DDD score for renal tumor: An intuitive and comprehensive anatomical scoring system to access the outcomes of retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Objective: To present a DDD scoring system in assessing the complexity and outcomes of retroperitoneoscopic nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumor.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 232 patients who underwent retroperitoneoscopic nephron-sparing surgery between January 2013 and September 2017 for a renal tumor. Both the DDD score and RENAL score were used to classify the tumors.

Taxus chinensis ameliorates diabetic nephropathy through down-regulating TGF-β1/Smad pathway.

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the common microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus. Renal fibrosis is closely related to the deterioration of renal function. The present study aimed to investigate protective effect of Taxus chinensis on high-fat diet/streptozotocin-induced DN in rats and explore the underlying mechanism of action.

Preoperative Plasma Fibrinogen Level Represents an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Chinese Cohort of Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

Background: Increased plasma fibrinogen is thought to contribute to tumor progression and metastasis. The association of plasma fibrinogen with clinicopathological characteristics, and the optimal cutoff with an ideal predictive value has not been fully determined in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). We aimed to investigate the clinical significance of this parameter in a Chinese cohort of patients with UTUC.

Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Albumin-Globulin Ratio in Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

Background: Preoperative albumin-globulin ratio (AGR) reflects both malnutrition and systemic inflammation in cancer patients. In particular, systemic inflammation has been reported to contribute to tumor progression and poor oncological outcome in various malignancies. However, the prognostic value of preoperative AGR in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) has not been examined.

[Risk factors for the development of postoperative paralytic ileus after radical cystectomy: a report of 740 cases].

Objective: To identify the risk factors that would aid in the identification of patients at the greatest risk of developing postoperative paralytic ileus.

Methods: In the retrospective study, 749 patients who received radical cystectomy from January 2005 to August 2014 were reviewed, of whom, 9 who received orthotopic ileal neobladder were excluded. Of the 740 patients, 82 (11.

[Predictor analysis of PSA response of docetaxel combined with prednisone in the treatment of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer].

Objective: To investigate the factors that may predict the effectiveness of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients who received docetaxel plus prednisone treatment.

Methods: We retrospectively collected the clinical data of mCRPC patients who has received docetaxel chemotherapy in Peking University First Hospital between February 2010 and March 2015, and the clinical factors were analyzed using univariate analysis.

Results: A total of 60 cases of patients were treated, of whom 33 with complete clinical data were analyzed.

Comparison of clinicopathologic characteristics of urothelial carcinoma between patients after renal transplantation and on dialysis.

Background: Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is a common complication after renal replacement therapy (RRT) among Chinese end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. It is unclear whether there are any differences in the clinicopathologic characteristics of UC between renal transplantation (RT) and dialysis patients; such differences could impact RRT modality selection.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed clinicopathologic data for 27 RT patients and 40 dialysis patients who were diagnosed with UC in our center to explore differences in the clinicopathologic characteristics of UC and prognoses between the two groups.

[Retrospective analysis of primary renal sarcoma: 17 cases report].

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics,prognosis, survival and diagnosis of primary renalsarcoma.

Methods: In the study,17 cases of renal sarcoma were reviewed and analyzed, the incidence, clinical manifestations, treatments and prognosis of renal sarcoma discussed and analyzed, and the correlated literature also reviewed.

Results: Radical nephrectomy was the main treatment for 16 cases, one case was punctured and pathologized.

[Analysis of clinical characteristics of renal oncocytoma: 26 cases report].

Objectives: To investigate the diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of renal oncocytoma.

Methods: The data of 26 patients of renal oncocytoma in the department of urology of the Peking University First Hospital from 1999 to 2010 were collected. Retrospective analysis of renal oncocytoma clinical characteristics of patients including pathological characteristics and long term follow-up, treatment methods, and prognosis was undergone.

[Correlation of intravesical prostatic protrusion with clinical evaluation parameters in BPH patients].

Objective: To investigate the correlation of the degrees of intravesical prostatic protrusion (IPP) measured by transabdominal ultrasound with the clinical evaluation parameters in BPH patients.

Methods: We measured the length of IPP in the mid-sagittal section by transabdominal ultrasound in 275 BPH outpatients with lower urinary tract symptoms, and analyzed the correlations of the degree of IPP with the age, prostatic volume (PV), international prostatic symptom score (IPSS), maximum uroflow rate (Qmax), and postvoid residual urine volume (PVR) of the patients.

Results: The degree of IPP was correlated positively with the age (r = 0.