The Role of Bladder-Washing Cytology as an Adjunctive Method to Cystoscopy During Follow-Up for Low-Grade TaT1 Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer.

Background And Objective: The role of urine cytology during follow-up for low-grade (LG) non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is not well established, although cytology has low sensitivity in detecting LG recurrences. Our study aims to evaluate the impact of urine cytology as a complementary method to cystoscopy during follow-up for LG NMIBC.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with primary LG TaT1 bladder cancer (BC) between 2010 and 2020 were included.

Best Practice in Using Social Media: The European Association of Urology Position Statement.

This European Association of Urology position statement provides a comprehensive overview and recommendations on best practices for the use of social media by urologists and other health care professionals involved in urology.

Intravenous indocyanine green to evaluate distal ureteral vascularity during robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion.

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to assess the role of indocyanine green (ICG) to evaluate distal ureteral vascularity during robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) with intracorporeal urinary diversion and its impact on the incidence of benign ureteroenteric strictures (UES).

Methods: The study included patients who underwent RARC for bladder cancer between 2018 and 2023. All patients included underwent intracorporeal urinary diversion with ileal conduit or neobladder.

Gender trends at the annual Spanish Urologic Association (AEU) meeting: A review of AEU programmes over a 10-year period (2012-2022).

Introduction: Gender equity in urological meetings is pivotal for fostering diversity and inclusivity in the field. This study aims to evaluate the representation of Spanish urologist and regional disparities, and to assess its alignment with the demographic composition of the urological community.

Materials And Methods: All urology meetings organized by the AEU between January 2012 and December 2022 were reviewed, including meeting information and details of the faculty.

Nadir prostate-specific antigen after salvage cryotherapy as a potential prognostic factor for oncologic outcomes.

Purpose: To report oncologic outcomes of patients undergoing salvage cryotherapy (SCT) for local recurrence of prostate cancer (PCa) and to establish a nadir PSA (nPSA) value that best defines long-term oncologic success.

Methods: Retrospective study of men who underwent SCT for local recurrence of PCa between 2008 and 2020. SCT was performed in men with biochemical recurrence (BCR), after primary treatment and with biopsy-proven PCa local recurrence.

The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Social Media in Shaping the New Digital Health Frontier: Powers and Perils.

Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in social media (SoMe) in health care is increasing. Benefits include personalisation of SoMe content for individual patients and identification of trends to prompt timely generation of relevant content. Data security, ethical considerations, medical accuracy, patient engagement, and regulatory compliance are issues to address for this evolving AI use.

"I Use Sunglasses . . . the Sun Can Ruin the Eyes": Latino Day Laborers' Lay Strategies to Reduce Dangers at Work.

Latino day laborers (LDLs) are at a high risk for injury and accidents at work and have limited socioeconomic resources to deal with their consequences. While little is known about LDLs' perceptions of their own vulnerability at the workplace, less is known about the strategies they adopt to confront these risks. The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess LDLs' perceptions of their workplace dangers and to document the strategies they adopt and endorse to confront them.

A Quantitative Analysis Investigating the Prevalence of "Manels" in Major Urology Meetings.

Background: Female representation in urological meetings is important for gender equity.

Objective: Our objective was to examine the prevalence of "manels" or all-male speaking panels at urological meetings.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Urology meetings organized by major urological associations/societies from December 2019 to November 2020 were reviewed.

Impact on prostate cancer clinical presentation after non-screening policies at a tertiary-care medical center- a retrospective study.

Background: In May 2012 the US Preventive Task Force issued a 'D' recommendation against routine PSA-based early detection of prostate cancer. This recommendation was implemented progressively in our health system. The aim of this study is to define its impact on prostate cancer staging at a tertiary care institution.

Primary cryotherapy for localized prostate cancer treatment.

Introduction: Prostate cryotherapy is an available treatment option for localized prostate cancer (PC) included on minimal invasive therapies but still under evaluation. We started our cryotherapy program in 2008 for selected patients with localized PC. Our objective is to evaluate the oncologic and functional outcomes of primary cryotherapy in men with clinically localized PC.

Prognostic classifier for predicting biochemical recurrence in localized prostate cancer patients after radical prostatectomy.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to develop an improved classifier for predicting biochemical recurrence (BCR) in clinically localized PCa patients after radical prostatectomy.

Methods And Materials: Retrospective study including 122 PCa patients who attended our department between 2000 and 2007. Gene expression patterns were analyzed in 21 samples from 7 localized, 6 locally advanced, and 8 metastatic PCa patients using Illumina microarrays.

Increasing kidney grafts for transplantation.

Introduction: The current pool of organs available for transplantation does not cover requirements, for this reason non-standard risk donors need to be incorporated into the pool. In this way, donors with small renal tumour are considered for transplantation after bench tumour excision. The aim of our study was to analyse our experience in using these grafts for transplantation.

Results and Lessons Learned on Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplantation.

Introduction: Nowadays, minimally invasive surgery in kidney transplantation is a reality thanks to robotic assistance. In this paper, we describe our experience, how we developed the robotic assisted Kidney transplantation (RAKT) technique, and analyze our results. .

Role of the three-dimensional printing technology incomplex laparoscopic renal surgery: a renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney.

Purpose: To report our initial experience using a patient-specific 3D-printed renal tumor model for the surgical planning of a complex heminephrectomy in a horseshoe kidney.

Materials And Methods: We selected a clinical case for a complex laparoscopic surgery consisting in a 53 year-old male presenting a local recurrence of a renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney with aberrant vascularisation previously treated with a laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. He is now proposed for a laparoscopic left heminephrectomy.

Foot-based audit of streets adjacent to new light rail stations in Houston, Texas: measurement of health-related characteristics of the built environment for physical activity research.

Background: Active travel to and from a transit station may provide significant amounts of physical activity and improve health. The ease with which people can traverse the distance to the transit station may impede or support active travel. Therefore, transit stations that have features that are supportive of utilitarian physical activity would be desirable.

Emergency surgery for perforated diverticulitis in the immunosuppressed patient.

Aim: Immunosuppression is believed to worsen outcomes for patients who require surgery for perforated diverticulitis. The aim of this study was to compare surgical outcomes between immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients undergoing surgery for complicated diverticulitis.

Method: All patients who underwent emergency surgery for complicated diverticulitis between 2004 and 2012 in a single unit were studied.

Sensitivity of carbon nanotubes to the storage of stress in polymers.

Residual stress in polymers arises from the freezing of unstable molecular conformations. Residual stress is critical because its relaxation can cause shrinkage, defects, and fractures of polymer materials. The storage of stress is purposely enhanced to develop shape memory materials.

Characterization of amyloid-β granules in the hippocampus of SAMP8 mice.

The senescence accelerated mouse-prone 8 (SAMP8) strain of mice is an experimental model of accelerated senescence that has also been proposed as a model of Alzheimer's disease as it shares several features with this dementia. We have recently reported amyloid-β (Aβ) granules in the hippocampus of SAMP8 mice, which contain Aβ42 and Aβ40 peptides and other amyloid-β protein precursor fragments. These granules appear clustered mainly in the stratum radiatum of the CA1 region and increase in number and size with age.

Kinetics of fiber solidification.

Many synthetic or natural fibers are produced via the transformation of a liquid solution into a solid filament, which allows the wet processing of high molecular weight polymers, proteins, or inorganic particles. Synthetic wet-spun fibers are used in our everyday life from clothing to composite reinforcement applications. Spun fibers are also common in nature.