Adenocarcinoma versus urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder: comparison between pathologic stage at radical cystectomy and cancer-specific mortality.

Objectives: To compare stage at radical cystectomy (RC) and cancer-specific mortality (CSM) after RC between non-urachal adenocarcinoma (ADK) and urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the urinary bladder.

Methods: Within 17 Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results registries, we identified ADK and UC patients who underwent a RC between 1988 and 2006. We examined differences in stage and grade at RC between ADK and UC patients.

Thirty-day mortality after transurethral resection of the prostate in patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy.

Background And Purpose: Seven percent of patients with prostate cancer (PCa) who are exposed to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) may need transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Our objective was to examine the rate and the predictors of 30-day mortality (30dM) after TURP in patients who were exposed to ADT in a large, contemporary Canadian cohort.

Patients And Methods: We assessed the 30dM rate after TURP in 853 men with the diagnosis of PCa who were treated with primary ADT or radiation therapy followed by ADT.

Development and external validation of a highly accurate nomogram for the prediction of perioperative mortality after transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Purpose: Benign prostatic hyperplasia affects 60% of men at the age of 60 years. Transurethral resection of the prostate is the gold standard of therapy. We assessed the 30-day mortality rate after transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia, identified risk factors related to 30-day mortality and developed a model that discriminates among individual 30-day mortality risk levels.

A population-based comparison of survival after nephrectomy vs nonsurgical management for small renal masses.

Objective: To examine population-based rates of cancer-specific and other-cause mortality after either non-surgical management (NSM) or nephrectomy, in patients with small renal masses, as several reports from selected institutions support the applicability of surveillance in patients with small renal masses, but there are no population-based studies confirming the general applicability of this therapy.

Patients And Methods: Of 43 143 patients with renal cell carcinoma identified in the 1988-2004 Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database, 10 291 had localized small renal masses ( View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Predictive value of maximum urethral closure pressure, urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence in the diagnosis of clinically significant female genuine stress incontinence.

Purpose: We determined the value of urethral hypermobility, maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) and urethral incompetence in the diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Materials And Methods: In this study 369 women with clinical symptoms suggestive of SUI without symptoms of bladder overactivity were evaluated in regard to urethral incompetence, urethral hypermobility and mean MUCP. The cohort was divided into 2 groups according to continence/incontinence status.

Observations on the function of the female urethra: III: An overview with special reference to the relation between urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence.

Aims: To analyze the relation between urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence, and to summarize the interdependence between maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP), urethral hypermobility, and urethral incompetence.

Patients And Methods: A group of 255 patients was selected from a large bank of cases. Inclusion criteria were age 20 years or above, no neurological disease, stable bladder, and no previous incontinence surgery or hysterectomy.

Observations on the function of the female urethra: II: Relation between maximum urethral closure pressure at rest and the degree of urethral incompetence.

Aims: To study the relation between maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) at rest and the degree of urethral incompetence in the female.

Patients And Methods: Two hundred fifty five patients aged 20 years or older, with stable bladders on multichannel urodynamics, without known neurological pathology, and with no previous history of pelvic or anti-incontinence surgery were included in the study. Resting urethral pressure profile (UPP) and the grade of urethral incompetence was registered.

Observations on the function of the female urethra: I: relation between maximum urethral closure pressure at rest and urethral hypermobility.

Aims: To study the relation between maximum urethral closure pressure at rest and urethral hypermobility in female patients.

Patients And Methods: We selected 255 patients aged 20 years and older, with a stable bladder on multichannel urodynamics, without known neurological pathology, and without a history of pelvic or anti-incontinence surgery. A resting urethral pressure profile and the degree of urethral hypermobility were registered.

Frequency-volume chart: the minimum number of days required to obtain reliable results.

Aims: There is wide variation in the number of days necessary to maintain a diary and still furnish reliable data on which to base a sound clinical assessment. Estimates range from 1 day to 2 weeks, 7 days probably being the criterion standard. The goal of this retrospective study was to evaluate how much the 7-day period could be shortened without compromising the reliability of data.