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Several nomograms for prostate cancer detection have recently been developed. Because the incidence of prostate cancer is lower among Asian men, nomograms based on Western populations cannot be directly applied to Japanese men. We, therefore, developed a model for predicting the probability of a positive initial prostate biopsy using clinical and laboratory data from a Japanese male population. ...
We have previously reported on the disparity in the clinicopathologic features of prostate cancer between black and white patients at our equal-access institution during the 1990s. The goal of this study was to determine whether the worse clinicopathologic features of prostate cancer in black patients have persisted in the 2000s. We examined 362 men (224 black and 138 white) treated with radical...
We evaluated the feasibility and describe the surgical technique of using the Ti-Knot device TK-5 to secure the dorsal vein complex (DVC) during 20 consecutive cases of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and cystoprostatectomy. Bloodless DVC ligation and transection was successfully achieved in 19 (95.03%) of 20 cases. In only 1 case, venous bleeding occurred after DVC transection. However, in...
To examine the association of diabetes and progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia in a prospective population-based sample of residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, with serial surrogate measures of benign prostatic hyperplasia. A cohort of 2115 white men aged 40 to 79 years was randomly selected from an enumeration of the 1990 Olmsted County, Minnesota population (55% participation rate)...
To determine the safety of the use of Durasphere in patients receiving warfarin anticoagulation. This case series included patients requiring long-term anticoagulation who also had intrinsic sphincteric deficiency or mixed urinary incontinence, and bladder outlets without hypermobility. All patients, with the exception of the 1 man in the study, were treated under local anesthesia with periurethral...
To evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) monotherapy for isolated lower caliceal calculi in a pediatric age group and compare it with that for isolated middle/upper caliceal and renal pelvic calculi. We retrospectively reviewed the data of 151 renal units in 126 children treated with ESWL for isolated caliceal and renal pelvic stones from March 1992 to February 2004...
The treatment of patients with asymptomatic prostate cancer with biochemical failure (BF) remains controversial. The early introduction of hormonal therapy causes important secondary effects and increases costs. Our general policy has been to follow-up patients with low prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and a long PSA doubling time without therapy. We report our experience using such an approach...
To assess the efficacy and safety of the pollen extract preparation Prostat/Poltit in the treatment of patients with chronic nonbacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. In a double-blind study, 60 patients between 20 and 55 years old with chronic nonbacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome were randomized to receive Prostat/Poltit or placebo for 6 months. The patients had been...
Blood transfusion in patients with malignant neoplasms may alter the disease outcome because of a theoretical immunomodulatory effect. This effect may reduce prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-free and disease-specific survival in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. However, the results in published studies have been contradictory, and this effect has not yet been determined. ...
To evaluate a low-dose abdominal computed tomography (LDCT) protocol, delivering a radiation dose close to that delivered by an abdominal plain film (APF), in patients with a clinical suspicion of renal colic. A total of 139 patients for whom an APF was requested for suspicion of renal colic were randomized into two groups. The patients in group 1 (n = 68) underwent an admission LDCT scan delivering...
To provide a single-institution analysis of the influence of pelvic intensity-modulated radiotherapy (RT) on acute genitourinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity. The records of 610 consecutive patients with prostate cancer receiving RT were reviewed. Of these 610 patients, 49 had received a prostate boost preceded by pelvic RT (PRT), 15 intensity-modulated PRT (IM-PRT), and 34 four-field...
Minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques have been applied to the staging and treatment of testicular cancer during the performance of retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. The da Vinci Surgical System potentially improves the safety and accuracy of this approach. We present what we believe to be the first published description of robotic-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, which was...
To evaluate the role of a wide range of foods on the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), we conducted a case-control study in Italy between 1991 and 2002. Although BPH is an extremely common condition, particularly among older men, its risk factors, including dietary ones, remain largely undefined. Included in the study were 1369 patients younger than 75 years old surgically treated for...
To investigate c-jun oncoprotein (JUN) expression in diseases of the human prostate gland at the tissue level and to determine its relationship to clinicopathologic variables. The expression of JUN was studied using immunohistochemistry in archival tissue from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (n = 16) and prostate adenocarcinoma (PCa) (n = 36) specimens. JUN-specific positive nuclear immunostaining...
To compare laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) and laparoscopic cryoablation (LC) for the management of small renal tumors located near the renal hilum. A retrospective chart review was performed on all patients who underwent LPN and LC. A total of 23 patients (12 LPN and 11 LC) had tumors located within 5 mm of the renal hilar vasculature. Patient data were retrospectively analyzed for specific...
To evaluate the impact of maturation and aging on the effect of bilateral in vivo ischemia/reperfusion on bladder function. Male rabbits were separated into three groups by age: immature, mature, and aged rabbits; and each group was subdivided into five subgroups. Each rabbit was subjected to 2 hours of bilateral ischemia. After ischemia, the rabbits in subgroup 1 were killed immediately; the other...
To develop a prediction model, or nomogram, that would predict the probability that a man with benign prostatic hyperplasia would experience acute urinary retention (AUR) or require surgical intervention (SI) within 2 years, with or without dutasteride therapy. We modeled 4294 men treated in the Phase III dutasteride benign prostatic hyperplasia trials. These men were characterized at baseline...
Marijuana smoking has been implicated as a causative factor in traditionally tobacco-related tumors of the head and neck and of the lung. When associated with marijuana use, such tumors occur in a much younger patient population than do similar tumors in tobacco smokers. Owing to the large number of young men with a history of marijuana presenting with transitional cell carcinoma to VA facilities,...
To evaluate the correlation between preoperative urine culture (UC) and intraoperative stone culture (SC) and the impact of SC findings on clinical decisions. UC and intraoperative fragmented SC were prospectively obtained in all patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy between January 2004 and March 2005. Patients with a positive UC received a full course of antibiotics before surgery...
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