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Jesse Ory, Kyle Lehmann and Jeff Himmelman Department of Urology, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, Canada Abstract Objectives To describe the technique of robot-assisted high-extended salvage retroperitoneal and pelvic lymphadenectomy (sRPLND+PLND) for ‘node-only’ recurrent prostate cancer. Patients and Methods In all, 10 patients underwent robot-assisted sRPLND+PLND (09/2015–03/2016) for ‘node-only’ recurrent prostate cancer, as identified by 11C-acetate…

The recent paper by Koo et al. [1] on ‘unprofessional’ online content amongst American urology residency graduates has received attention in the lay press and social media outlets. The paper has an Altmetric Attention score of 341 [2] – good for the fifth most online-cited paper the BJUI has ever published. Seventeen news outlets have reported the study, including MSN, Medscape, and US News & World Report. The authors report creating a neutral Facebook account and searching…

This issue's Article of the Month comes from The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore, MD, established over 100 years ago by "Diamond Jim" Brady. The cover image shows the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.     ©istock.com/UmerPK     Click here for this issue’s Table of Contents    

Having trained and worked in London throughout my urology career, I have recently relocated and joined the exciting, dynamic urology community of my birthplace, Hong Kong. Coincidentally, it so happens to be this year’s host of the Urological Association of Asia (UAA) annual congress #UAA2017. The beautiful and mesmerising night view of the Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong. Established in 1990 in Fukuoka, Japan, the #UAA currently has 25 urological associations as members or affiliated members…

Jesse Ory, Kyle Lehmann and Jeff Himmelman Department of Urology, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, Canada Abstract Objectives To evaluate the association between stent dwelling time and sepsis after ureteroscopy, and identify risk factors for sepsis in this setting. Patients and Methods The prospectively collected database of a single institution was queried for all patients who underwent ureteroscopy for stone extraction between 2010 and 2016. Demographic,…

The authors of this issue’s Article of the Month are primarily based in Nara, Japan. The cover shows the Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha, and one of the many sika deer that roam through the city.     ©istock.com/uperjoseph       Click here for this issue’s Table of Contents    

Many of the authors of this issue's Article of the Month are based in Boston, MA and the cover image shows the statue of Paul Revere, one of Boston’s most famous landmarks     ©istock.com/BDphoto       Click here for this issue’s Table of Contents    

 Jesse Ory, Kyle Lehmann and Jeff Himmelman Department of Urology, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, Canada Abstract Objective To study a novel penile reinnervation technique using four sural nerve grafts and end-to-side neurorraphies connecting bilaterally the femoral nerve and the cavernous corpus and the femoral nerve and the dorsal penile nerves. Patients and Methods Ten patients (mean [± sd; range] age 60.3 [± 4.8; 54–68] years), who had undergone…

The much awaited results of the STAMPEDE study of abiraterone for hormone naive prostate cancer was simultataneously presented at #ASCO17 and published 'on line ahead of print' in the NEJM. The formal title of the study was "Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy". Briefly, the study randomised 1917 men with locally advanced or metastatic hormone naive prostate cancer  to receive either ADT alone or ADT in combination with abiraterone and prednisolone.  significantly…