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Open Journal of Urology is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in urology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in urology related problems. All manuscripts must be…
Richard K. Lee, Bilal Chughtai, Dean S. Elterman, Lauren Kurlander, Marika Yip-Bannicq, Laura McCormick, Steven A. Kaplan, Alexis E. Te
Purpose : Improvements to photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) have been made over time, particularly with the introduction of higher power systems. Few studies however have compared the performance of these systems to their predecessors. The pur…
Ramy F. Youssef, Bishoy A. Gayed, Vitaly Margulis
Upper tract urothelial cancers (UTUC) are uncommon and the information guiding their management used to be driven from small single center studies. Multi-center international collaborations should provide clinicians with best management practices as well as p…
Ziauddin Khan, Umair Tahir Khan, Imran Khan, Tahir Naeem Khan
Non-deflated balloon of a transurethral inserted bladder catheter is a problem that could be difficult to manage, especially in males. A variety of methods have been described to puncture the balloon and remove the catheter, though these can be associated wit…
Ifeanyi Anusionwu, Stacy Loeb, Stephen Juraschek, Lynda Mettee, Edward James Wright
Introduction: We aim to report outcomes and predictors of outcome of transvaginal mesh (TVM) for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). We also report frequency, severity, risk factors, and management of mesh-related complications after TVM. Materials and methods: We p…
Enrico Bigliardi, Carla Bresciani, Anna Maria Cantoni, Francesco Di Ianni, Giorgio Morini, Simone Voccia, Attilio Corradi, Enrico Parmigiani
Prostate cancer is one of the most important malignancies in men. In old men the frequency of prostate cancer at necroscopy has been reported to exceed 40%. Dogs are the only large mammals other than humans with a significant incidence of spontaneous prostate…
Mohsen R. Chenari, Shahram Gooran, Amin Zarghami, Faramarz Fazeli
Introduction: Testing for the presence of micro-organisms in the urinary tract, in order to diagnose asymptomatic bacteriuria or symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTI), is very common at all levels of health care. This study was conducted to assess the di…
Teiichiro Aoyagi, Masaaki Tachibana
Purpose: The effectiveness of daily or weekly instillation of non-alkalinized lidocaine for patients suffering interstitial cystitis and/or bladder pain syndrome was evaluated retrospectively. Patients and methods: Five female patients (40 - 71 years old) dia…
El Fatemi Hinde, Hammas Nawal, Hafid Imane, Tazi Fadl, Elfassi Jamal, Amarti Afaf
Introduction: Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinomas (MTSCC's) are recently described rare type of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). They may have morphological similarities to papillary RCC (papRCC) and in our case to carcinoma collecting ducts of Bellini. C…
Zhongyi Sun, Varsha R. Sinha, Ezekiel E. Young, Brian Bensadigh, Carmen Ceron, Bruce R. Kava, Jennifer N. Landon, Christopher J. Salgado
Penile reconstruction following cancer resection has long been a challenge due to demand for both aesthetic and functional preservation. Although various methods have attempted to achieve both goals, none have succeeded entirely. In this report, we introduce…
Asim Ahmad, Winston Tan
Castrate resistant metastatic prostate cancer remains a fatal disease. Through preclinical studies and clinical trials, a multitude of options have been made available to prolong the life of these patients, as well as improve quality of life. First line treat…
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Open Journal of Urology is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in urology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in urology related problems. All manuscripts must be… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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