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  1. The advantages and disadvantages of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mPCNL) for treatment of upper urinary tract calculi have not been conclusively dete...

    Authors: Yang Liu, Huimin Zhang, Zhi Wen, Yu Jiang, Jing Huang, Chongjian Wang, Caixia Chen, Jiahao Wang, Erhao Bao and Xuesong Yang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:171
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  3. Dysregulation of the terminal differentiation of bladder urothelium is associated with the pathogenesis of urinary tract disorders. Fibroblast growth factor (Fgf)7 and Fgf10 stimulate urothelial proliferation;...

    Authors: Kazuto Suda, Yuka Matsumoto, Takanori Ochi, Hiroyuki Koga, Nobutaka Hattori, Atsuyuki Yamataka and Tetsuya Nakamura
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:169
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  4. Plasma soluble urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) predicts disease aggressiveness in renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), but its prognostic accuracy has not been investigated. To investigate the p...

    Authors: Nessn Azawi, Karina Sif Sondergaard Mosholt, Nathalie Demuth Fryd, Lars Lund, Juan Ignacio Brignone, Nanna Hvid, Helle Wulf-Johansson, Ole Birger Vesterager Pedersen, Susanne Gjørup Saekmose and Saeed Dabestani
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:168
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  5. A variety of apoptosis genes have been confirmed to be related to the occurrence and development of bladder cancer patients, but few studies have paid attention to their significance in the prognosis of bladde...

    Authors: Zhenhai Zou, Zhong Li, Wei Sun, Wuyue Gao, Beibei Liu, Jianmin Liu and Yuanyuan Guo
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:167
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  6. This study explores the trend of urolithiasis in various countries and categorizes the countries in terms of how their urolithiasis incidence rate has changed over time.

    Authors: Nasrin Borumandnia, Payam Fattahi, Atefeh Talebi, Maryam Taheri, Mohammadamin Sabbagh Alvani, Mohammadreza Mafi Balani, Sadra Ashrafi and Hamid Alavimajd
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:166
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  7. To analyze the distribution and drug resistance of biofilm bacteria infected with upper urinary calculi patients with double J stent indwelling, and to explore the influencing factors of Biofilm Bacteria Infec...

    Authors: Qian Chen, JunBing Ye, Xiao Bin Li, Ke Zeng and Shiping Zeng
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:165
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  8. Most prostate cancers(PCa) rely on serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for biopsy confirmation, but the accuracy needs to be further improved. We need to continue to develop PCa prediction model with...

    Authors: Gang Chen, Xuchao Dai, Mengqi Zhang, Zhujun Tian, Xueke Jin, Kun Mei, Hong Huang and Zhigang Wu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:164
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  9. There are no clear conclusions as to whether heart failure (HF) and coronary heart disease (CAD) increase the risk of erectile dysfunction (ED).In our study, we used Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to di...

    Authors: Kaiyang Shao, Weikang Chen, Yaling Li, Huiyan Zheng, Ruying Hu, Jianqiao Zhang and Ting Sun
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:163
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  10. Existing epidemiological observational studies have suggested interesting but inconsistent clinical correlations between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis ...

    Authors: Huayang Zhang, Yong Huang, Junyong Zhang, Huiyi Su and Chengguo Ge
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:162
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  12. Robotic ureteral reconstruction (RUR) has been widely used to treat ureteral diseases. To summarize the surgical techniques, complications, and outcomes following RUR, as well as to compare data on RUR with op...

    Authors: Kunlin Yang, Karl H. Pang, Shubo Fan, Xinfei Li, Nadir I. Osman, Christopher R. Chapple, Liqun Zhou and Xuesong Li
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:160
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  15. Administration of adjuvant or salvage radiotherapy (RT) after prostate cancer (PCa) surgery is supported by clinical evidence and is a widely adopted strategy. On occasion, we detect changes in prostate-specif...

    Authors: Takuya Aizawa, Toshiya Maebayashi, Naoya Ishibashi, Masakuni Sakaguchi, Akahiko Sato and Kenya Yamaguchi
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:157
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  16. Acute kidney disease (AKD) is believed to be involved in the transition from acute kidney injury (AKI) to chronic kidney disease in general populations, but little is understood about this possibility among ki...

    Authors: Sizhou Zhang, Dachun Jin, Yuanfeng Zhang and Tianhui Wang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:156
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  17. Bladder cancer stem cells (BCSCs) are considered as the root cause of BC initiation and recurrence, and exosomes derived from BCSCs (CSCs-exo) are the vital tool for establishing a stable tumor microenvironmen...

    Authors: Gaojian Pan, Bo Jiang, Zhongquan Yi, Jiuhu Yin and Yadong Liu
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:155
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  18. Patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) receive α-blockers as first-line therapy to treat lower urinary tract symptoms; however, some individuals still experience residual storage symptoms. Antimuscar...

    Authors: Yi-Ting Su, Hsiao-Ling Chen, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Vinson Wai-Shun Chan, Wen-Jeng Wu and Hsiang-Ying Lee
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:154
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  19. Active surveillance has been proposed as a therapeutic option in selected intermediate risk patients with biopsy grade group 2 prostate cancer. However, its oncologic safety in this setting is debated. Therefo...

    Authors: Giorgio Gandaglia, Riccardo Leni, Sophie Plagakis, Armando Stabile, Francesco Montorsi and Alberto Briganti
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:153
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  20. Treatment decisions for localized prostate cancer must balance patient preferences, oncologic risk, and preservation of sexual, urinary and bowel function. While Active Surveillance (AS) is the recommended opt...

    Authors: Kelly R. Pekala, Oskar Bergengren, James A. Eastham and Sigrid V. Carlsson
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:152
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  21. Finding some convenient and economical indicators to initially screen overweight and obese patients at high risk of kidney stone recurrence can help them prevent stone recurrence with lower medical cost. The p...

    Authors: Kaiguo Xia, Yuexian Xu, Qiao Qi, Jiashan Pan, Rui Yao, Qingfeng Huang and Zongyao Hao
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:151
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  23. There is a tendency of prompted global health systems to reduce the length of hospital stay without compromising patient safety or satisfaction. We evaluated the safety and viability of early discharge in pati...

    Authors: Eliney Ferreira Faria, Roberto Dias Machado, Rodrigo José Costa Gualberto, Marina Assunção Valadares Milani, Lucas Tadeu Bidinotto, Marcos Tobias Machado, Ricardo dos Reis and Daniele Natália Pacharone Bertolini Bidinotto
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:149
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  25. Metabolism reprogramming is a hallmark that associates tumor growth, metastasis, progressive, and poor prognosis. However, the metabolism-related molecular patterns and mechanism in clear cell renal cell carci...

    Authors: Rongfen Tai, Jinjun Leng, Wei Li, Yuerong Wu and Junfeng Yang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:147
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  26. To evaluate three partial nephrectomies (PN) procedures: open (OPN), standard laparoscopy (LPN), and robot-assisted laparoscopy (RAPN), for the risk of initial complications and rehospitalization for two years...

    Authors: Antoine Bic, Charles Mazeaud, Julia Salleron, Aurélie Bannay, Beverley Balkau, Clément Larose, Jacques Hubert and Pascal Eschwège
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:146
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  27. The therapeutic role of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for Peyronie’s disease (PD) has been controversial in a long term. We aimed to further evaluate the therapeutic effect of ESWT for PD on the basi...

    Authors: Xiaofeng Wang, Hongquan Liu, Gonglin Tang, Gang Wu, Yongli Chu, Jitao Wu and Yuanshan Cui
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:145
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  29. The application of a second layer between the neourethra and skin was a major contribution, which has improved the outcome of hypospadias repair. Here, we report our experience of revisiting the original Smith...

    Authors: Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Reda Abualyazeed Habak, Mostafa Mahmoud Hamad and Alaa-Eldin Medhat Shahin
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:143
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  30. To share our experience using transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) treatment for focal therapy of localized prostate cancer (PCa).

    Authors: Inga Peters, Bennet Hensen, Julian Glandorf, Marcel Gutberlet, Martha Dohna, Steffen Struckmann, Markus Antonius Kuczyk, Frank Wacker and Susanne Hellms
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:142
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  32. We aimed to compare the impact of urethral transection after different techniques of bulbar urethroplasty on erectile function outcome.

    Authors: Osama Shalkamy, Mohamed Elsalhy, Saleh Mohammed Alghamdi, Mohammed Beaiti, Ibrahim Abdel-Al, Mahmoud Faisal, Tamer A. Abouelgreed, Yasser Badran, Abdrabu Abdrabu, Mahdi Al-Ayafi, Mohanad Jebril Bosily, Salah E. Shebl, Ibrahim nematallah, Ahmed Shafiea and Adel Elatreisy
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:140
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  33. Patients with localized prostate cancer (PC) are faced with a wide spectrum of therapeutic options at initial diagnosis. Following radical prostatectomy (RP), PC patients may experience regret regarding their ...

    Authors: Lukas Lunger, Valentin H. Meissner, Benedikt C. G. Kopp, Andreas Dinkel, Stefan Schiele, Donna P. Ankerst, Jürgen E. Gschwend and Kathleen Herkommer
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:139
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  34. Congenital renal anomalies are rare but may be associated with obstruction of the ureteropelvic junction. Given the rarity of simultaneous ureteropelvic junction obstruction [UPJO] and renal anomalies in the a...

    Authors: Sarah Razavi, Joshua Babbin and Douglas Dahl
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:138
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  35. Lymph node metastasis is the main determinant of survival in penile cancer patients. Conventionally clinical palpability is used to stratify patients to Inguinal Lymph node dissection (ILND) if clinically node...

    Authors: Vivekanandan Kumar, Prakrit R Kumar, Arne Juette, Davina Pawaroo, Richard Y Ball and Krishna K Sethia
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:137
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  37. Bladder cancer (BLCA) is one of the most common malignancies among tumors worldwide. There are no validated biomarkers to facilitate such treatment diagnosis. DNA methylation modification plays important roles...

    Authors: Hongxia Cheng, Yuhua Liu and Gang Chen
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:135
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  38. An arteriovenous fistula is an abnormal communication between an artery and a vein. Traumatic penile arteriospongious fistula is a rare complication and has been described as a cause of erectile dysfunction. C...

    Authors: Polona Vihtelič, Simon Hawlina and Peter Popovič
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:134
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  39. The use of postoperative prophylactic antibiotics in pediatric upper urinary tract reconstruction remains controversial. In this study, we examined whether low dose antibiotics administered following pediatric...

    Authors: Kunj Sheth, Kathleen Puttmann, Paige Nichols, Jordon C. King, Huirong Zhu, Sheila Ryan, Andrew T. Gabrielson and Ming-Hsien Wang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:133
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  42. Cystinuria and xanthinuria are both rare genetic diseases involving urinary calculi. However, cases combining these two disorders have not yet been reported.

    Authors: Peide Bai, WenZhao Zhang, Longhui Lai, Haichao Huang, Jiaxuan Qin, Bo Duan, Huiqiang Wang, Yuedong Chen, Yuanyuan Jia, Jinchun Xing, Tao Wang and Bin Chen
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:130
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  43. Transplant renal artery aneurysm (TRAA) is rare. TRAA that develops post transplantation consists of 0.10% of the vascular complications post renal transplant (Transplant Proc 41:1609-1614, 2009; Indian J Urol...

    Authors: Collin Elijah Rui Hung Ho, Wei Zheng So, Julian Wong and Ho Yee Tiong
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:129
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  47. Management of a bladder tumor during pregnancy is an uncommon clinical situation. Leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder is a rare histological type of bladder tumor and a rare secondary cancer in survivors of ...

    Authors: Hayato Hoshina, Satoru Taguchi, Hikaru Suyama, Kenjiro Kishitani, Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Yuta Yamada, Yusuke Sato, Daisuke Yamada, Naoya Akiba, Keiichi Kumasawa, Mayuyo Mori-Uchino, Yutaka Osuga and Haruki Kume
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:125
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  49. Radical prostatectomy remains the fundamental treatment for prostate cancer, and improving patients’ compliance with postoperative follow-ups is essential for improving patients’ quality of life. This study in...

    Authors: Jin Ji, Yuchen Yang, Zeyu Chen, Wenhui Zhang, Shaoqin Jiang, Xianqi Shen, Jili Zhang, Lu Lin, Min Qu, Yan Wang and Xu Gao
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:123
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  50. Traditional estimates can only provide static predictions of cancer outcomes and cannot assess the evolving effect of race on patient survival. This study aims to reveal the dynamic survival of patients with b...

    Authors: Wei Liu, Jie Xiong, Honghao Wang, Shuo Li, Zhentao Lei, Lili Jiang, Jin Cao, Lin Yang, Hongfeng Guo, Qiang Gao, Shenghan Wang and Bao Zhang
    Citation: BMC Urology 2023 23:122
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