Clinical efficacy and short-term outcome of combining flexible cystoscopy with percutaneous nephrolithotomy for complex renal stone management.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy and short-term prognosis of using flexible cystoscopy with percutaneous nephrolithotomy to treat complex renal stones.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients with complex kidney stones treated at Gansu Provincial Hospital of TCM and Lanzhou City No. 2 People's Hospital from July 2019 to July 2022.

Surgical outcomes and postoperative hemorrhage risk of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for deer horn shaped stones analyzed by Lasso regression.

Objective: To predict surgical outcomes and postoperative hemorrhage risk for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in cases of staghorn-shaped stones using lasso regression.

Methods: We collected data from 104 patients with staghorn-shaped stones treated with PCNL between January 2019 and December 2022 at the Department of Urology Surgery, the Third People's Hospital of Gansu Province. Medical history, stone-related parameters, and lab test data were collected.

lncRNA Erbb4-IR is downregulated in prostate carcinoma and predicts prognosis.

Long non-coding (lnc) RNA Erbb4-IR has been associated with diabetic renal injury; however, its roles in other diseases remain unknown. Therefore, the present study investigated the involvement of Erbb4-IR in prostate carcinoma. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR was used to analyze gene expression in tissue samples collected from patients with prostate carcinoma.