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..In order to revisit the prognostic value of pretreatment p53 nuclear overexpression for the BCG response, we studied a large cohort of consecutive patients with superficial bladder cancer treated with BCG...

..Prospective evaluation of bladder tumor targeting by Hexvix(®) fluorescence...

..To review prognostic factors identified in clinical trials for remission versus relapse after intravesical adjuvant Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy for superficial bladder cancer (Ta, T1, and carcinoma in situ)...

..Finally, recent studies have shown that it would be preferable to adapt the dose and frequency of instillations of maintenance BCG to each patient. This individualized approach is undoubtedly BCG therapy's future...

..Prospective randomized studies are required to evaluate leukocyturia as a basis on which to adapt the BCG instillation schedule to individual patient susceptibility...

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..CONCLUSIONS: Patients who undergo laparoscopic radical prostatectomy can have the catheter safely removed 2 to 4 days postoperatively without a higher risk of incontinence, stricture or leak related problems...

..Being more familiar with retroperitoneal laparoscopy for the surgery of the upper urinary tract, we investigated the feasibility of live donor nephrectomy by this approach...

..diameter) pheochromocytoma. Retroperitoneal laparoscopy is a direct approach that allows the surgeon to control the adrenal vein first, thereby avoiding hypertensive events...

..The objective of this study was to evaluate the retroperitoneal approach in terms of its intraoperative complication rate, morbidity and length of hospital stay, comparing two centres using the same surgical technique...

..CONCLUSIONS: Robotically assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is feasible. This new technology enhances surgical dexterity. Further developments in this field may have new applications in laparoscopic tele-surgery...

..Retroperitoneal laparoscopy is a direct approach which allows the surgeon to control the adrenal vein first in order to avoid hypertensive crises...

..A repeat BCG course induces a favorable immune response in a subset of patients, suggesting that maintenance therapy may be beneficial...

..It can be concluded that in patients with preoperative PSA<10 ng/ml, clinical outcome and complication rates were similar, regardless of the choice of surgical approach...

..To evaluate the epidemiology, diagnosis, and outcome of de novo renal cell carcinoma in renal transplant recipients...

..To report the feasibility of radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) without postoperative bladder catheter...

..However, the use of maintenance therapy is hindered by troublesome adverse reactions. This article reviews adverse reactions associated with BCG treatment, proposed a classification and discusses their prevention and treatment...

..Very accurate surgical and pathologic evaluations before treatment and lifelong follow-up are obviously required...

..To evaluate the correlation between tumour diameter and intraoperative haemodynamic variations during adrenalectomy based on a series of 15 operated cases of adrenal phaeochromocytoma...

..We studied the immunohistochemical expression of cytokeratin 7 to determine its value in distinguishing chromophobe renal cell carcinoma from renal oncocytoma...

..CONCLUSIONS: The retroperitoneal approach to laparoscopic adrenalectomy appears to be minimally invasive and safe for adrenal tumors not larger than 5 cm...

..The patients received hormonotherapy, heparine and antithrombine III with a good follow up. About this case, we discuss the management of the patient with metastatic prostatic cancer and CIVD...

..Through a retrospective cohort, to analyse causative factors of acute renal infarction and specific therapeutic. Recall the need to carry a computerised tomoraphy (CT) in any flank pain suggestive of renal colic can hide a renal infarct...

..To identify cardiogenic failure or cardiogenic shock associated with pheochromocytoma diagnosis and emergency adrenalectomy. Update this unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma...

..To study impact of previous radiotherapy on urodynamic parameters, continence and complication rate, after prosthetic implantation with InVance® device...

..Radical prostatectomy is not currently a recommended treatment modality for patients with preoperative PSA greater than 40 ng/ml...

..Prospective evaluation of bladder tumor targeting by Hexvix(®) fluorescence...

..We thus want to emphasize on its pathological specificity in order to improve the postoperative strategic treatment, knowing it is a rare but very aggressive kind of tumor...

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..To determine the sensitivity and specificity of MRI to distinguish between superficial and invasive transitional cell bladder cancer...

..This laparoscope holder provides an economic solution that can be used in all laparoscopy units and which liberates the assistant's two hands...

..To evaluate the success of ureteral stent placement to treat or prepare for surgical treatment of urologic complications after renal transplantation, according to a type of ureteral anastomosis...

..Although large-scale studies with rigorous methodology are lacking, an overall nutritional approach could be an interesting strategy for the management of cancer of the prostate...

..TRACE ELEMENTS: Cadmium would increase the risk of cancer while selenium would have a protective effect. However studies concerning selenium carry certain methodological biases...

..ROLE OF SATURATED FAT: Saturated fat has been implicated most often in the development of cancer of the prostate, high intake being correlated with shorter survival after diagnosis of cancer...

..To evaluate the proportion of surgical workload, in terms of time and number of procedures, devoted to chronic renal failure surgery in an urology and transplantation operating room...

..Prospective study of urodynamic changes induced by transobturator insertion of suburethral tape a dip-stick under-urethral...

..We reported three cases of simultaneous pancreas kidney, a simple procedure using aortic arterial patch preleved with the superior mesenteric artery and detubulated, than the splenic artery is directly anastomosed to the patch...

..To analyze the functional and urodynamic results of a compressive sub-urethral sling with bone anchoring InVance™...

..The diagnosis of chylous ascites is referred to clinical signs of peritoneal irritation and confirmed by puncture, the treatment is initially conservative...

..Cystoscopy is an invasive exam and has shown specific limits. Urinary test, highly specific and highly sensitive, might be ideal to replace the couple cytology-cystoscopy...

..BCG therapy may temporarily restore impaired tumour rejection mechanisms in the peritumoral bladder wall, suggesting a need for maintenance therapy after the first course of BCG...

..We review some practical examples of what public health can afford to urology practice...

..To evaluate the long-term prognosis of a retrospective series of primitive malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (MNHL) of the testicle treated by orchidectomy and combined systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy...

..Many spontaneous adrenal hematomas have been observed in patients being treated by Synacthène. The purpose of this study is to define how to take those patients in charge on a short-, mid- and long-term...

..These findings may indicate that Fas ligand is a possible therapeutic molecular target for treatment of SRC...

..CONCLUSION: Urinary IL-2 levels may serve to identify patients at risk for bladder cancer recurrence after a single course of BCG and, thus, to tailor individual treatment...

..We propose a score to jointly evaluate and report cancer control and functional results...

..There are now sufficient data on NSAID and alpha-blockers. beta-agonists, especially for beta3 selective ones, and topical drugs before retrograde access are interesting and should be further evaluated...

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..The occurrence of positive surgical margins (PSMs) after partial nephrectomy (PN) is rare, and little is known about their natural history...

..Improvements in the surgical techniques should take these specific locations under consideration to decrease the incidence of positive surgical margins...

..We also investigated the impact of ofloxacin on bacillus Calmette-Guerin antitumor efficacy...

..The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and compare the risk of progression in organ-confined prostate cancers (stage pT2), according to the location of positive surgical margins...

..Bladder cancer is a common malignancy characterized by a poor clinical outcome when tumors progress into invasive disease. We sought to define genetic signatures characteristic of aggressive clinical behavior in advanced bladder tumors...

..Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy has gradually become a wholly standardized procedure, and it is now routinely performed in several centers throughout the world...