Publications by authors named "J Langenauer"
Studies have shown that the human microbiome influences the response to systemic immunotherapy. However, only scarce data exist on the impact of the urinary microbiome on the response rates of bladder cancer (BC) to local instillation therapy. We launched the prospective SILENT-EMPIRE study in 2022 to address this question.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Patients nowadays often search video-sharing platforms for online patient education materials. Since previous assessments of urological videos were limited to English, we systematically assessed the quality of videos on treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCa), and urinary stone disease (USD) in 4 different languages on YouTube using validated instruments.
Methods: The search for videos on YouTube addressing treatment options of BPH, PCa, and USD was performed in October 2020 in -English, French, German, and Italian.
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the quality of YouTube videos on the surgical treatment of urinary stones using validated tools to assess misinformation and conflicts of interest.
- Out of 100 videos analyzed, most had low quality ratings, with only 26 free from misinformation and only 9 disclosing conflicts of interest.
- Videos from healthcare professionals and medical organizations, particularly the European Association of Urology (EAU), were found to be of significantly higher quality, emphasizing the need for high-quality, evidence-based patient education.
Purpose: To improve outcome prediction of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) by development of a model based on easily available clinical and radiographical predictors and suitable for daily clinical use.
Materials And Methods: We evaluated predictive factors for SWL success in 517 consecutive patients suffering from urinary calculi who underwent SWL between 2010 and 2018. Analyses included descriptive statistics, receiver operating characteristic statistics and logistic regression.
Readability assessment of commonly used urological questionnaires.
Investig Clin Urol
September 2018
Purpose: This study was performed to assess readability of the most commonly used questionnaires in urology including a separate analysis of their single-items to identify questions that might be especially demanding for patients.
Materials And Methods: The guidelines of the European Association of Urology were screened for recommended questionnaires. Readability was analyzed for complete questionnaires as well as their single-items separately using well established readability assessment tools, including Flesch-Kincaid grade level (FKGL), Simple Measure of Gobbledygook grade level (SMOG), Coleman-Liau Index (CLI), Gunning-Fog Index, and the Flesch Reading Ease formula.