Video: Highlights from USANZ 2018
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G’day! The 71st annual USANZ Congress, was held in Melbourne and had the biggest attendance on record for the past 6 years. The Urological Nurse’s congress: ANZUNS ran concurrently, encouraging multi disciplinary learning. An excellent and varied educational programme was masterminded by Declan Murphy, Nathan Lawrentschuk and their organising committee. Melbourne provided a great backdrop and soon felt like home with a rich and busy central business district, cultural and sporting venues,…
Video: Chitosan membranes applied on the prostatic neurovascular bundles after nerve‐sparing robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy: a phase II study
Chitosan membranes applied on the prostatic neurovascular bundles after nerve‐sparing robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy: a phase II study
Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the feasibility and the safety of applying chitosan membrane (ChiMe) on the neurovascular bundles (NVBs) after nerve‐sparing robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy (NS‐RARP). The secondary aim of the study was to report preliminary data and in particular potency recovery data.
Patients and Methods
This…
Video: Centralisation of RC for bladder cancer in England
Centralisation of radical cystectomies for bladder cancer in England, a decade on from the ‘Improving Outcomes Guidance’: the case for super centralisation
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Objective
To analyse the impact of centralisation of radical cystectomy (RC) provision for bladder cancer in England, on postoperative mortality, length of stay (LoS), complications and re-intervention rates, from implementation of centralisation from 2003 until 2014. In 2002, UK policymakers introduced the ‘Improving…
Video: Association between T2DM, curative treatment and survival in localized PCa
Association between type 2 diabetes, curative treatment and survival in men with intermediate- and high-risk localized prostate cancer
Abstract
Objective
To investigate whether curative prostate cancer (PCa) treatment was received less often by men with both PCa and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) as little is known about the influence of T2DM diagnosis on the receipt of such treatment in men with localized PCa.
Subjects and Methods
The Prostate Cancer database…
Video: Prostate Health Index density improves detection of clinically significant prostate cancer
Prostate Health Index density improves detection of clinically significant prostate cancer
Abstract
Objectives
To explore the utility of Prostate Health Index (PHI) density for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (PCa) in a contemporary cohort of men presenting for diagnostic evaluation of PCa.
Patients and Methods
The study cohort included patients with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA; >2 ng/mL) and negative digital rectal examination…
Video: Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for inoperable primary kidney cancer
Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for inoperable primary kidney cancer
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Objective
To assess the feasibility and safety of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in patients unsuitable for surgery. Secondary objectives were to assess oncological and functional outcomes.
Materials and Methods
This was a prospective interventional clinical trial with institutional ethics board approval. Inoperable patients were…
Video: Surgical outcomes of PCNL and results of stone analysis
Surgical outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in 3402 patients and results of stone analysis in 1559 patients
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Objective
To report our experience of a series of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedures in a single centre over 18 years in terms of patient and stone characteristics, indications, stone clearance and complications, along with the results of chemical analysis of stones in a subgroup.
Patients and Methods
We retrospectively analysed the…
Video: Immortal-Time Bias in Urological Research
Estimating the effect of immortal-time bias in urological research: a case example of testosterone-replacement therapy
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Objective
To quantify the effect of immortal-time bias in an observational study examining the effect of cumulative testosterone exposure on mortality.
Patients and Methods
We used a population-based matched cohort study of men aged ≥66 years, newly treated with testosterone-replacement therapy (TRT), and matched-controls from…
Video: Profiling microRNA from nephrectomy and biopsy specimens
Profiling microRNA from nephrectomy and biopsy specimens: predictors of progression and survival in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
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Objective
To identify microRNA (miRNA) characteristic of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and those indicative of cancer-specific survival (CSS) in nephrectomy and biopsy specimens. We also sought to determine if a miRNA panel could differentiate benign from ccRCC tissue.
Materials and Methods
RNA…
Video: Detecting SNs in patients with BCa intra-operatively
Radio-guided sentinel lymph node detection and lymph node mapping in invasive urinary bladder cancer: a prospective clinical study
Abstract
Objectives
To investigate the possibility of detecting sentinel lymph nodes (SNs) in patients with urinary bladder cancer (BCa) intra-operatively and whether the histopathological status of the identified SNs reflected that of the lymphatic field.
Patients and Methods
We studied 103 patients with BCa pathological stage T1–T4 who were…