UroToday - European Urology

European Urology - Antitumor Activity of the Antimicrobial Peptide Magainin II against Bladder Cancer Cell Lines
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 141-147 (July 2006) Abstract - Objective: Magainin II belongs to a family of antimicrobial peptides and has been shown to exhibit antibiotic activity in a wide range of organisms.
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European Urology - Positive Effect of Counseling and Dose Adjustment in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction who Failed Treatment with Sildenafil
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 134-140 (July 2006) 1. Introduction Sildenafil citrate, a potent and selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type 5 in the penile corpus cavernosum, is a highly effective treatment for ED [1].
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European Urology - Treatment Strategy for “Non-Responders” to Tadalafil and Vardenafil: A Real-Life Study
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 126-133 (July 2006) 1. Introduction Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors are today the first treatment option of erectile dysfunction (ED) among physicians and patients [1].
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European Urology - Facilitatory Neuromodulative Effect of Duloxetine on Pudendal Motor Neurons Controlling the Urethral Pressure: A Functional Urodynamic Study in Healthy Women
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 119-125 (July 2006) Abstract - Objective: The aim of this functional urodynamic experiment in healthy women was to study the effect of duloxetine, which is a combined serotonin and norepinephrine (5-HT/NE) reuptake inhibitor, on urethral resting pressure, excitability of pudendal motor neurons, and urethral sphincter contractility.
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European Urology - Systemic Nitric Oxide Augmentation Leads to a Rapid Decrease of the Bladder Outlet Resistance in Healthy Men
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 112-118 (July 2006) Abstract - Objective: We examined the immediate effect of a systemic nitric oxide augmentation on the bladder outlet resistance in healthy men.
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European Urology - Correlations between Longitudinal Changes in Transitional Zone Volume and Measures of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in a Population-Based Cohort
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 105-111 (July 2006) Abstract - Objective: To determine whether measures of transitional zone volume (TZV) are more strongly associated than total prostate volume with longitudinal urologic outcomes.
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European Urology - Intra- and Peri-Operative Outcomes Comparing Radical Retropubic and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Results from a Prospective, Randomised, Single-Surgeon Study
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 98-104 (July 2006) 1. Introduction: Open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) is widely considered the treatment of choice for localized prostate cancer [1], [2]. New developments in anesthesia, surgical technique, overall medical management and good patient selection have improved the outcomes of this procedure [3], [4], [5].
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European Urology - Expression of COX-2 in Normal and Pyelonephritic Kidney, Renal Intraepithelial Neoplasia, and Renal Cell Carcinoma
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 92-97 (July 2006) 1. Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the third most common genitourinary tumor, accounting for 3% of all cancers in the United States [1]. Recently, 10-yr survival rate of all RCC has reached >65% due to the improvements in diagnostic imaging techniques and better treatment [2], [3].
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European Urology - Hybrid SPECT-CT: An Additional Technique for Sentinel Node Detection of Patients with Invasive Bladder Cancer
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 83-91 (July 2006)Abstract - Objective: To explore the feasibility of performing lymphoscintigraphy combined with computed tomography CT) for preoperative detection of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with invasive bladder cancer.
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European Urology - The Predictive Value of p53, p27kip1, and α-catenin for Progression in Superficial Bladder Carcinoma
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 76-82 (July 2006) 1. Introduction: In Europe and the United States, each year, approximately 20 new cases of bladder cancer per 100,000 persons are diagnosed, resulting in 5/100,000 persons dying from this disease annually [1].
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European Urology - Tumour Features in the Control and Screening Arm of A Randomized Trial of Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 70-75 (July 2006) Abstract - Objective: To compare tumour characteristics at the time of diagnosis of cancers detected in the screening and control arm at the Rotterdam section of the European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer.
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European Urology - Impact of Race, Age, Income, and Residence on Prostate Cancer Knowledge, Screening Behavior, and Health Maintenance in Siblings of Patients with Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 64-69 (July 2006) Abstract - Objective: This study evaluates self-reported changes in knowledge of prostate cancer (CaP), CaP screening behavior and other health-related activities in men whose brothers have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and to characterize those demographic subgroups of siblings at particular risk of failure to change their behavior.
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European Urology - High Radical Prostatectomy Surgical Volume is Related to Lower Radical Prostatectomy Total Hospital Charges
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 58-63 (July 2006) 1. Introduction:Several studies addressed the relationship between surgical volume (SV) and health indicators in an attempt to support the “practice makes perfect” hypothesis [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6].
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European Urology - Longitudinal Dorsal Dartos Flap for Prevention of Fistula after a Snodgrass Hypospadias Procedure
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 53-57 (July 2006) Abstract - Objective: The Snodgrass technique presents the procedure of choice for distal hypospadias.
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European Urology - Women's Sexual Dysfunction: A Review of the “Surgical Landscape”
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 44-52 (July 2006) 1. Introduction: Sexual dysfunction (SD) in women has been defined as a multifactorial condition with anatomic, physiologic, medical, psychological, and social components.
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European Urology - Therapeutic Dendritic Cell Vaccination of Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma
Wednesday, 28 June 2006
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 34-43 (July 2006) 1. Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a relatively rare disease, comprising approximately 2% of all malignancies.
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