[PDF] Top 20 Int. braz j urol. vol.39 número6

... The November-December 2013 issue of the International Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot papers in different fields. The papers come from many different countries such as Brazil, ... See full document

... Materials and Methods: We studied 16 ureters from 8 human fetuses without congenital anomalies aged 16 to 27 weeks post-conception (WPC) and 14 ureters from 7 anencepha- lic fetuses aged 19 to 33 WPC. The ureters were ... See full document

... 3. Motzer RJ, Murphy BA, Bacik J, Schwartz LH, Nanus DM, Mariani T, et al.: Phase III trial of interferon alfa-2a with or without 13-cis-retinoic acid for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. J Clin ... See full document

... While the role and the extent of lymph- adenectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma has not been clearly elucidated (compared to cystectomy for bladder urothelial carcinoma), a fo[r] ... See full document

... Recently the Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy (VEIL) was proposed as an option to reduce the morbidity of the procedure in patients without palpable inguinal lymph nodes (PILN)[r] ... See full document

... Figure 4 - In the keratinized group, a longitudinal flap was harvested from the ventral aspect of the external prepuce (A), rotated and also anastomosed with 6.0 polydioxanone in an onl[r] ... See full document

... This study evaluated the effects of 5ARI on androgen receptor (AR) and proteins involved in prostate cell growth such as HOXB13 expression in human prostate tissue and LNCaP prostate c[r] ... See full document

... The findings here presented highlight the impor- tance of health care professionals being aware of the psychosocial aspects of urinary symptoms in HTLV-1 infected subjects in order to [r] ... See full document

... Regarding the clinical-urodynamic corre- lation we can state that the complaint of urgency does not seem to represent DO, as there were 21 patients with urgency and only 5 with DO. Four out of the 21 (19%) patients who ... See full document

... In our study, we assessed PFM strength through transvaginal digital palpa- tion in anterior and posterior areas and observed statistical concordance between both methods in 76% of cas[r] ... See full document

... A semirigid ureteroscopy was performed using a Wolf 6Fr/7.5Fr (Richard Wolf, Knittlingen, Germany) and then intracorporeal lithotripsy was performed using a pneumatic lithotripter. The ure- teral stents were positioned ... See full document

... All patients underwent conservative treat- ment, including the amputation of the glans in 6 patients, local excision in 3 and partial penile amputation in 2 (3).. They believe that con[r] ... See full document

... No patient with an initial Grade 2 renal pelvis lesion has died of disease regardless of fin- dings at time of distal or segmental ureterectomy, including a patient one year after surg[r] ... See full document

... 4. Duchesne GM, Bolger JJ, Griffiths GO, Trevor Roberts J, Gra- ham JD, Hoskin PJ, et al.: A randomized trial of hypofraction- ated schedules of palliative radiotherapy in the management of bladder carcinoma: ... See full document

... The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological outcomes of patients with prostate cancer who had only one positive needle biopsy core and underwent radical pr[r] ... See full document

... Specifically SHBG serum levels were not associated with an increased risk PCa diagnosis on biopsy or with an increased risk of high grade disease in patients with PCa.. Moreover the [r] ... See full document

... In univariate analysis, except for focal extraprostatic extension, age, race, focal positive surgical margins, and maximum extent and percentage of cancer per core, all other variables[r] ... See full document

... The aim of this study was to assess the uroflowmetry data in a large population of asymptomatic Brazilian men submitted to a heal- th check up program and their correlation it with IP[r] ... See full document

... 18. Cosman PH, Hugh TJ, Shearer CJ, Merrett ND, Biankin AV, Cart- mill JA: Skills acquired on virtual reality laparoscopic simulators transfer into the operating room in a blinded, randomised, con- trolled trial. Stud ... See full document

... So, the final version of NIH-CPSI (Braz) in- cluded a modification after the pre-test phase, in or- der to reassure the face validation of the instrument. After this last modification (item 3), the question- ... See full document