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Safety and Efficacy of Same-Session Bilateral Ureteroscopy
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2003-12-01)
Purpose: Same-session ureteroscopy for bilateral urinary calculi would potentially reduce costs and the need for a second anesthetic compared with staged procedures. We sought to establish the safety and efficacy of ...
Importance of Perioperative Processes of Care for Length of Hospital Stay after Laparoscopic Surgery
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2006-10-01)
Background and Purpose: The technologic imperative has prompted the adoption of complex laparoscopic techniques by physicians with various degrees of skill. We sought to measure the impact of both case mix and physician ...
The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean
(Nature Publishing Group, 2006-06-01)
The history of the Arctic Ocean during the Cenozoic era ( 0 - 65 million years ago) is largely unknown from direct evidence. Here we present a Cenozoic palaeoceanographic record constructed from >400 m of sediment core ...
Metastasis suppressor gene Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) is a novel prognostic marker in prostate cancer
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-02-15)
BACKGROUND Diminished expression of Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP), an inhibitor of the Raf signaling cascade, promotes prostate cancer (PCa) metastasis in a murine model, suggesting that it is a metastasis suppressor ...
Risk factors for adverse outcomes after transurethral resection of bladder tumors
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006)
BACKGROUND Risk factors for adverse outcomes after transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBT) have not been identified to date. Such information would facilitate preoperative risk stratification and case-mix–adjusted ...
Risk stratification of patients with nodal involvement in upper tract urothelial carcinoma: value of lymph-node density
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-02)
To determine the risk factors associated with clinical outcome in patients with lymph node (LN)-positive urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (UTUC) treated with radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) and lymphadenectomy, ...
Laparoscopic and Open Surgical Nephrectomy for Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2005-09-01)
Background and Purpose: Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a severe, chronic renal-parenchymal infection. Nephrectomy is the treatment of choice. Because of the renal and perirenal inflammatory changes that commonly ...
Re: Monga et al: Forearm Compression by Laparoscopic Hand-Assist Devices
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2005-07-01)
Evaluation of a novel precision template-guided biopsy system for detecting prostate cancer
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-09)
To explore the ability of a novel transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) device (TargetScan TM , Envisioneering Medical Technologies, St. Louis MO) that creates a three-dimensional map of the prostate and calculates an optimal ...
Understanding bladder cancer death See editorial on pages 914-7, this issue.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-03-01)
BACKGROUND: To the authors' knowledge, the extent to which death from bladder cancer is attributable to tumor biology or physician practice patterns is unknown. For this reason, the relative importance of broadening ...