The association between triglyceride -glucose index and stress urinary incontinence in adult American women: A population-based study.

Purpose: This investigation seeks to determine the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index's link to stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in American females of adult age.

Methods: The investigation relied on data acquired via the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted over the period from 2011 to 2018. The independent relationship between TyG index and SUI was tested using multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Construction and validation of a prognostic model for bladder cancer based on disulfidptosis-related lncRNAs.

Background: Bladder cancer (BLCA) is a prevalent and aggressive cancer associated with high mortality and poor prognosis. Currently, studies on the role of disulfidptosis-related long non-coding RNAs (DRLs) in BLCA are limited. This study aims to construct a prognostic model based on DRLs to improve the accuracy of survival predictions for patients and identify novel targets for therapeutic intervention in BLCA management.

Homocysteine levels correlate with AVSS-RigiScan test parameters in men with erectile dysfunction.

Background: Although elevated homocysteine levels have been shown to affect penile erection, the relationship between homocysteine and erection at the tip or base of the penis has not been extensively studied.

Results: We found that homocysteine levels were negatively correlated with the average event rigidity of the base (r = -0.2225, p = 0.

Case report of avascular necrosis of the glans penis after PAE embolization.

Background: Prostate artery embolization (PAE) is a relatively safe and effective alternative method for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia. The adverse events caused by PAE are primarily mild, including urinary tract infection, acute urinary retention, dysuria, fever, etc. Severe complications, such as nontarget organ embolism syndrome or penile glans ischemic necrosis, are rare.

One rare case of posterior urethral hemangioma and review of the literature.

Urethral Hemangioma is a rare disease in urology. In one male patient with post-ejaculatory hematuria, a series of ancillary tests performed before surgery did not reveal the cause of the hematuria. It was found to be posterior urethral cavernous hemangiomas on intraoperative microscopy and was operated on endoscopically to relieve symptoms.

Retroperitoneal tumor finally diagnosed as a bronchogenic cyst: A case report and review of literature.

Background: Retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst (RBC) is an extremely rare developmental abnormality. Most are benign tumors but malignant transformation is possible. Because of their anatomical position, RBCs are easily misdiagnosed as adrenal or pancreatic solid tumors on radiological evaluation.

Effects of irrigation fluid temperature during flexible ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy on postoperative fever and shivering: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Flexible ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy is used to treat urinary tract calculi, but postoperative complications include shivering, fever and infection. To investigate the effects of irrigation fluid temperature on postoperative complications.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial included 120 consecutive patients undergoing flexible ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy at the Urology Department, Suining Central Hospital, Sichuan, China between January 2017 and July 2019.

miR-19a acts as an oncogenic microRNA and is up-regulated in bladder cancer.

Background: The application of microRNAs (miRNAs) as potential biomarkers and therapy targets has been widely investigated in many kinds of cancers. The discovery of tumor associated miRNAs in serum of patients supported the use of plasma/serum miRNAs as noninvasive means of cancer detection. However, the aberrant expression of miRNAs in bladder cancer patients and their intensive roles and mechanisms in bladder cancer are poorly understood.

microRNA-99a acts as a tumor suppressor and is down-regulated in bladder cancer.

Background: Increasing evidences have documented that microRNAs (miRNAs) act as oncogenes or tumor suppressors in a variety types of cancer. The discovery of tumor associated miRNAs in serum of patients gives rise to extensive investigation of circulating miRNAs in many human cancers which support the use of plasma/serum miRNAs as noninvasive means of cancer detection. However, the aberrant expression of miRNAs and the circulating miRNAs in bladder cancer are less reported.

[Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for small renal tumors: report of 59 cases].

Objective: To report our initial experiences of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) for small renal tumors.

Methods: From July 2005 to December 2008, 59 patients with small renal tumors were resected by laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Results: All operations were successfully accomplished.

[Outcomes of renal transplantation with donor kidneys with multiple arteries].

Objective: To compare the outcomes of renal transplantation with donor kidneys with multi-branched renal arteries.

Methods: The data about operation time, volume of intra-operational blood loss, postoperative complications, and post-operational renal function status of 251 recipients of donor kidneys with single-branched renal artery (Group A), 12 recipients of donor kidneys with double-branched renal arteries the diameter of one of which was < 2 mm or the estimated blood supply areas of one of which were < 10% (Group B), and 35 recipients of donor kidneys with renal arteries with 2 or more than 2 branches (Group C).

Results: The operation time was (115 +/- 34) min in Group A and was (120 +/- 31) min in Group B, both shorter than that of Group C [(133 +/- 55) min], however, not significantly.

[70 degrees recumbent position transperitoneal laparoscopy for treatment of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma].

Objective: To study the effect of 70 degrees recumbent position transperitoneal laparoscopy for treatment of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC).

Methods: From May 2004 to January 2007, 70 degrees recumbent position transperitoneal laparoscopy combined with urethral resectoscope was used to treat 31 cases of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma. At the same time titanium clip to occlude the two extremities of ureter tumor was used, extracting specimen by oblique incision of lower quadrant.

[Adenovirus-mediated CTLA4Ig and OX40Ig gene transfer induces long-term survival of cardiac allografts in rats].

Objective: To investigate the potential role of CTLA4Ig gene and OX40Ig protein in inducing transplantation tolerance and the mechanisms thereof.

Methods: Thirty Lewis rats underwent transplantation of the hearts of DA rats and then randomly divided into five equal groups: control group, blank virus AdEGFP treated group (adenovirus containing EGFP at the dose of 1-5 x 10(9) pfu/ml was infused via portal vein immediately after the operation), AdCTLA4Ig treated group, AdOX40Ig treated group, and AdCTLA4Ig-IRES-OX40Ig treated group. The cardiac allograft survival was monitored by daily palpation.

Induction of xenogeneic islet transplantation tolerance by simultaneously blocking CD28-B7 and OX40-OX40L co-stimulatory pathways.

It has been demonstrated that prolonged graft survival can be achieved through inhibiting the activation of T cells, and addition of soluble CTLA4Ig and OX40Ig proteins to mixed lymphocyte reactions can effectively inhibit T cell proliferation. To explore the potential of this type of treatment in xenotransplantation, we infected streptozotocin-induced diabetic BalB/c mice (H-2d) (200 mg/kg, IV) with 5 x 10(8) pfu AdCTLA4Ig-IRES-OX40Ig on day 1 before islets transplantation through the tail vein. The results showed that this treatment prolonged the islet xenografts survival significantly.