A case of acute renal failure caused by bilateral, multifocal malacoplakia lesions of the bladder and ureters [0.03%]
由膀胱和输尿管多发性黏液样假囊肿导致的急性肾衰竭病例报告
Jason Bylund,Vernon M Pais Jr
Jason Bylund
Background: A 51-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and a 5-year history of recurrent perimenopausal Escherichia coli urinary tract infections presented with fatigue. She had a history of occasional urinary fre...
Does administration of transdermal dihydrotestosterone gel before hypospadias repair improve postoperative outcomes? [0.03%]
术前行透皮二氢睾酮凝胶治疗对尿道下裂修复术后结局有改善作用吗？
George W Kaplan
George W Kaplan
In an effort to improve the outcome of hypospadias repair, Kaya et al. performed a prospective, randomized study of transdermal dihydrotestosterone (DHT) gel as a preoperative adjunct to surgery. They found that patients who received DHT ge...
Does short-term ADT before and during radiation therapy improve outcomes in locally advanced prostate cancer? [0.03%]
新近诊断的局部晚期前列腺癌患者在根治性放疗前短期使用雄激素剥夺治疗能否改善患者的预后？
Emmanuel S Antonarakis,Mario A Eisenberger
Emmanuel S Antonarakis
This Practice Point discusses the 10-year data of the RTOG 8610 trial, published by Roach III and colleagues, which suggest that a short, 4-month course of neoadjuvant-concomitant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) might be sufficient to im...
Does the rate of shock wave delivery affect outcomes in patients receiving shock wave lithotripsy for urinary calculi? [0.03%]
碎石治疗尿路结石的冲击波传送速率不同是否会影响疗效？
Paul Crow,Francis X Keeley
Paul Crow
This Practice Point discusses a meta-analysis performed by Semins and colleagues, which included a total of 589 patients from four studies who were randomized to receive shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) delivered at either 120 shock waves per m...
Is the location of a positive surgical margin after radical prostatectomy important for prognosis? [0.03%]
阳性外科切缘的位置对前列腺癌的预后有影响吗？
Brant A Inman,Robert P Myers
Brant A Inman
This Practice Point commentary discusses the findings and limitations of the study by Eastham and co-workers, which concludes that the location of a positive surgical margin after radical prostatectomy is important for prognosis. The study ...
Should fluorescence cystoscopy be used for transurethral resection in patients with high-grade T1 bladder cancer? [0.03%]
荧光膀胱镜下经尿道切除术对高危T1期膀胱癌患者有效吗？
Mark H Katz,Gary D Steinberg
Mark H Katz
This Practice Point commentary discusses the study by Denzinger et al. in which patients with high-grade T1 (HGT1) bladder cancer were treated by transurethral resection with either white-light cystoscopy or fluorescence cystoscopy. Over a ...
Should elective partial nephrectomy be performed for renal cell carcinoma >4 cm in size? [0.03%]
直径大于4厘米的肾细胞癌应实施择期部分肾切除术吗？
Paul Russo
Paul Russo
This Practice Point discusses the study of Pahernik and colleagues, which compared outcomes of partial nephrectomy between 102 patients with renal cell carcinoma >4 cm in size and 372 patients with tumors
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer: argument in favor [0.03%]
肌层浸润性膀胱癌治疗中新辅助化疗的积极作用
David J Gallagher,Dean F Bajorin
David J Gallagher
A case of systemic polyarteritis nodosa with spermatic cord involvement [0.03%]
以睾丸附件动脉炎为首发症状的系统性结节性多动脉炎病例报告
Nicol C Bush,Kelly M Maxwell,Nabeel Hamoui et al.
Nicol C Bush et al.
Background: A 50-year-old man with a history of hyperlipidemia and hypertension presented to an emergency department after 10 days of fevers (temperature 40 degrees C), headache, malaise, myalgia, poor appetite, diarrhea,...
Urogenital tuberculosis in a patient with AIDS: an unusual presentation [0.03%]
艾滋病患者尿路和生殖系结核感染的一种不常见表现形式
André A Figueiredo,Antonio M Lucon,Diego S Ikejiri et al.
André A Figueiredo et al.
Background: A 38-year-old man with AIDS presented to hospital with a 3-month history of fevers, bilateral lumbar pain, dysuria and increased urinary frequency. Six years earlier he had received 6 months' treatment for pul...