The effect of enhanced recovery after surgery on oncologic outcome following radical cystectomy for urothelial bladder carcinoma.

Introduction: Limited data are available regarding the effect of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols on the long-term outcomes of radical cystectomy (RC) in bladder cancer patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the oncological outcomes in patients who underwent RC with ERAS protocol.

Methods: We reviewed the records of patients who underwent RC for primary urothelial bladder carcinoma with curative intent from January 2003 to August 2022.

Long-term renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease following radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder.

Objective: To evaluate long-term renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage IIIa who underwent radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder (RC/ONB) compared to matched controls.

Patients And Methods: Using our Institutional Review Board-approved institutional database, patients with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 45-59.9 mL/min/1.

Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Associated With Renal Angiomyolipoma in a Jehovah's Witness Patient.

We present a case of a young premenopausal female patient who was found to have a left-sided renal mass consistent with angiomyolipoma (AML) with Mayo Level IIIa vena caval tumor thrombus. The patient is of Jehovah's witness faith and would not accept blood transfusion. The following case report discusses workup and treatment for AML with tumor thrombus extension, as well as pre-operative optimization and intra-operative techniques during nephrectomy and thrombectomy to minimize blood loss in a patient unaccepting of blood transfusion.

Evaluation of Bowel Function Following Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion Using Two Validated Questionnaires: What Are the Effects on Quality of Life?

Objective: To assess both short- and long-term constipation symptoms and their impact on quality of life in patients who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) with three different types of urinary diversion: orthotopic neobladder (ONB), continent cutaneous diversion (CCD), and ileal conduit (IC).

Materials And Methods: The validated Patient Assessment of Constipation Symptoms (PAC-SYM) and Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality of Life (PAC-QOL) questionnaires were administered to all patients at follow-up greater than 30 days from surgery. Clinical and pathological characteristics were prospectively recorded in an institutional review board approved bladder cancer database.

Prospective evaluation of blue-light flexible cystoscopy with hexaminolevulinate in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Objectives: To evaluate the utility of blue-light flexible cystoscopy (BLFC) for surveillance of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

Patients And Methods: Prospective cohort of consecutive patients who underwent office-based BLFC for NMIBC. Clinical information was collected including cystoscopic findings and pathological data.

Intravesical electromotive administration of botulinum toxin type A in improving the bladder and bowel functions: Evidence for novel mechanism of action.

To examine the hypothesis that what is the concomitant mechanism of action botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) administration by intravesical electromotive into the bladder resulting in bladder function improvement. We also tried to confirm the possibility of retrograde trans-axonal transportation of toxin. Animal study.

Management of non-neuropathic underactive bladder in children with voiding dysfunction by animated biofeedback: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of animated biofeedback and pelvic floor muscle (PFM) exercise in managing children with non-neuropathic underactive bladder (UB).

Methods: A total of 50 children with UB without underlying neuropathic disease, aged 5-16 years, were included in this study. They were randomly divided into 2 equal treatment groups comprising standard urotherapy (hydration, scheduled voiding, toilet training, and diet) with (group A) or without (group B) animated biofeedback and PFM exercise.

Whole-organ tissue engineering: decellularization and recellularization of three-dimensional matrix liver scaffolds.

To report the results of whole liver decellularization by two different methods. To present the results of grafting rat and sheep decellularized liver matrix (DLM) into the normal rat liver and compare natural cell seeding process in homo/xenograft of DLM. To compare the results of in vitro whole liver recellularization with rats' neonatal green fluorescent protein (GFP)-positive hepatic cells with outcomes of in vivo recellularization process.