Effect of β3-adrenoceptor agonist on the micromotion of bilateral major pelvic ganglion-excised rat bladder.

Aims: Micromotion is an autonomous intramural movement of the bladder, and is believed to be an initial step in the generation of urinary urgency. Therefore, controlling micromotion may be a novel target in overactive bladder (OAB) treatment. However, developing micromotion treatment has been limited by the absence of a standardized animal model.

Prospective randomized controlled trial comparing fulguration versus fulguration and hydrodistension for Hunner-type interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.

Purpose: In Hunner-type interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), it is unclear whether suburothelial afferents underlying normal-appearing background areas contribute to symptom development. We examined whether adding hydrodistension (HD) to transurethral fulguration (TUF) of Hunner lesions, for the purpose of treating the background areas, is superior to TUF alone.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial included 52 patients with Hunner-type IC/BPS allocated at a 1:1 (TUF:TUF+HD) ratio.

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms are Common After Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation.

Objective: To investigate lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) observed after artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation for post-radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence (PRPUI).

Materials And Methods: Cases of AUS for PRPUI were evaluated. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) was assessed using the Sandvik-incontinence severity index.

Urological presentations of adult primary tethered cord syndrome.

Aims: To investigate the urological presentations of patients initially diagnosed with closed spinal dysraphism in adulthood: adult primary tethered cord syndrome (ApTCS).

Methods: Patients with ApTCS who underwent subsequent untethering were studied. Urological presentations were evaluated grouped by symptom onset period of either after (group 1) or before (group 2) the completion of physical growth.

Autonomic response during bladder hydrodistention reflects the severity of symptoms in patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis.

Aims: To evaluate the correlation between symptom severity of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) and autonomic nervous system activity, we examined autonomic responses during bladder hydrodistention.

Methods: Medical records were collected from a prospective database for patients who underwent bladder hydrodistention with a fixed protocol from March 2012 to December 2013. A total of 40 patients (16 males, 24 females) were included for the analysis.

Can Hypertrophy of the Contralateral Testis Predict the Absence of a Viable Testis in Infancy with Cryptorchidism: A Prospective Analysis.

This prospective study aimed to evaluate whether Contralateral compensatory testicular hypertrophy (CTH) is valid as a predictive tool for a non-viable testis in children aged between 6 and 18 months, and whether CTH is affected by mini-puberty. Seventy-two testes from 60 boys aged between 6 and 18 months were categorized into three groups: 24 testes contralateral to surgically removed non-viable testes (NVTs), 24 testes contralateral to surgically corrected undescended testes (UDTs), and 24 testes from a normal controls. Contralateral testicular length and volume were measured with ultrasonography and compared among the groups.

Ureteral stent failure in pediatric patients under 10 years: occurrence and risk factors.

Objective: To examine the occurrence of ureteral stent failure in pediatric patients aged <10 years and to determine risk factors for failure.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of 100 patients who underwent ureteral stent insertion between January 2006 and December 2013. All patients were aged <10 years and were followed up until ureteral stent removal.

Which Patients Should We Follow up beyond 5 Years after Definitive Therapy for Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma?

Purpose: Up to 10% of recurrences develop beyond 5 years after curative treatment of localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Clinicopathologic features were evaluated to determine which factors are associated with late recurrence.

Materials And Methods: A total of 753 patients were diagnosed with localized RCC from January 2000 to June 2008.

Factors affecting the time to recurrence after radical nephrectomy for localized renal cell carcinoma.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the factors affecting the time to recurrence after radical nephrectomy for localized renal cell carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 321 patients who received radical nephrectomies for localized renal cell carcinoma (pT1a-pT2b N0M0). Of 29 patients with disease recurrence, 9 had recurrence more than 5 years after radical nephrectomy.

The unidirectional barbed suture for renorrhaphy during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: Stanford experience.

Purpose: Using barbed suture represents a novel technical modification in the performance of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy. Our purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this suture for renorrhaphy during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN).

Patients And Methods: Thirteen consecutive patients underwent LPN using V-Loc™ 180 (Covidien, Dublin, Ireland) suture, and a nonconsecutive control group of 24 patients, matched according to tumor size and R.