... localization (60 of 85 patients, 70.5%). Discussion/Conclusion: Emergency ureteral stenting for ureterolithiasis may change the location of a stone, potentially affecting therapy planning, particularly in the case of proximal stones. Imaging control prior to definitive stone treatment is thus especially...

... ratio levels were recorded. Results: Preoperative NLR and SII were statistically higher, and HDL was statistically lower in group 2; there was no difference in PLR and monocyte-HDL ratio between the 2 groups. According to the preoperative imaging, the perinephric stranding, HU of perinephric fat, and HU...

... surveillance Biopsy Elastography Imaging Prostate cancer Ultrasound Elastography may play a key role within the scope of repeat biopsy in prostate cancer (PCa) patients treated with active surveillance. Active surveillance is an important cornerstone to prevent overtreatment in patients diagnosed...

...Katharina Boehm; Lars Budäus; Pierre Tennstedt; Burkhard Beyer; Jonas Schiffmann; Alessandro Larcher; Kathrin Simonis; Markus Graefen; Dirk Beyersdorff; Georg Salomon Introduction: Prostate cancer (PCa) detection is accompanied by overdiagnosis and mischaracterization of PCa. Therefore, new imaging...

...Angelo Totaro; Francesco Pinto; Antonio Brescia; Marco Racioppi; Emanuele Cappa; Daniele D’Agostino; Andrea Volpe; Emilio Sacco; Giuseppe Palermo; AnnaLia Valentini; PierFrancesco Bassi Advances in imaging have an increasingly significant role in the diagnosis, staging and restaging of patients...

..., 33 revealed no abnormal uptake and 1 study revealed a suspicious area in a patient free of metastases (specificity = 97.1%). However, in 10 patients imaged after receiving chemotherapy, the sensitivity fell to 50% for the detection of histologically confirmed residual/recurrent tumor by PET...

... Imaging Original Paper Urol Int 2001;66:127 130 Received: July 13, 2000 Accepted after revision: November 9, 2000 Predictive Value of Radiological Criteria for Disintegration Rates of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy Daniel Aeberlia Samuel Müllerb Rolf Schmutza Hans-Peter Schmida aDepartment...