Early channel transurethral resection of the prostate for patients with urinary retention after brachytherapy.

Objective: It is recommended that transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) after brachytherapy should not be performed at an early stage after implantation. Herein we report our experiences and the results of channel TURP (cTURP) within six months post-implant for patients with refractory urinary retention.

Methods: One hundred and ninety patients with localized prostate cancer of clinical stages T1c to T2c were treated by brachytherapy as monotherapy at our institution from February 2009 to July 2013.

[Transperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy for upper ureteral calculi: a report of 1171 cases].

Objective: To evaluate clinical outcomes and values of transperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy.

Methods: A total of 1171 patients with upper ureteral calculi were recruited during September 1999 to February 2012. The etiologies included impacted calculi (n = 1100), non-impacted calculi (n = 71), multiple ureteral calculi (n = 51) and combined small calculi in unilateral kidney (n = 139).

Colon metastasis of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid change.

We present a rare case of colonic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and review the literature. A 54-year-old male was referred to our hospital with a history of bloody stools and fever. A right kidney tumor measuring about 10 cm in diameter was found by abdominal computed tomography.

A new plastic surgical technique for adult congenital webbed penis.

Objective: To introduce a novel surgical technique for correction of adult congenital webbed penis.

Methods: From March 2010 to December 2011, 12 patients (age range: 14-23 years old) were diagnosed as having a webbed penis and underwent a new surgical procedure designed by us.

Results: All cases were treated successfully without severe complication.

Pure transperitoneal laparoscopic correction of retrocaval ureter.

Background: Retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital abnormality. Operative repair is always suggested in cases of significant functional obstruction. Laparoscopic procedures have been employed as the minimally invasive therapeutic option for retrocaval ureter.

Prostatic calculi influence the antimicrobial efficacy in men with chronic bacterial prostatitis.

We studied the efficacy of culture-specific antibiotic therapy for chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) patients with or without prostatic calculi. This study included 101 patients (21-62 years old) who met the consensus criteria for CBP (National Institutes of Health category II). According to the results of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS), all patients were divided into two groups: Group 1, CBP with prostatic calculi, n=39; Group 2, CBP without prostatic calculi, n=62.

Transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenal metastasis.

Aim: The treatment of adrenal metastasis using laparoscopic surgery is evolving. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) in patients who have adrenal metastases.

Methods: From September 1998 to November 2010, 12 patients underwent LA for adrenal metastatic tumors.

[Transvesical removal of seminal vesicle mass: a report of 5 cases].

Objective: To investigate the transvesical approach to the surgical treatment of seminal vesicle mass.

Methods: Transvesical removal of seminal vesicle mass was performed for 5 patients aged 45-69 (mean 51) years. The clinical symptoms included those involving the lower urinary tract such as frequent micturition and urgency in 3 cases (1 accompanied with dyschezia), hematospermia in 1, and lower abdominal and perineal malaise in the other.

Nkx3.1 and p27(KIP1) cooperate in proliferation inhibition and apoptosis induction in human androgen-independent prostate cancer cells.

Prostate cancer (PC), which responds well to androgen ablation initially, invariably progresses to treatment resistance. The so-called androgen-independent PC is also a concern, since there is no effective therapy so far. Nkx3.

[Predictive factors for conversion of transurethral resection of the prostate to open prostatectomy].

Objective: To evaluate the factors for the conversion of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) to open prostatectomy and to provide clinical evidence for surgical options.

Methods: From January 1997 to March 2005, we performed 1 086 TURP and made retrospective analyses of 11 risk factors concerning the demographics, clinical history, laboratory data, ultrasound results, and intraoperative complications of the patients. In addition, multivariate logistic regression was used to determine those variables predicting the conversion of TURP.

Expression of Nkx3.1 enhances 17beta-estradiol anti-tumor action in PC3 human prostate cancer cells.

Aim: To explore whether the anti-tumor action of 17beta-estradiol is enhanced by re-expression of the homeodomain transcription factor Nkx3.1 in PC3 human prostate cancer cells.

Methods: PC3 cells were stably transfected with pcDNA3.

[Penile squamous carcinoma in circumcised patients: a report 17 cases].

Objective: To discuss the diagnosis and treatment of penile carcinoma in circumcised men.

Methods: We reviewed 17 cases of penile carcinoma detected 1 month to 16 years after circumcision performed in our hospital from January, 1997 to December, 2004.

Results: Of the total number, 11 cases were diagnosed as penile carcinoma 1 - 12 months and the others 3 - 16 years after the circumcision.

[Sexual-nerve-Sparing radical cystectomy: experience with 32 cases].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of sexual-nerve-sparing radical cystectomy.

Methods: Thirty-two male patients were treated with sexual-nerve-sparing radical cystectomy in our hospital in the past 5 years. The age of the patients ranged from 38 to 72 years, with the course of the disease ranging from 2 days to 20 years.

[Distribution features of Gleason score and its relationship with clinical stages in 346 prostate cancer patients].

Objective: To analyze the distribution features of Gleason score and evaluate the relationship between Gleason score and clinical stages in patients with prostate cancer.

Methods: Surveys were made of the inpatients with prostate cancer diagnosed by pathology from January 1992 to June 2005 in our hospital. Gleason score and clinical stages were determined on the basis of pathological examination and clinical data of the prostate cancer patients.

[Age and pathological features of 481 prostate cancer patients].

Objective: To investigate the age and pathological features of prostate cancer patients in recent years.

Methods: An analysis was made of the age and pathological features of 481 cases of prostate cancer pathologically diagnosed from January 1998 to April 2004, 39 cases in 1998, 69 in 1999, 73 in 2000, 68 in 2001, 72 in 2002, 121 in 2003, and 39 in the first four months of 2004.

Results: The patients ranged in age from 40 to 91 years, averaging 72, 95% between 55 and 84, and 84.

[Inverted urothelial papilloma: report of 151 cases].

Objective: To investigate the clinical features, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of inverted urothelial papilloma.

Methods: A total of 151 cases of urothelial inverted papilloma were analysed retrospectively. Of the cases, 134 were male and 17 were female, with a mean age of 54 years old.

[Expression of telomere repeat binding factor 1 (TRF1) protein in kidney cancer].

Objective: To investigate the expression levels of telomere repeat binding factor 1(TRF1) protein in normal kidney tissue and kidney cancer.

Methods: Specimens of kidney cancer and pericancerous tissues were collected from 32 cases of renal carcinoma. A quantitative Western blotting technique was developed using TRF1 monoclonal antibody to determine the expression level of TRF1 protein in total protein extracts from tissue specimens.

[Transurethral resection of prostate perioperative hypotension].

OBJECTIVE: To identify the factors to transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) perioperative hypotension. METHODS: The study group included 130 patients undergoing TURP. The control group included 50 patients who had suprapubic prostatectomy.