Articles

1. Surgical management of complex curvature in Peyronie’s disease

   • Ateş Kadıoğlu
   • Mehmet Gürcan
   • Murat Dursun

   Topic Paper Open access 30 April 2024 Article: 276

   

2. Development and validation of a clinical-radiomics model for prediction of prostate cancer: a multicenter study

   • Jiaqi Huang
   • Chang He
   • Hang Wang

   Original Article 30 April 2024 Article: 275

   

3. Association between kidney stones and life's essential 8: a population-based study

   • Yuan-Zhuo Du
   • Biao Guo
   • Ju Guo

   Original Article Open access 30 April 2024 Article: 274

   

4. Risk factors for migration of retrievable covered expandable metallic stent in patients with persistent benign ureter strictures

   • Yuyu Xu
   • Xiezhao Li
   • Guibin Xu

   Original Article Open access 30 April 2024 Article: 273

   

5. Ureteroscopy for urolithiasis in bedridden patients: it is feasible and acceptable

   • Shigeki Koterazawa
   • Toshifumi Takahashi
   • Masaaki Imamura

   Original Article 29 April 2024 Article: 272

6. Letter to the editor for the article “identification of biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets of kidney stone disease using bioinformatics”

   • Lai Jiang
   • Xuancheng Zhou
   • Hao Chi

   Letter to the Editor 29 April 2024 Article: 271

   

7. Peri- and post-operative outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy after the implementation of the EAU guidelines recommendations for collecting and reporting complications at a high-volume referral center

   • Franceso Pellegrino
   • Riccardo Leni
   • Marco Moschini

   Original Article 28 April 2024 Article: 270

   

8. Contemporary validation of cT1a vs. cT1b substaging of incidental prostate cancer

   • Lukas Scheipner
   • Andrea Baudo
   • Pierre I. Karakiewicz

   Original Article 28 April 2024 Article: 269

9. Letter to the editor for the article “Prediction of pathological up-staging after radical nephroureterectomy in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma”

   • Fumihiko Urabe
   • Shunsuke Tsuzuki
   • Takahiro Kimura

   Letter to the Editor 28 April 2024 Article: 268

10. Patient's self-reported quality of life as a prognostic factor in metastatic renal cell carcinoma initially treated with TKI: nomogram proposal

    • Guillermo Lendínez-Cano
    • Ángel Vilches-Arenas
    • Rafael Medina-López

    Original Article 27 April 2024 Article: 267

    

11. Radiation exposure of patients during endourological procedures

    • Vincent De Coninck
    • Xavier Mortiers
    • Etienne X. Keller

    Original Article 27 April 2024 Article: 266

12. A prospective analysis of thulium laser enucleation in benign prostatic hyperplasia comparing low- and high-power approaches for prostates exceeding 80 g

    • Ahmed Y. Abdelaziz
    • Islam Kamal
    • Samer Morsy

    Original Article Open access 27 April 2024 Article: 265

    

13. Long-term functional outcomes in patients undergoing radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma and tumor thrombus

    • Pietro Scilipoti
    • Giuseppe Rosiello
    • Umberto Capitanio

    Original Article 27 April 2024 Article: 264

    

14. Low anterolateral incision for single-port extraperitoneal robot-assisted pyeloplasty: description of technique and initial experience

    • Roxana Ramos
    • Jaya S. Chavali
    • Jihad Kaouk

    Topic Paper Open access 26 April 2024 Article: 263

    

15. Comparative analysis of combined spinal–epidural anesthesia and general anesthesia in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a prospective study on surgical team and operating room personnel satisfaction

    • Salih Bürlukkara
    • Afife Ayla Kabalak
    • Hakkı Uğur Özok

    Original Article Open access 26 April 2024 Article: 262

16. Cumulative sum analysis of the learning curve for retrograde intrarenal stone surgery in newbie surgeons

    • Ho Young Koo
    • Jung Wan Yoo
    • Bum Sik Tae

    Original Article 26 April 2024 Article: 261

    

17. Cotrimoxazole and targeted antibiotic prophylaxis for transrectal prostate biopsy: a single-center study

    • Matthias Jahnen
    • Thomas Amiel
    • Lukas Lunger

    Original Article Open access 25 April 2024 Article: 260

    

18. The survival benefit of metastasectomy for metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study

    • Jindong Dai
    • Ben He
    • Zhenhua Liu

    Original Article Open access 25 April 2024 Article: 259

    

19. Predictive role of ureteral wall thickness and patient characteristics in endoscopic treatment outcomes for ureteral stricture disease following stone surgery

    • Cahit Sahin
    • Orhun Sinanoglu
    • Kemal Sarica

    Original Article Open access 25 April 2024 Article: 258

    

20. Super-mini PCNL (SMP) with suction versus standard PCNL for the management of renal calculi of 1.5 cm–3 cm: a randomized controlled study from a university teaching hospital

    • Sanket Kankaria
    • Kasi Viswanath Gali
    • Pilar Laguna

    Original Article Open access 24 April 2024 Article: 257

    

21. Limited prognostic role of routine serum markers (AP, CEA, LDH and NSE) in oligorecurrent prostate cancer patients undergoing PSMA-radioguided surgery

    • Gisa Mehring
    • Christina Steinbach
    • Tobias Maurer

    Original Article Open access 24 April 2024 Article: 256

22. Beyond traditional stenting: evaluating pigtail suture stents for reduced ureterorenoscopy symptoms

    • Yu-Hsiang Lin
    • Chen-Pang Hou
    • Chun-Te Wu

    Letter to the Editor 24 April 2024 Article: 255

23. Letter to the editor for the article “Incidence of complications and urinary incontinence following endoscopic enucleation of the prostate in men with a prostate volume of 80 ml and above: results from a multicenter, real-world experience of 2512 patients”

    • Wenjian Li

    Letter to the Editor 24 April 2024 Article: 254

24. Letter to the editor for the article “Antibiotics efficacy in clinical and microbiological cure of uncomplicated urinary tract infection: a systematic review and network meta-analysis”

    • Yajie Wang
    • Yisheng Pan

    Letter to the Editor 24 April 2024 Article: 253

25. Infection risk reduction with povidone-iodine rectal disinfection prior to transrectal prostate biopsy: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Ichiro Tsuboi
    • Akihiro Matsukawa
    • Shahrokh F. Shariat

    Original Article Open access 23 April 2024 Article: 252

    

26. Robotic-assisted radical cystectomy with cutaneous ureterostomies: a contemporary multicenter analysis

    • Reuben Ben-David
    • Francesco Pellegrino
    • Peter Wiklund

    Original Article 23 April 2024 Article: 251

    

27. Performance of ChatGPT on the Taiwan urology board examination: insights into current strengths and shortcomings

    • Chung-You Tsai
    • Shang-Ju Hsieh
    • Pai-Yu Cheng

    Original Article 23 April 2024 Article: 250

    

28. The role of urology and radiology in prostate biopsy: current trends and future perspectives

    • Benjamin M. Mac Curtain
    • Hugo C. Temperley
    • Niall F. Davis

    Invited Review 22 April 2024 Article: 249

29. The impact of mpMRI-targeted vs systematic biopsy on the risk of prostate cancer downgrading at final pathology

    • G. Sorce
    • A. Stabile
    • A. Briganti

    Topic Paper 22 April 2024 Article: 248

    

30. Predicting contralateral extraprostatic extension in unilateral high-risk prostate cancer: a multicentric external validation study

    • Romain Diamand
    • Jean-Baptiste Roche
    • Simone Albisinni

    Original Article 22 April 2024 Article: 247

    

31. Evaluation of the learning curve for Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate in a contemporary cohort

    • D. Perri
    • A. Pacchetti
    • G. Bozzini

    Original Article 20 April 2024 Article: 246

    

32. Single-port robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    • Nicolas A. Soputro
    • Jihad Kaouk

    Topic Paper Open access 20 April 2024 Article: 245

    

33. A comparison between vapor tunnel and virtual basket for the treatment of proximal ureteral stones using holmium:YAG laser (Cyber Ho): which is the best tool to reduce retropulsion?

    • Davide Perri
    • U. Besana
    • G. Bozzini

    Original Article 20 April 2024 Article: 244

34. Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal donor nephrectomy: a safe and efficient improvement

    • Hongfeng Huang
    • Yingyin Qiu
    • Jianghua Chen

    Original Article 19 April 2024 Article: 243

    

35. Health-related quality of life following salvage radical prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy or focal therapy

    • Severin Rodler
    • Dina Danninger
    • Thilo Westhofen

    Original Article Open access 18 April 2024 Article: 242

    

36. Impact of health and digital health literacy on quality of life following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: prospective single-center cohort study

    • Ahmet Keles
    • Muhammed Kose
    • Asıf Yıldırım

    Original Article Open access 17 April 2024 Article: 241

    

37. Fluid dynamics within renal cavities during endoscopic stone surgery: does the position of the flexible ureteroscope and ureteral access sheath affect the outflow rate?

    • Arman Tsaturyan
    • Etienne X. Keller
    • Panagiotis Kallidonis

    Original Article 17 April 2024 Article: 240

38. Multicenter evaluation of complex urinary diversion for renal transplantation: outcomes of complex surgical solutions

    • Luka Flegar
    • Johannes Huber
    • the Working Group Kidney Transplantation of the German Association of Urology

    Topic Paper Open access 17 April 2024 Article: 239

    

39. UroAngel: a single-kidney function prediction system based on computed tomography urography using deep learning

    • Qingyuan Zheng
    • Xinmiao Ni
    • Lei Wang

    Original Article 16 April 2024 Article: 238

    

40. Global burden of bladder cancer mortality in 2020 and 2040 according to GLOBOCAN estimates

    • András Wéber
    • Jerome Vignat
    • Ariana Znaor

    Original Article Open access 16 April 2024 Article: 237

    

41. Individualized center-based analysis of urinary and sexual functional outcome after radical prostatectomy based on the prostate cancer outcome study: a post hoc pathway to patient outcome measurement analysis for quality improvement

    • Gregor Duwe
    • Katharina Boehm
    • Thomas Höfner

    Original Article 15 April 2024 Article: 236

    

42. Basal metabolic rate and the risk of urolithiasis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

    • Zechao Lu
    • Yushu Chen
    • Zhaohui He

    Original Article 14 April 2024 Article: 235

    

43. Ureteral stricture rate after endoscopic treatments for urolithiasis and related risk factors: systematic review and meta-analysis

    • S. Moretto
    • A. Saita
    • N. M. Buffi

    Invited Review 13 April 2024 Article: 234

    

44. Is “Kidney Stone Calculator” efficient in predicting ureteroscopic lithotripsy duration? A holmium:YAG and thulium fiber lasers comparative analysis

    • Marie Chicaud
    • Stessy Kutchukian
    • Fréderic Panthier

    Original Article 13 April 2024 Article: 233

    

45. Role of oxygen reserve index monitoring in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a retrospective study

    • Jung-Hee Ryu
    • Young-Tae Jeon
    • Chang-Hoon Koo

    Original Article Open access 13 April 2024 Article: 232

    

46. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on renal cancer care

    • Hilin Yildirim
    • Adriaan D. Bins
    • Katja K. H. Aben

    Original Article Open access 13 April 2024 Article: 231

    

47. Genetic susceptibility of urolithiasis: comprehensive results from genome-wide analysis

    • Lede Lin
    • Yucheng Ma
    • Liang Zhou

    Original Article 12 April 2024 Article: 230

    

48. A new protocol for renal collecting system sterilization with antibiotic irrigation during lithotripsy in retrograde intrarenal surgery: a prospective, comparative study

    • Ali Kaan Yildiz
    • Arif Bayraktar
    • Tolga Karakan

    Original Article Open access 10 April 2024 Article: 229

    

49. Evaluation of renovated double J stents using ureter models with and without stenosis

    • Young-Ho Choi
    • Hyo Jeong Kang
    • Hyoung-Ho Kim

    Original Article 10 April 2024 Article: 228

    

50. Development and validation of a clinical and ultrasound features-based nomogram for preoperative differentiation of renal urothelial carcinoma and central renal cell carcinoma

    • Cuixian Li
    • Beilei Lu
    • Beijian Huang

    Original Article 10 April 2024 Article: 227