... operation channel, we expect enhanced efficacy and safety. Thus, we designed a randomized controlled study to evaluate its efficacy and safety. This is a prospective, randomized, open-label, and controlled study. We carried out a multicenter study in the Department of Urology of Shanghai Pudong...

... intracavernous (IC) injections of allogeneic Wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells (WJ-MSCs) was studied for the first time in the treatment of diabetic patients with ED. The primary outcome was to assess the safety and tolerability, and the secondary outcome was to assess the efficacy of 2 consecutive...

...Ahmet Sahan; Alkan Cubuk; Orkunt Ozkaptan; Kasım Ertaş; Cengiz Canakci; Bilal Eryildirim; Tuncay Toprak; Yiloren Tanidir Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the safety of ultrasonography-guided (UG) puncture and fluoroscopy-guided (FG) upper pole access (UPA) in percutaneous...

...Dongbo Yuan; Wei Zhang; Xiong Zhan; Jiaming Su; Wei Wang; Boshi Luan; Shiwei Xiao; Weihong Chen; Zhaolin Sun; Nini An; Jianguo Zhu Objective: To assess the safety of the super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SMP) versus the minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MPCNL) in the treatment...

...-MSCs) for the first time in the treatment of diabetic patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). The primary outcome is to assess the safety and tolerability of intracavernous autologous BM-MSCs, the secondary outcome is to assess efficacy of the procedure. Patients and Methods: Four diabetic patients...

...Xiaocheng Liu; Guiming Huang; Ruipeng Zhong; Shifu Hu; Ruiming Deng The aim of the present meta-analysis was to systematically examine the literature and to identify of the results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the efficacy and safety of regional anesthesia (RA) versus general...

... techniques - which are still widely used. We aim to assess the safety and efficacy of laser versus cold knife urethrotomy. Materials and Methods: We conducted a systematic search of the literature using MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS and Cochrane databases and gray literature. Primary outcomes were urethral...

... of Endourology Introduction: We aimed to perform a multi-institutional study using a national database led by the Japanese Society of Endourology to investigate the effect of surgeon or hospital volume on the safety of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Materials and Methods: Clinical data of 3,214...

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..., but in the interest of accelerating scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs, the World Health Organization (WHO) encouraged research on the safety and effectiveness of relatively simple devices that can be used by non-physicians [ 1 ]. One such device is the PrePex™ Male Circumcision System...

... al. first reported the applicability and results of microperc in 10 patients [ 3 ], Armagan et al. published the largest microperc series of 30 patients [ 5 ]. The author mentioned technical feasibility, safety, and efficiency of microperc for moderate-sized renal calculi. Recently, Hatipoglu et al...

...Seyed Reza Hosseini; Mohammad Ghasem Mohseni; Farshid Alizadeh Objective: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of percutaneous tract dilation by the one-stage method in preschool children. Methods: Between April 2009 and February 2013, all preschool (<6 years) children who were candidates...

...Lu Yang; Shengqiang Qian; Huawei Liu; Liangren Liu; Chunxiao Pu; Ping Han; Qiang Wei Objective: This systematic review was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tramadol in patients with premature ejaculation (PE). Methods: A systematic search of PubMed®, Embase® and the Cochrane Library...

...Per Bagi; Jane Hannibalsen; Rikke Permild; Sine Stilling; Dagnia K. Looms Introduction: A new compact male intermittent catheter was compared with a regular intermittent male catheter in terms of safety and acceptability. Methods: In this randomized, single-blind, cross-over study, healthy male...