[PDF] Top 20 Int. braz j urol. vol.29 número4

... Doctors Tobias-Machado and colleagues from ABC Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, presented on page 313 a comparative randomized clinical assay between ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and chl[r] ... See full document

... On the other hand, the paper also documents the weaknesses in those trials. The studies all have significant problems. Even accounting for the weaknesses of the studies of medical vs. surgical management, it is likely ... See full document

... It would have been informative to compare the operative time after complete dissection of the kidney, to determine if the longer extraction time in the morcellated group was outweighed b[r] ... See full document

... Purpose: We assessed the results of autologous fascia pubovaginal sling (PVS) in women with mixed incontinence using a validated outcome score and identified risk factors for failure.. M[r] ... See full document

... In addition, supplemental external beam radiation therapy may not improve biochemical outcomes for patients at intermediate and high risk if the target volume consists of the prostate wi[r] ... See full document

... Results: Renal function remained stable or improved in 29 patients. Postoperatively, there was a 225% increase from mean preoperative capacity and a 52% decrease from the preoperative end filling pressure. ... See full document

... Molecular genetics had an impact on classification of renal cell tumors. The genetic alterations affect the biology of the tumor cells, in respect of proliferation, cell death, differentiation, and cell adhesion; these ... See full document

... Molecular genetics had an impact on classification of renal cell tumors. The genetic alterations affect the biology of the tumor cells, in respect of proliferation, cell death, differentiation, and cell adhesion; these ... See full document

... Perineural invasion, Gleason grade, percentage Gleason pattern 4/5 carcinoma, and multiple measures of needle biopsy tumor extent, including number of positive cores, percentage of posit[r] ... See full document

... Purpose: We evaluated the accuracy of contrast enhanced color Doppler endorectal ultrasound to guide biopsy for the detection of prostate cancer.. Materials and Methods: A total of 85 pa[r] ... See full document

... Although uric acid and hydroxyapatite stones required the least and struvite and cystine stones the most shock waves to comminute, the variability within each group of stones with simila[r] ... See full document

... Isen K, Küpeli B, Sinik Z, Sözen S, Bozkirli I: Antibi- otic prophylaxis for transrectal biopsy of the prostate: a prospective randomized study of the prophylactic use of single dose ora[r] ... See full document

... Urgency in association with urinary leakage symptoms was reported by 20% of the patients while 60% of the patients reported a history of previous surgical treatment for incontinence; the[r] ... See full document

... 19. Cheli CD, Levine R, Cambetas DR, Kolker JD, Rob- erts SB: Age-related reference ranges for complexed prostate-specific antigen and complexed/total prostate- specific antigen ratio: results from East Texas Medi- cal ... See full document

... Lu J, Pilepich MV, Asbell SO, Mohiuddin M, Grignon D: Race and survival of men treated for prostate cancer on radiation therapy oncology group phase III randomized ... See full document

... These trials indicated that margin positivity and biochemical failure rates are equivalent between the 2 procedures. However, a more recent article by Boccon-Gibod et al. compared the incidence of posi- tive surgical ... See full document

... We report an additional case of progressive penile lymphedema due to chronic intermittent strangulation caused by a rubber band applied to the penile base for 6 years.. A 49-year-old man[r] ... See full document

... Testicular neoplasia is rare, especially when it is bilateral, and even more when it is synchronic, with its incidence being only 0.17% of germinative tumors of testicles.. We present he[r] ... See full document

... In a retrospective analysis we compared functional results and quality of life (LQ) of the original technique with inverted sutures as described by Schroeder-Essed and our slight modi- f[r] ... See full document

... Results: Nine (12%) testes were not localized, but their vessels and deferent duct were atro- phic. Two (3%) testes were intra-abdominal and atrophic, and 2 (3%) gonads, in the same patient, had a dysmorphic aspect. ... See full document