Comparison of Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy vs. Conventional Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: An Up-to-Date Meta-Analysis.

The Retzius space-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RS-RARP) has shown better results in urinary continence, but its efficacy and safety compared to conventional robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (c-RARP) remain controversial. A research was conducted in Medline PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Web of Science up to January 4, 2021, to identify studies comparing RS-RARP to c-RARP. We used RevMan 5.

Risk Factors of Infectious Complications following Ureteroscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: To investigate the potential risk factors of infectious complications following ureteroscopy (URS).

Materials And Methods: Studies reporting risk factors of infectious complications following URS were searched via PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases up to August 30, 2019. OR or mean difference (MD) with 95% CI was calculated to assess the potential risk factors.

Role of interleukin-17A in early graft rejection after orthotopic lung transplantation in mice.

Background: The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying lung allograft rejection remain poorly understood. We investigated the potential role of interleukin (IL)-17A in lung transplant rejection in a mouse model, because previous studies in clinical and rodent models have implicated IL-17A in both acute and chronic rejection.

Methods: To generate an orthotopic lung transplantation model, lungs from C57BL/6 or BALB/c mice were transplanted into C57BL/6 mice (isograft and allograft models, respectively).