... in the long term. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of early revision procedures (prior to or immediately after AUS activation) on the long-term outcome. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent primary AUS implantation between 2006 and 2019. Patients with previous...

... worldwide. Reduced emergency room visits resulting in adverse outcomes have most recently been reported in pediatrics and cardiology. We aimed to compare patients with emergency room visits for pyelonephritis in 2019 (pre-COVID-19 era) and within the first wave of pandemic in 2020 (COVID-19 era) with regard...

...Klaus Eredics; Christine Meyer; Tanja Gschliesser; Branimir Lodeta; Ortwin Heissler; Thomas Kunit; Stephan Madersbacher Purpose: To determine the impact of a simple preoperative geriatric assessment on the outcome in older patients with recurrent urinary retention who underwent desobstructive...

... Outcome Transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsies (TRUS-bx) have limited diagnostic accuracy in detecting prostate cancer (PCa) and often fail to diagnose significant cancers [ 1 ]. To overcome this problem, patients with negative TRUS-bx regularly undergo repeated biopsy procedures with some...

..., quality 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. Outcome Diagnostics Radiological procedures Upper urinary tract tumors...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Renal stone Tamsulosin Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy Outcome Renal stone disease is an important health care problem affecting ∼10% of the population at some stage in their lives [ 1 ]. Various treatment options...

...Alok Srivastava; Ishwar R. Dhayal; Priyanka Rai Objective: The purpose of the study was to compare the safety, efficacy and outcome of monopolar transurethral resection of prostate (M-TURP), bipolar transurethral resection of prostate (BP-TURP) and open prostatectomy (OP) exclusively involving...

..., quality 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. Overall survival Outcome Prostate cancer Bladder cancer Clinically...

... Nomogram Outcome Locally advanced tumor stages, including pathologic tumor stages pT3/4 and/or lymph node involvement (pN+) of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) in patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) are associated with high treatment failure rates and reduced disease-specific...

... or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality 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. Ureteroscopy Urolithiasis Outcome...

...Alexander Muck; Christian Langesberg; Michael Mugler; Jörg Rahnenführer; Bernd Wullich; Wolfgang Schafhauser Objective: This study sought to evaluate the clinical outcome after extended sentinel lymph node dissection (eSLND) and radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) in patients with clinically...

... a significant gain in the base model's predictive accuracy, i.e. from 68.4 to 70.3% (p < 0.001), after inclusion of the dichotomized CCI. Conclusions: We present the first outcome study of comorbidity indices used as predictors of OS after disease recurrence in patients undergoing RC for UCB. The CCI...

... 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. Bladder neoplasms Reoperation Outcome Transurethral resection of the bladder...

...Abdulkadir Tepeler; Murat Binbay; Tolga Akman; Akif Erbin; Cem Kezer; Mesrur Selcuk Silay; Emrah Yuruk; Sina Kardas; Muzaffer Akçay; Abdullah Armagan; Ahmet Yaser Muslumanoglu Objective: To evaluate whether renal parenchymal thickness (RPT) has an effect on the outcomes of percutaneous...