[Risk factors for decreased quality of life in patients with kidney stones predicted by the Chinese version of Wisconsin stone quality of life questionnaire].

Objective: To assess health related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with kidney stones and to predict risk factors for reduced HRQOL in the patients by the Chinese version of Wisconsin stone quality of life questionnaire (C-WISQOL).

Methods: The patients with renal stones admitted to Peking University People ' s Hospital from July 2020 to June 2021 were prospectively enrolled. The inclusion criteria included the patients with renal stones aged 18-80 years and sufficient Chinese language foundation, and the exclusion criteria included the patients with internal ureteral stents, malignant tumors, sepsis, .

Developing and validating risk predicting models to assess venous thromboembolism risk after radical cystectomy.

Background: Radical cystectomy (RC) patients are at significant risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Current predictive models, such as the Caprini risk assessment (CRA) model, have limitations. This research aimed to create a novel predictive model for forecasting the risk of VTE after RC.

Developing a Novel Prognostic Model Based on Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Types: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients Who Received Radical Cystectomy and Chemotherapy.

Background: To develop a prognostic model to manage patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) and chemotherapy.

Patients And Methods: Clinicopathologic characteristics and survival data were collated from a North American database to develop a model. Genomic and clinicopathologic data were also obtained from European and Asian databases to externally validate the model.

Efficacy of cytoreductive surgery for metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) study of 508 patients.

Background: Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy alone is currently considered the standard of care for patients with metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma (mUTUC). However, less research has been done on the efficacy of other combinations. In this study, we explored the role of cytoreductive surgery in patients with mUTUC receiving different types of systemic therapy.

Association of health-related quality of life with urinary tract infection among kidney stone formers.

Kidney stones and infections significantly affect patients' health-related quality of life (HRQOL); however, the relationship between urinary tract infections (UTIs) and HRQOL in patients with kidney stones remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship using the validated Chinese version of the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life questionnaire (C-WISQOL). We prospectively recruited 307 patients with kidney stones to complete the C-WISQOL before and after stone removal.

A novel model of urosepsis in mice developed by ureteral ligation and injection of into the renal pelvis.

Despite extensive investigations, urosepsis remains a life-threatening and high-mortality illness. The absence of widely acknowledged animal models for urosepsis prompted this investigation with the objective of formulating a replicable murine model. Eighty-four adult male C57BL/6J mice were arbitrarily distributed into three cohorts based on the concentration of the () solution administered into the renal pelvis: Sham, Low-grade sepsis (1.

Prognostic variations between 'primary' and 'progressive' muscle-invasive bladder cancer following radical cystectomy: a novel propensity score-based multicenter cohort study.

Objective: To assess prognostic differences between primary and progressive muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) following radical cystectomy.

Material And Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was used to abstract MIBC data following radical cystectomy from 2000 to 2019. Patients were classified as either 'Primary' MIBC (defined as the presentation of muscle-invasive disease at initial diagnosis) or 'Progressive' MIBC (defined as a non-muscle invasive disease that later progressed to MIBC).

Allium ureteral stent for the treatment of malignant ureteral obstruction: A median term study.

This study aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of Allium ureteral stents for the maintenance therapy of malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO). Clinical data of 25 patients (27 sides) with ureteral obstruction caused by a malignant tumor from December 2018 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Preoperative ultrasonography and computed tomography urography indicated hydronephrosis and MUO.

Long-term maintenance treatment of recurrent ureteropelvic junction obstruction with covered metallic ureteral stent.

Whether or not the covered metallic ureteral stent can be used as maintenance treatment for recurrent ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) after pyeloplasty is unknown. Therefore, this study aims to analyze its feasibility. We retrospectively analyzed the records of 20 patients with recurrent UPJO who were treated with the covered metallic ureteral stents from March 2019 to June 2021 at our institution.