Enhanced Prognostic Factors for Disease-Free Survival in Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Insights From Songklanagarind Hospital.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate disease-free survival (DFS) outcomes and associated prognostic factors among surgically treated penile cancer patients at Songklanagarind Hospital, Thailand, over a 20-year period.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 208 primary penile cancer patients treated between January 2001 and December 2022. Disease-free survival was assessed using Kaplan-Meier survival curves, and Cox proportional hazard models were employed for multivariate analysis.

Real world data of recurrent and survival rates of penile cancer patients in Songklanagarind hospital: Tumor stage as a predictor for disease-free survival.

Objective: This study investigated disease-free survival and oncological outcomes in penile cancer patients treated surgically at a high-volume center and identified the prognostic factors for disease-free survival.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on primary penile cancer patients diagnosed and treated at Songklanagarind Hospital, Thailand, between January 2001 and December 2021. Disease-free survival (DFS) was assessed using Kaplan-Meier survival curves, and Cox proportional hazard models were used for multivariate analysis.

Comparison of the Y-pouch orthotopic neobladder and the Studer technique after radical cystectomy: surgical and functional outcomes from a single-center series.

Background: To explore a method of constructing an orthotopic ileal neobladder (ONB) in the Y-pouch configuration. We describe the steps followed to create the Y-pouch ileal orthotopic neobladder (ONB) and compared the perioperative, functional, and urodynamics outcomes with the Studer neobladder technique.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 90 bladder cancer patients, who received open radical cystectomy with the ONB performed at a hospital from June 2009 to May 2020.

The changing composition of urinary calculi in Southern Thailand over the past 14 years.

Objective: A worldwide increased incidence of urolithiasis has been observed over the past few decades. Insight into the composition of these stones can lead to enhanced medical treatment and outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine the distribution and chemical composition of urinary calculi in Southern Thailand over the past decade.

Comparison of Perioperative, Functional, and Oncological Outcomes of Transperitoneal and Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the oncological, functional, and perioperative outcomes of localized and locally advanced prostate cancer treated with intraperitoneal or extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP).

Methods: From April, 2008, through December, 2020, 266 patients underwent laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, 168 cases with an extraperitoneal approach (E-LRP) and 98 cases using a transperitoneal approach (T-LRP). The clinical, perioperative, functional, and oncological outcomes were collected and compared between these groups.

Neoadjuvant versus Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Resectable Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer.

Introduction: In regards to resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) patients, contemporary guidelines recommend treatment with radical cystectomy and perioperative chemotherapy (neoadjuvant or adjuvant). In addition, the 5-year survival rate ranges from 36% to 48% in connection to T3 or T4 staged tumors or lymph node metastatic tumors. Perioperative treatment can improve overall survival, and the most robust evidence are in favor of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Bladder: A Rare Case Report in Asia and Review of the Literature.

Background: Primary malignant melanoma (PMM) of the bladder is extremely rare and has a poor prognosis; just 40 cases of PMM of the bladder have been recorded in the literature. We described a case of PMM of the bladder, treatment, and a review of the literature because the recommended treatment choices are not widely known.

Case Presentation: An 80-year-old Thai female came in with a three-month history of pelvic pain and dysuria without extensive hematuria.

Oncological Outcomes of Radical Cystectomy for Transitional Cell Carcinoma of Bladder.

Objective: To investigate the oncological outcome of radical cystectomy for muscle invasive bladder (MIBC) on cancerspecific survival.

Material And Method: A consecutive series of patients undergoing radical cystectomy from 2004 to 2012 were recorded. The prognostic significance of several clinicopathologic factors in these patients were analyzed.

Oncological Outcome of Docetaxel-Based Chemotherapy for Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Objective: To retrospectively review the oncological outcome of docetaxel-based chemotherapy in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Material And Method: The present study included 68 patients with mCRPC who were treated with 3-weekly docetaxel (75 mg/m2) plus prednisone between 2010 and 2014. The prognostic significance of several clinicopathologic factors in these patients were analyzed.

Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in Songklanagarind Hospital: first series from Southern Thailand.

Objective: To describe our technique of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and evaluated outcome during the first year experience in Songklanagarind Hospital.

Material And Method: Between August 2011 and October 2012, sixteen patients of localized prostate cancer underwent LRP in Songklanagarind Hospital and were evaluated. The authors used five ports and conducted with an extraperitoneal approach.

Renal pelvic villous adenoma presented with mucusuria: report of a case and literature review.

Villous adenomas of the urinary tract are an uncommon condition, and appear mostly in patients where the disease occurred in the lower urinary tract. In contrast, upper urinary tract villous adenomas are a rare condition. Currently, just three cases of villous adenoma in the renal pelvis have been published.

Tuberculosis of the urinary tract in southern Thailand.

Background: The urinary system is one of the common sites of involvement of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The accurate diagnosis and treatment of extrapulmonary TB is complex and difficult.

Objective: To address the epidemiology and drug susceptibility of urinary tract TB in southern Thailand.

Staghorn calculi in southern Thailand.

Objective: To study the characteristics and components of staghorn calculi in southern Thailand.

Material And Method: 5,445 urolithiasis patients who underwent treatment in Songklanagarind Hospital between 1997 and 2000 were reviewed and 86 of them were included by the criteria of "complete staghorn" calculi. General data, laboratory data at presentation, and the component analysis was performed with infrared spectroscopy were analyzed.

Urinary tract calculi in southern Thailand.

Objective: To study the epidemiology of urolithiasis in Southern Thailand.

Design: Descriptive study.

Material And Method: An overview of urolithiasis in the South of Thailand was derived from 10,344 urolithiasis patients seeking treatment in 14 hospitals in southern Thailand, from January to December 2000.

Prediction of upper urinary tract calculi using an artificial neural network.

Objectives: To evaluate the possibility of using an artificial neural network (ANN) in upper urinary tract calculi prediction.

Material And Method: Data of 168 upper urinary tract calculi patients treated in the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Songklanagarind Hospital from January 1997 to December 2000 were reviewed and classified into 6 catagories and 20 characteristics. 100 items were used in training and 68 in testing for an ANN designed with 3 layers: 20 nodes for an input layer, 5 nodes for a hidden layer and a node for the output.