...Mehmet Yilmaz; Cäcilia Elisabeth Maria Heuring; Dominik Schoeb; Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola; Christian Gratzke; Simon Hein; Arkadiusz Miernik Introduction: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) has become popular worldwide for the surgical treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia. Holmium...

...Paula C. Sotomayor; Juan C. Aguilar; Karen Mujica; Alvaro Zuñiga; Alejandro S. Godoy; Gary J. Smith; James L. Mohler; Gonzalo Vitagliano; Ignacio F. San Francisco Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) represents one of the most frequent malignancies and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in adult...

... Corsi; Riccardo Schiavina Introduction: The aim of the study was to systematically review the literature and describe perioperative complications of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP), including the Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications. Methods: All English language...

...Vittorio Magri; Gianpaolo Perletti; Konstantinos Stamatiou; Emanuele Montanari; Alberto Trinchieri Introduction: The role of Ureaplasma spp. (UPs) in the pathogenesis of chronic prostatitis is debated. The lithogenic potential of UPs could be a risk factor for the development of chronic prostatitis...

...Kadir Omur Gunseren; Serkan Akdemir; Mehmet Cagatay Çiçek; Ali Yıldız; Murat Arslan; İsmet Yavaşcaoğlu; Hakan Vuruskan Introduction: To compare the prostate removal speeds of 3 enucleation techniques and to evaluate how the operating times change depending on the prostate volume. Methods: Medical...

...Qi Shen; Zhaohui Zhou; Zhenhua Liu; Shuai Hu; Zhiyong Lin; Shaobo Li; Senmao Li; Hualin Song; Yuke Chen; Yisen Meng; Yu Wang; Yu Fan; Xin Li; Yunxiang Xiao; Qun He; Jie Jin; Qian Zhang; Wei Yu Introduction: Prostatic stromal tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) is a rare disease that may...

... autophagy and promotes apoptosis of the prostate after castration. Methods: Thirty-six male SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups ( n = 12): control group (sham operation), castration group, and HCQ group (castrated and treated with HCQ). On day 7, all mice were executed and prostates were isolated...

...Mohamed Gomaa Kamel; Sedralmontaha Istanbuly; Fatma Abd-Elshahed Abd-Elhay; Muawia Yousif Fadlelmola Mohamed; Le Huu-Hoai; Mohamed Sadik; Mahmoud Dibas; Nguyen Tien Huy Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the third leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. We aimed to disclose...

...Francesco Chiancone; Maurizio Carrino; Clemente Meccariello; Luigi Pucci; Maurizio Fedelini; Paolo Fedelini Introduction: To evaluate the efficacy of Bifiprost® + Serenoa Repens 320 mg versus Serenoa Repens 320 mg alone for the prevention of chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) due...

...Abdullah Demirtaş; Gökhan Sönmez; Şevket Tolga Tombul; Türev Demirtaş; Hülya Akgün Background: Histopathological discrepancies between biopsy and radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens may lead to unnecessary, excessive, or incomplete treatment in prostate cancer (PCa) patients. Objectives...

...Mustafa Kadihasanoglu; Mustafa Aydin; Mehmet Taskiran; Muammer Kendirci Background: Although prostate cancer releases more prostate-specific antigen (PSA) per unit of prostate volume (PV), data are limited regarding the association between intravesical prostatic protrusion (IPP) and the PSA level...

...Eymen Gazel; Engin Kaya; Serdar Yalcin; Halil Çagri Aybal; Tahsin Batuhan Aydogan; Lutfi Tunc Introduction: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is becoming the new standard procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common condition in aging men. Most studies have...

...Yucong Zhang; Wei Ouyang; Guoliang Sun; Beichen Ding; Libin Yan; Zhize Wang; Wei Guan; Heng Li; Zhiquan Hu; Hua Xu; Shaogang Wang; Zhangqun Ye Purpose: To describe characteristics of pure small cell carcinoma of prostate (SCCP) and assess the prognostic factors. Patients and Methods: We summarized...

...Xiaojun Li; Ting Jiang; Feng Liu; Xuefeng Shao; Ye Xu; Weixin Sheng; Wei Sun Objective: To evaluate the clinical potential of urine prostatic exosomal protein (PSEP) as a diagnostic biomarker of chronic prostatitis (CP). Materials and methods: Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit, urine...

...Masato Konno; Koji Mitsuzuka; Shigeyuki Yamada; Shinichi Yamashita; Yasuhiro Kaiho; Akihiro Ito; Mika Watanabe; Yoichi Arai A 32-year-old man visited our hospital due to urinary retention. Prostate-specific antigen was 13.7 ng/mL. Imaging examinations showed a large prostatic tumor and lung...

...Tomislav Soric; Mirnes Selimovic; Lada Bakovic; Tatjana Šimurina; Robert Selthofer; Jerka Dumic Introduction: The study aimed to explore clinical influence of prostatic stones on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), seminal plasma cytokines, and serum biomarkers. Materials and Methods: A total...

.... Incontinence Prostate Apical Rhabdosphincter Cancer Endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy Laparoscopy The life altering functional consequences of undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) include, but are not limited to, urinary incontinence (UI) and erectile dysfunction (ED). Rates of UI...

...Carlos Gustavo Trujillo; Mauricio Plata; Juan Ignacio Caicedo; Juan Guillermo Cataño Cataño; Angela Marcela Mariño Alvarez; Diana Castelblanco; Daniela Robledo Objectives: To determine the impact of rectal swabs (RSs) on infectious complications (IC) following prostate biopsy (PB). Methods...

...Kuan-Yu Wu; Yuh-Shyan Tsai; Chia-Hong Chen; I-Hung Chen; Tzong-Shin Tzai; Yat-Ching Tong Purpose: To investigate the association of prostate blood flow (PBF) with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in aged males using Doppler spectral waveform (DSW) analysis. Patients and Methods: We performed...

...Ahmed H. Gabr; Mohamed F. Gabr; Basheer N. Elmohamady; Abul-fotouh Ahmed Introduction: Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) has recently started to be viewed as a promising technology that could be an alternative to different treatment options of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), especially...