Temml; Anton Ponholzer; Michael Rauchenwald; Stephan Madersbacher Objectives: To define the epidemiological impact of the overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) on sexual life. We therefore analyzed this issue in a large cohort of individuals...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Benign prostatic hyperplasia Lower urinary tract symptoms Quality of life Epidemiology Aging males Bother...

...Berthold Ulshöfer Clinical aspects of stone formation and conservative treatment need to consider the following factors: (1) Epidemiological studies and their knowledge are necessary as they have permitted important conclusions with the regard to risk and history of urolithiasis. (2) Laboratory...

...R. Asper Epidemiology: The annual incidence of urolithiasis in the population is at least 0.1%. In rural areas, there are remarkably less actual stone formers than in urban districts, and also vegetarians show less stone diseases. Calcium carbonate as a urinary calculus compound...

...Sverker Ljunghall; Hans Hedstrand Epidemiological studies indicate that renal stone disease is a rapidly increasing problem, already affecting around 10% of the entire adult male population. It has been suggested that environmental factors are responsible for this development, among them...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Enuresis Epidemiology Parental concern level Personal characteristics Constipation Fecal incontinence Urologia Internationalis Original Paper Urol Int 2008;81:47 53...

... in their countries of origin, to their host countries. Similarly, environmental changes that result from development of water resources, global warming, growth and migration of population can facilitate the spread of parasites. In this review we describe the epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis and treatment...

...M. Amato; M.L. Lusini; F. Nelli The epidemiology of nephrolithiasis differs according to geographical area and socio-economic conditions. In Italy the prevalence of the disease in 1993 was 17.2/1,000 inhabitants, most patients are men and elderly. The relative risk increased in subjects with family...