The wide dissemination of prostate cancer screening has increased the number of men diagnosed with low-risk, indolent cancers that are better managed with active surveillance (AS) rather than immediate treatment. During the past decade, the number of men managed with AS has increased from <10% to 40% in community based practice registries [1]. Prostate needle […]
The lead author of this issue’s Article of the Month is based in Helsinki, the cover images shows two of the statues that flank Helsinki Central Station, which was selected by the BBC as one of World’s ten most beautiful railway stations. ©istock.com/PeJo29 Click here for this issue’s Table of Contents […]
This man has intermediate/ high-risk prostate cancer. Taken from Daouacher et al, BJUI 2016
Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, […]
Multicentre outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy after major open abdominal surgery Newaj Abdullah*, Haider Rahbar*, Ravi Barod*, Deepansh Dalela*, Jeff Larson†, Michael Johnson‡, Alon Mass§, Homayoun Zargar¶, Mohamad Allaf‡, Sam Bhayani†, Michael Stifelman§, Jihad Kaouk¶ and Craig Rogers* *Vattikutti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, †Division of Urology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ‡James Buchanan […]
It has been nearly 15 years since one of the first ever randomised controlled trials (RCT) in robotic surgery was conducted in 2002. The STAR-TRAK compared telerobotic percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) to standard PCNL and showed that the robot was slower but more accurate than the human hand [1]. In the 24 h since the much anticipated RCT […]
Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, […]
Oncological and functional outcomes 1 year after radical prostatectomy for very-low-risk prostate cancer: results from the prospective LAPPRO trial Stefan Carlsson*, Fredrik Jaderling†, Anna Wallerstedt*, Tommy Nyberg‡, Johan Stranne§ , Thordis Thorsteinsdottir¶, Sigrid V. Carlsson**, Anders Bjartell††, Jonas Hugosson§, Eva Haglind‡‡ and Gunnar Steineck‡,§§ *Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Urology, Karolinska Institutet, †Department of Molecular Medicine […]