Young urologists and kidney transplantation training: A survey designed by the French Transplantation Committee of the French Association of Urology (CTAFU) and the French Association of Urologists in training (AFUF).

Objective: In France, kidney transplantations (KT) are mainly performed by urologist. Young urologists and residents are involved in this activity mostly performed in emergency. How do they feel about KT training? Is KT an attractive part of the urologist activity?

Methods: This survey has been designed in the form of a questionnaire by the French Committee of Kidney Transplantation (CTAFU) and the French Association of Urologists in training (AFUF).

Risk factors for stress urinary incontinence recurrence after midurethral sling revision.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to report the rate of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) recurrence after sling revision, and to determine predictive factors of SUI recurrence.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a single academic center between 2005 and 2022, of patients who underwent sling revision. Four surgical techniques were used for sling revision (loosening, section, partial, and total excision).

Heterogeneity of contemporary grade group 4 prostate cancer in radical prostatectomy specimens.

Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the prognostic role of sub-categories of ISUP 4 prostate cancer (PCa) on final pathology, and assess the tumor architecture prognostic role for predicting biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy.

Methods: From a prospectively-maintained database, we included 370 individuals with ISUP 4 on final pathology. The main outcomes were to evaluate the relationship between different ISUP patterns within the group 4 with pathological and oncological outcomes.

Machine learning-based prediction of toxic metals concentration in an acid mine drainage environment, northern Tunisia.

In northern Tunisia, Sidi Driss sulfide ore valorization had produced a large waste amount. The long tailings exposure period and in situ minerals interactions produced an acid mine drainage (AMD) which contributed to a strong increase in the mobility and migration of huge heavy metal (HM) quantities to the surrounding soils. In this work, the soil mineral proportions, grain sizes, physicochemical properties, SO and S contents, and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms such as the Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models were used to predict the soil HM quantities transferred from Sidi-Driss mine drainage to surrounding soils.

Data Sharing and Reanalyses Among Randomized Clinical Trials Published in Surgical Journals Before and After Adoption of a Data Availability and Reproducibility Policy.

Importance: Clinical trial data sharing holds promise for maximizing the value of clinical research. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) adopted a policy promoting data sharing in July 2018.

Objective: To evaluate the association of the ICMJE data sharing policy with data availability and reproducibility of main conclusions among leading surgical journals.

Comparison of early loosening vs delayed section of mid-urethral slings for postoperative voiding dysfunction.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) is a common occurrence after midurethral sling (MUS) insertion and can result in acute or chronic urinary retention or de novo lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). However, the management of BOO after MUS is not standardised. The objective of this study was to compare two therapeutic strategies for suspected BOO after MUS.

Predictive Factors of Early Postoperative Complications After Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy for Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma.

To identify protective and risk factors of early postoperative complications after robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) for urothelial bladder carcinoma. Data of all robot-assisted cystectomies performed in six French centers between February 2010 and December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. All RARCs for bladder cancer (muscle-invasive and high-risk or Bacillus Calmette-Guerin-resistant nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer) were included.

Impact of positive vascular margins status after surgical resection of non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma with caval tumour thrombus: a propensity score multicentre study.

Background: Data evaluating the impact of positive vascular margins (PVMs) following surgical resection of non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with inferior vena cava (IVC) tumor thrombus are lacking.

Objective: To analyze the oncological impact of positive vascular margins following surgical resection of RCC with IVC tumor thrombus.

Methods: Patients who underwent radical nephrectomy with the removal of IVC tumour thrombus for RCC between 2000 and 2019 were included.

Metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma: computed tomography texture analysis as predictive biomarkers of survival in patients treated with nivolumab.

Introduction: To evaluate the value of image-based texture analysis for predicting progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma (cCCR) treated with nivolumab.

Methods: This retrospective study included 48 patients with metastatic cCCR treated with nivolumab. Nivolumab was used as a second- or third-line monotherapy.

Radiogenomics in prostate cancer evaluation.

Purpose Of Review: Radiogenomics, fusion between radiomics and genomics, represents a new field of research to improve cancer comprehension and evaluation. In this review, we give an overview of radiogenomics and its most recent and relevant applications in prostate cancer management.

Recent Findings: Literature about radiogenomics in prostate cancer emerged last 5 years but remains scarce.

Predicting Complications After Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Back to Simplicity.

Background: Robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) has a significant morbidity. Nephrometry scores have been described to predict the occurrence of complications. Their usefulness is debated.

Propensity-score analysis comparing perioperative and functional outcomes between XPS 180 W-photovaporization and GreenLight laser enucleation of the prostate: reasons to discard vaporization and move to enucleation.

Purpose: To compare the perioperative and functional outcomes between 180_W XPS GreenLight photoselective vaporization (PVP) and 532-nm GreenLight laser enucleation of the prostate (GreenLEP) in the surgical management of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO).

Methods: Retrospective review of a prospectively maintained international database of patients managed with GreenLight laser surgery (PVP or GreenLEP) was performed. To adjust for potential baseline confounders, propensity-score matching (PSM) was applied at a ratio of 1:1 to compare the perioperative and functional outcomes between the groups.

Adherent perinephric fat affects perioperative outcomes after partial nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

To investigate the association of adherent perinephric fat (APF) with perioperative outcomes, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature to clarify the impact of APF in patients undergoing partial nephrectomy. A systematic literature search using the Medline, Scopus, and Cochrane databases was performed in April 2019 and updated in November 2019 to identify studies investigating the effect of APF on perioperative outcomes in patients treated with partial nephrectomy with the aim of evaluating its impact on intraoperative, postoperative and oncological outcomes. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of the included studies.

Long-term outcomes of artificial urinary sphincter in female patients with spina bifida.

Aims: To report the long-term functional outcomes of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation in female patients with spinal dysraphism and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) related to intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD).

Methods: The charts of all spina bifida female patients with SUI due to ISD who underwent AUS (AMS 800) implantation between 2005 and 2019 at three academic departments of urology were retrospectively reviewed. Reoperation was defined as either revision or explantation of the AUS device.

Endophytic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Robot-Assisted Surgery: Functional Outcomes - A Comprehensive Review of the Current Literature.

Introduction: Robotic surgery for the management of localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has gained increasing popularity during the last decade. An endophytic renal tumour represents a surgical technical challenge in terms of identification and resection related to the lack of external visual cues on the kidney surface.

Materials And Methods: There is little evidence of functional outcomes of robotic surgery on treating endophytic masses.

Contrast-enhanced CT Texture Parameters as Predictive Markers of High-risk Urodynamic Features in Adult Patients with Spina Bifida.

Objective: To investigate computed tomography (CT) texture analysis of the bladder wall as a predictor of urodynamics findings in adult patient with spina bifida.

Methods: A single-center prospective trial was conducted from March 2015 to March 2017 including all consecutive adult spina bifida patients seen for urodynamic testing. A contrast-enhanced abdominal CT was systematically performed in all patients during the same visit.

The surgical learning curve for endoscopic GreenLight™ laser enucleation of the prostate: an international multicentre study.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of surgical experience on the perioperative outcomes of endoscopic GreenLight™ (Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, MA, USA) laser enucleation of the prostate (GreenLEP).

Subjects/patients And Methods: A multicentre retrospective study of the first patients treated with GreenLEP by six surgeons was conducted. For each patient, surgical experience was coded as the total number of procedures performed by the surgeons before the patient's operation.