| CONTENTS - VOLUME 35, 2009 | ||||||
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A Really International Urological Journal CLINICAL UROLOGY 3
Renal Parenchyma Thickness: A Rapid Estimation of Renal Function on Computed
Tomography 9
Laparoscopic Surgery for Renal Stones: Is it Indicated in the Modern Endourology
Era? 19
The Role of Liver Transplantation Techniques in the Surgical Management
of Advanced Renal Urothelial Carcinoma with or without Inferior Vena Cava
Thrombus 24
Pheochromocytoma: A Long-Term Follow-Up of 24 Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic
Adrenalectomy 36
Impact of Obesity on Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy of Urinary Tract
Calculi 43
Critical Analysis of Salvage Radical Prostatectomy in the Management of
Radioresistant Prostate Cancer 49
Corporoplasty Using Bovine Pericardium Grafts in Complex Penile Prosthesis
Implantation Surgery SURGICAL TECHNIQUE 56
Penile Torsion Correction by Diagonal Corporal Plication Sutures NEUROUROLOGY 60
Clinical and Quality-of-Life Outcomes after Autologous Fascial Sling and
Tension-Free Vaginal Tape: A Prospective Randomized Trial 68
Outcomes Following Mid-Urethral Sling Placement in Patients with Intrinsic
Sphincteric Deficiency: Comparison of Sparc and Monarc Slings
76
Investigations into the Presence of Functional ß1, ß2 and
ß3-Adrenoceptors in Urothelium and Detrusor of Human Bladder 84
Urethral Catheter Insertion Forces: A Comparison of Experience and Training
90
Re: Appendiceal Substitution Following Right Proximal Ureter Injury 92
Re: Initial Complete Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery Robotic Assisted
Radical Prostatectomy (LESS-RARP) 93
Re: The Influence of Statins on Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels UROLOGICAL SURVEY STONE DISEASE 96
Impact of real-time visualization of cystoscopy findings on procedural
pain in female patients 97
Retrograde, antegrade, and laparoscopic approaches for the management
of large, proximal ureteral stones: a randomized clinical trial
98
Robot assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a viable and safe option
in children 99
Histological evaluation of cold versus hot cutting: clinical impact on
margin status for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy IMAGING 100
Prostate cancer: apparent diffusion coefficient map with T2-weighted images
for detection - a multireader study 101
Angiomyolipoma with minimal fat on MDCT: can counts of negative-attenuation
pixels aid diagnosis?
102
Gleason grading of prostatic adenocarcinoma with glomeruloid features
on needle biopsy 104
Precursor lesions to prostatic adenocarcinoma
105
Botulinum toxin-A to improve urethral wound healing: an experimental study
in a rat model 106
Comparisons of the responses of anterior and posterior human adult male
bladder neck smooth muscle to in vitro stimulation RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLOGY 107
A new suture material for hypospadias surgery: a com parative study 108
Recovery of erectile function after unilateral and bilateral cavernous
nerve interposition grafting during radical pelvic surgery UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY 110
Secondary cancer after radiotherapy for prostate cancer: should we be
more aware of the risk? 111
Outcome of prostate cancer patients with initial PSA> or =20 ng/ml
undergoing radical prostatectomy NEUROUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY 112
Correlation of morphological alterations and functional impairment of
the tension-free vaginal tape obturator procedure 113
Pubo-urethral ligament injury causes long-term stress urinary incontinence
in female rats: an animal model of the integral theory PEDIATRIC UROLOGY 114
Long-term follow up of enteric bladder augmentations: the risk for malignancy 115
Risk assessment of incidentally detected complex renal cysts in children:
potential role for a modification of the Bosniak classification GENERAL INFORMATION 117 Information for Authors 121 Urological Calendar
CLINICAL UROLOGY 125
Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Review 140
Can Infundibular Height Predict the Clearance of Lower Pole Calyceal Stone
After Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy? 151
Perioperative Outcomes of Open Radical Prostatectomy versus Laparoscopic
Radical Prostatectomy in Asian Men: Comparison of Two Initial Series by
the same Surgeon 158
Reducing the Number of Sutures for Vesicourethral Anastomosis in Radical
Retropubic Prostatectomy 164
Uni- vs. Multiloculated Pelvic Lymphoceles: Differences in the Treatment
of Symptomatic Pelvic Lymphoceles after Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy 171
T2-Weighted Endorectal Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Prostate Cancer after
External Beam Radiation Therapy 183
Risk Factors for Bone Loss with Prostate Cancer in Korean Men Not Receiving
Androgen Deprivation Therapy 190
Sperm Banking for Male Cancer Patients: Social and Semen Profiles SURGICAL TECHNIQUE 199
Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Surgical Technique Using a 3-Arm
Approach and Sliding-clip Renorrhaphy PEDIATRIC UROLGOGY 205
A New Extra-Abdominal Channel Alternative to the Mitrofanoff Principle:
Experimental and Preliminary Clinical Experience BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLGOGY 217
Use of a Latex Biomembrane for Bladder Augmentation in a Rabbit model:
Biocompatibility, Clinical and Histological Outcomes LETTER TO THE EDITOR 227
Re: In Vitro Evidence for a New Therapeutic Approach in Renal Cell Carcinoma UROLOGICAL SURVEY STONE DISEASE 229
Combined retrograde flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy with holmium YAG
laser for renal calculi associated with ipsilateral ureteral stones 230
Percutaneous versus transurethral cystolithotripsy ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY 231
Comparison of different extraction sites used during laparoscopic radical
nephrectomy 231
Laparoscopic management of endopelvic etiologies of pudendal pain in 134
consecutive patients 232
Renal cell carcinoma: dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging for differentiation
of tumor subtypes--correlation with pathologic findings 234
Correlation of MR imaging and MR spectroscopic imaging findings with Ki-67,
phospho-Akt, and androgen receptor expression in prostate cancer
235
TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusions in “minimal” prostatic adenocarcinoma 237
Are nephrogenic adenomas renal stem/progenitor cell-derived lesions? An
immunohistochemical study
238
Oestrogen receptor expression and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the
clitoris and preputial gland structures of mice 240
Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) renal cryoablation
in a porcine model 241
Prevalence and risk factors of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis
of the jaw in prostate cancer patients with advanced disease treated with
zoledronate 242
Long-term survival after gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with locally
advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: focus on supplementary
treatment strategies NEUROUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY 243
Nonsurgical transurethral collagen denaturation for stress urinary incontinence
in women: 12-month results from a prospective long-term study 244
Urethral diverticula in 90 female patients: a study with emphasis on neoplastic
alterations
246
Corporeal grafting for severe hypospadias: a single institution experience
with 3 techniques
248 Information for Authors 252 Urological Calendar
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Anti-neoplastic Activity of Curcumin in PCa 256
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Management CLINICAL UROLOGY 271
Risks and Benefits of the Intercostal Approach for Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy 284
Prospective Comparative Study between Retroperitoneoscopic and Hand-Assisted
Laparoscopic Approach for Radical Nephrectomy 293
Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
vs. Opioids for SWL using Modern Electromagnetic Lithotripters 299
Impact of Infection on the Secretory Capacity of the Male Accessory Glands SURGICAL TECHNIQUE 310
Improving Outcome from Plastibell™ Circumcisions in Infants 315
Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 in Congenital Ureteropelvic Junction
Obstruction: Diagnosis and Follow-up
326
Voiding Dysfunction due to Multiple Sclerosis: a Large Scale Retrospective
Analysis 334
The MiniArc® Sling System in the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary
Incontinence BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL Urology 344
The Use of High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography to Evaluate Robotic
Radical Prostatectomy Specimens 354
An Evaluation of the Anti-neoplastic Activity of Curcumin in Prostate
Cancer Cell Lines UROLOGICAL SURVEY STONE DISEASE
364
Evaluation and management of post-shock wave lithotripsy pain with third-generation
lithotriptors using rofecoxib ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY 365
Laparoscopic management of intraperitoneal bladder rupture secondary to
blunt abdominal trauma using intracorporeal single layer suturing technique 366
Temperature safety profile of laparoscopic devices: Harmonic ACE (ACE),
Ligasure V (LV), and plasma trisector (PT) IMAGING 367
Prostate cancer: sextant localization at MR imaging and MR spectroscopic
imaging before prostatectomy--results of ACRIN prospective multi-institutional
clinicopathologic study 368
Urinary bladder cancer: diffusion-weighted MR imaging--accuracy for diagnosing
T stage and estimating histologic grade PATHOLOGY 370
Noninvasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder with glandular differentiation:
report of 24 cases 371
Recommendations for the reporting of surgically resected specimens of
renal cell carcinoma: the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical
Pathology UROGENITAL TRAUMA 372
Renal gunshot wounds: clinical management and out come 373
Topical haemostatics in renal trauma--an evaluation of four different
substances in an experimental setting 375
Male sexual dysfunction after pelvic fracture 376
Renal gunshot wounds: clinical management and outcome BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLOGY 377
Erectile dysfunction might be associated with chronic periodontal disease:
two ends of the cardiovascular spectrum 378
Combination of alfuzosin and tadalafil exerts an additive relaxant effect
on human detrusor and prostatic tissues in vitro RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLOGY 379
Muscle- and nerve-sparing bulbar urethroplasty: a new technique One-sided
anterior urethroplasty: a new dorsal onlay graft technique UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY 380
European consensus conference on diagnosis and treatment of germ cell
cancer: a report of the second meeting of the European Germ Cell Cancer
Consensus group (EGCCCG): part I European
consensus conference on diagnosis and treatment of germ cell cancer: a
report of the second meeting of the European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus
Group (EGCCCG): part II 382
Local progression among men with conservatively treated localized prostate
cancer: results from the Transatlantic Prostate Group NEUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY 383
Identification of risk factors for genital prolapse recur rence 384
The adjustable continence therapy system for recurrent female stress urinary
incontinence: 1-year results of the North America Clinical Study Group PEDIATRIC UROLOGY 385
Long-term followup of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid injection for vesicoureteral
reflux: late failure warrants continued followup 386
Long-term outcome of laparoscopic Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy in boys with
intra-abdominal testis GENERAL INFORMATION 388 Information for Authors 392 Urological Calendar
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New Video Section REVIEW ARTICLE 396
Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Management of Urinary Stone
Disease 406
Update in the Management of Penile Cancer CLINICAL UROLOGY 416
Secure Reconstruction Technique after Partial Nephrectomy Irrespective
of Tumor Size and Location 427
Incidence of Benign Lesions According to Tumor Size in Solid Renal Masses 432
Is There an Association between Urolithiasis and Roux- En-Y Gastric Bypass
Surgery? 436
Laparoscopic Removal of Local Renal Cell Carcinoma Recurrence 442
Challenging Non-Traumatic Posterior Urethral Strictures Treated with Urethroplasty:
A Preliminary Report 450
Straddle Injuries to the Bulbar Urethra: Management and Outcome in 53
Patients
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Is Continent Urinary Diversion Feasible in Children under Five Years of
Age? NEUROUROLOGY 467
Multimodal Therapy for Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis:
Pilot Study Combining Behavioral, Pharmacologic, and Endoscopic Therapies 475
Analysis of Rhythmic Rectal Contractions during Filling Cystometry in
Women UROLOGICAL SURVEY STONE DISEASE 485
Effects of specific alpha-1A/1D blocker on lower urinary tract symptoms
due to double-J stent: a prospectively randomized study 486
Ureteral stone location at emergency room presentation with colic ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY 487
Renal artery pseudoaneurysm following laparoscopic partial nephrectomy 488
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in renal transplant recipients IMAGING 488
Imaging in pediatric urinary tract infection: a 9-year local experience 490
Three-dimensional CT pyelography for planning of percutaneous nephrostolithotomy:
accuracy of stone measurement, stone depiction and pelvicalyceal reconstruction PATHOLOGY 491
The utility of microscopic findings and immunohistochemistry in the classification
of necrotic testicular tumors: a study of 11 cases 492
Focal prostatic atrophy: mimicry of prostatic cancer on TRUS and 3D-MRSI
studies BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLOGY 494
Stereological and biochemical analysis of muscular and connective tissue
components in the penile corpus cavernosum adjacent to the fibrous plaque
of Peyronie’s disease 495
Nerve growth factor modulation of the cavernous nerve response to injury RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLGY 496
Biodegradable urethral stents seeded with autologous urethral epithelial
cells in the treatment of post-traumatic urethral stricture: a feasibility
study in a rabbit model 496
Urethral replacement using cell seeded tubularized collagen matrices 497
Tubularized urethral replacement with unseeded matrices: what is the maximum
distance for normal tissue regeneration? UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY 498
High frequency of intracerebral hemorrhage in metastatic renal carcinoma
patients with brain metastases treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors
targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 499
Predictive factors for progression in patients with clinical stage T1a
prostate cancer in the PSA era NEUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY 500
Recurrent pseudodiverticula of female urethra: five-year experience 501
Urethral sphincter morphology and function with and without stress incontinence PEDIATRIC UROLOGY 503
Neoadjuvant gonadotropin-releasing hormone therapy before surgery and
effect on fertility index in unilateral undescended testes: a prospective
randomized trial 504
Importance of methodology on (99m)technetium dimercapto-succinic acid
scintigraphic image quality: imaging pilot study for RIVUR (Randomized
Intervention for Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux) multicenter investigation GENERAL INFORMATION 506 Information for Authors 510 Urological Calendar
REVIEW ARTICLE 514
New Trends in Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery 521
Prostatic Specific Antigen for Prostate Cancer Detection CLINICAL UROLOGY 532
Sonographic Detection of Renal and Ureteral Stones. Value of the Twinkling
Sign 542
Patient Position and Semi-Rigid Ureteroscopy Outcomes 551
PSA Levels of 4.0 – 10 ng/ml and Negative Digital Rectal Examination.
Antibiotic Therapy versus Immediate Prostate Biopsy 559
Gleason Score and Laterality Concordance between Prostate Biopsy and Prostatectomy
Specimens 565
Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: 10 Years Experience 573
Radioactive Seed Migration after Prostate Brachytherapy with Iodine-125
Using Loose Seeds versus Stranded Seeds 581
Resistance of Human Spermatozoa to Cryoinjury in Repeated Cycles of Thaw-Refreezing NEUROUROLOGY 592
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in Brazilian
Women BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLOGY 599
Effects of Curcumin in an Orthotopic Murine Bladder Tumor Model LETTER TO THE EDITOR 608
Re: Challenging Non-Traumatic Posterior Urethral Strictures Treated with
Urethroplasty: A Preliminary Report VIDEO 609
Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Cystectomy and Urachal Resection
for Urachal Adenocarcinoma UROLOGICAL SURVEY STONE DISEASE 611
Use of renal ultrasound to detect hydronephrosis after ureteroscopy 612
Treatment outcomes after endopyelotomy performed with or without simultaneous
nephrolithotomy: 10-year experience ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY 613
Initial experience with robot assisted partial nephrectomy for multiple
renal masses 614
Assessment of laparoscopic suturing skills of urology residents: A Pan-European
study IMAGING 615
T1 hyperintense renal lesions: characterization with diffusion-weighted
MR imaging versus contrast-enhanced MR imaging 616
Imaging appearance of granulomatous disease after intravesical Bacille
Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment of bladder carcinoma UROGENITAL TRAUMA 617
Impact of obesity in damage control laparotomy patients 618
Body mass index affects time to definitive closure after damage control
surgery PATHOLOGY 619
Does perineural invasion on prostate biopsy predict adverse prostatectomy
outcomes? 620
A pathological reassessment of organ-confined, Gleason score 6 prostatic
adenocarcinomas that progress after radical prostatectomy BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLOGY 621
Urodynamic and immunohistochemical evaluation of intravesical botulinum
toxin A delivery using liposomes 622
Shock wave induced kidney injury promotes calcium oxalate deposition RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLOGY 623
Urethral lengthening in metoidioplasty (female-to-male sex reassignment
surgery) by combined buccal mucosa graft and labia minora flap 624
Urodynamic changes and initial results of the AdVance male sling UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY 625
Prostate cancer detection rate in patients with repeated extended 21-sample
needle biopsy 627
Analysis of T1c prostate cancers treated at very low prostate-specific
antigen levels NEUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY 628
Prevalence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in women with
chronic urinary symptoms 629
Complications of mid urethral slings: important outcomes for future clinical
trials 630
Age at orchiopexy and testis palpability predict germ and Leydig cell
loss: clinical predictors of adverse histological features of cryptorchidism 631
Abnormal renal scans and decreased early resolution of low grade vesicoureteral
reflux GENERAL INFORMATION 633 Information for Authors 637 Urological Calendar
638 Renal Malignancy and Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus REVIEW ARTICLE 640
Intravesical Therapy for Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder:
A Critical Review CLINICAL UROLOGY 652
Tumor Thrombus Involving the Inferior Vena Cava in Renal Malignancy: Is
There a Difference in Clinical Presentation and Outcome among Right and
Left Side Tumors? 658
Metabolic Investigation of Patients with Staghorn Calculus: Is It Necessary? 664
UroVysionTM Testing Can Lead to Early Identification of Intravesical Therapy
Failure in Patients with High Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer 673
Altered Male Physiologic Function after Surgery for Prostate Cancer: Couple
Perspective 683
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for the Treatment of Lower Urinary
Tract Symptoms Related to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: How Much Should
Be Resected? 692
Imaging of the Acute Scrotum: Is There a Place for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography? NEUROUROLOGY 706
Transobturator Male Sling TOMSTM for the Treatment of Stress Post-Prostatectomy
Incontinence, Initial Experience and Results with One Year’s Experience INVESTIGATIVE UROLOGY 716
Alfuzosin Hydrochloride Transdermal Films: Evaluation of Physicochemical,
In Vitro Human Cadaver Skin Permeation and Thermodynamic Parameters UROLOGICAL SURVEY STONE DISEASE 731
Is there an adjunctive role of tamsulosin to extracorporeal shockwave
lithotripsy for upper ureteric stones: results of an open label randomized
nonplacebo controlled study 732
The effects of tolterodine extended release and alfuzosin for the treatment
of double-j stent-related symptoms ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY 733
Laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis: the Stanford University
hospital experience with 96 consecutive cases 734
Salvage robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: initial results and early
report of outcomes IMAGING 735
Segmental enhancement inversion at biphasic multidetector CT: characteristic
finding of small renal oncocytoma 736
Prostate tumor volume measurement with combined T2-weighted imaging and
diffusion-weighted MR: correlation with pathologic tumor volume UROGENITAL TRAUMA 737
Radiographic predictors of need for angiographic embolization after traumatic
renal injury Minimally
invasive endovascular techniques to treat acute renal hemorrhage PATHOLOGY 739
The significance of a positive bladder neck margin after radical prostatectomy:
The American Joint Committee on Cancer pathological stage T4 designation
is not warranted 741
Radical prostatectomy findings in patients in whom active surveillance
of prostate cancer fails BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL UROLOGY 742
Uropathogen interaction with the surface of urological stents using different
surface properties 743
Cryptorchidism with short spermatic vessels: staged orchiopexy preserving
spermatic vessels RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLOGY 744
Clinical outcome and quality of life assessment in patients treated with
perineal urethrostomy for anterior urethral stricture disease 745
Urinary side effects and complications after permanent prostate brachytherapy:
the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY 746
Long-term efficacy of maintenance bacillus Calmette-Guérin versus
maintenance mitomycin C instillation therapy in frequently recurrent TaT1
tumours without carcinoma in situ: a subgroup analysis of the prospective,
randomised FinnBladder I study with a 20-year follow-up 747
An individual patient data meta-analysis of the long-term outcome of randomised
studies comparing intravesical mitomycin C versus bacillus Calmette-Guérin
for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer NEUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY 749
Prevalence of incontinence and incontinence-specific quality of life impairment
in women with cystic fibrosis 750
Do women with pure stress urinary incontinence need urodynamics? PEDIATRIC UROLOGY 751
Adherence in children with nocturnal enuresis 752
Mitrofanoff continent catheterizable conduits: top down or bottom up? VIDEO 753
Laparoscopic Circumcaval Ureteral Repair with Concomitant Laparoscopic-Guided
Nephroscopic Calculi Extraction GENERAL INFORMATION 755 Contents - Volume 35, 2009 767 Author Index - Volume 35, 2009 770 Subject Index - Volume 35, 2009 776 Reviewers - Year 2009 780 Information for Authors 784 Urological Calendar |