Publications by authors named "Laura Lieger"

Background: To investigate the clinical implications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) negative prostate cancer (PCa) in a cohort of men undergoing transperineal prostate biopsy.

Methods: We included all men without prior diagnosis of PCa undergoing transperineal template saturation ± fusion-guided targeted biopsy of the prostate between November 2014 and March 2018. Before biopsy, all patients underwent MRI and biopsies were performed irrespective of imaging results.

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Purpose: We sought to externally validate recently published prostate cancer risk calculators incorporating multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging to predict clinically significant prostate cancer. We also compared the performance of these calculators to that of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging naïve prostate cancer risk calculators.

Materials And Methods: We identified men without a previous prostate cancer diagnosis who underwent transperineal template saturation prostate biopsy with fusion guided targeted biopsy between November 2014 and March 2018 at our academic tertiary referral center.

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Background: The reported success rates for treatments of kidney stones with either extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) or flexible ureterorenoscopy (URS) are conflicting. We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of ESWL and URS for previously untreated renal calculi.

Methods: All patients treated with ESWL or URS at our tertiary care centre between 2003 and 2015 were retrospectively identified.

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