Value of magnetic resonance angiography before prostatic artery embolization for intervention planning.

Knowledge about anatomical details seems to facilitate the procedure and planning of prostatic artery embolization (PAE) in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPS). The aim of our study was the pre-interventional visualization of the prostatic artery (PA) with MRA and the correlation of iliac elongation and bifurcation angles with technical success of PAE and technical parameters. MRA data of patients with PAE were analysed retrospectively regarding PA visibility, PA type, vessel elongation, and defined angles were correlated with intervention time, fluoroscopy time, dose area product (DAP), cumulative air kerma (CAK), contrast media (CM) dose and technical success of embolization.

Influence of benign prostatic hyperplasia patterns detected with MRI on the clinical outcome after prostatic artery embolization.

Background: To investigate the influence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patterns detected with MRI on clinical outcomes after prostatic artery embolization (PAE).

Materials & Methods: This retrospective study included 71 consecutive patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the prostate followed by PAE at a single centre. MRI scans were evaluated and BPH patterns were determined according to Wasserman type and a modified BPH classification.

Comparison of 2-Year Oncological Outcome and Early Recurrence Patterns in Patients with Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma Treated with Open or Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy with an Extracorporeal Urinary Diversion.

Background: Data on oncological follow-up after robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) have been reported only scarcely and individual studies have reported an increase in early recurrences and atypical recurrences.

Patients And Methods: Clinical data of 89 patients with RARC were compared to 59 patients with open radical cystectomy (ORC) at a single institution. Two-year cancer-specific (2y-CSS) and 2-year overall survival (2y-OS) related to histopathological tumor stage of RARC patients calculated by Kaplan-Meier method were compared to ORC patients using log-rank test.

Can arterial stiffness parameters be measured in the sitting position?

Despite the introduction of arterial stiffness measurements in the European recommendation, pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AI) are still not used routinely in clinical practice. It would be of advantage if such measurements were done in the sitting position as is done for blood pressure. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether there is a difference in stiffness parameters in sitting vs.