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Renal Function is the same regardless of clamp technique 6 months after Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Analysis of Off-Clamp, Selective Arterial Clamp and Main Artery Clamp with minimum of 1 year follow-up. Christos Komninos*‡, Tae Young Shin†, Patrick Tuliao*, Woong Kyu Han*, Byung Ha Chung*, Young Deuk Choi* and Koon Ho Rha*    *Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, †Department of Urology, Chuncheon Sacred…

Proportion of tadalafil-treated patients with clinically meaningful improvement in lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia – integrated data from 1499 study participants John Curtis Nickel, Gerald B. Brock*, Sender Herschorn†, Ruth Dickson‡, Carsten Henneges§ and Lars Viktrup¶   Department of Urology, Queen’s University, Kingston, *University of Western Ontario, London, †Division of Urology, University of Toronto, ‡Eli Lilly Canada…

International multicentre psychometric evaluation of patient-reported outcome data for the treatment of Peyronie's disease Verena Kueronya, Arkadius Miernik*, Slavisa Stupar†, Vladimir Kojovic‡, Georgios Hatzichristodoulou§, Paulo H. Egydio¶, Georgi Tosev**, Marco Falcone††, Francesco De Luca‡‡, Demir Mulalic†, Miroslav Djordjevic‡, Martin Schoenthaler*, Christian Fahr* and Franklin E. Kuehhas† Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,   †Department of Urology,…

A significant proportion of aging men will have bothersome LUTS and will eventually seek help for this problem. Various medical therapies are available to help aleviate these symptoms. Amongst the various treatments, α-blockers are some of the most widely used drugs. Novara et al. [1] recently published a report on the efficacy and safety of silodosin in a pooled analysis of individual patient data from three registrational randomized controlled trials comparing silodosin and placebo in…

Transient receptor potential channel modulators as pharmacological treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS): myth or reality? Yves Deruyver*‡¶, Thomas Voets†¶, Dirk De Ridder*‡¶and Wouter Everaerts*§¶   *Laboratory of Experimental Urology, Department of Development and Regeneration,† Laboratory for Ion Channel Research, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, KU Leuven, ‡University Hospitals Leuven, ¶TRP Research Platform Leuven (TRPLe), Leuven, Belgium,…

Three-dimensional navigation system integrating position-tracking technology with a movable tablet display for percutaneous targeting Arnaud Marien, Andre Castro de Luis Abreu, Mihir Desai, Raed A. Azhar, Sameer Chopra, Sunao Shoji, Toru Matsugasumi, Masahiko Nakamoto, Inderbir S. Gill and Osamu Ukimura   USC Institute of Urology, Center for Focal Therapy of Prostate and Kidney Cancer, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA   OBJECTIVES To…

In patients with a previous negative prostate biopsy and a suspicious lesion on magnetic resonance imaging, is a 12-core biopsy still necessary in addition to a targeted biopsy? Simpa S. Salami*, Eran Ben-Levi†, Oksana Yaskiv‡, Laura Ryniker*, Baris Turkbey§, Louis R. Kavoussi*, Robert Villani† and Ardeshir R. Rastinehad*†   *The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, †Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, and ‡Department of Pathology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ…

Minimum five-year follow-up of 1,138 consecutive laparoscopic radical prostatectomies Ricardo Soares, Antonina Di Benedetto, Zach Dovey, Simon Bott*, Roy G. McGregor† and Christopher G. Eden   Department of Urology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, *Department of Urology, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, Surrey, UK, and †Cornwall Regional Hospital, Montego Bay, Jamaica   OBJECTIVES To investigate the long-term outcomes of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy…

Clinical performance of Prostate Health Index (PHI) for prediction of prostate cancer in obese men: data from a multicenter European prospective study, PROMEtheuS project Alberto Abrate, Massimo Lazzeri, Giovanni Lughezzani, Nicolòmaria Buffi, Vittorio Bini*,Alexander Haese†, Alexandre de la Taille‡, Thomas McNicholas§, Joan Palou Redorta¶,Giulio M. Gadda, Giuliana Lista, Ella Kinzikeeva, Nicola Fossati, Alessandro Larcher,Paolo Dell'Oglio, Francesco Mistretta, Massimo Freschi** and Giorgio…