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Video: Endometrial stem cells: new hope for pelvic floor prolapsed?

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Endometrial stem cell differentiation into smooth muscle cell: a novel approach for bladder tissue engineering in women Alireza Shoae-Hassani*, Shiva Sharif, Alexander M. Seifalian†, Seyed Abdolreza Mortazavi-Tabatabaei‡, Sassan Rezaie§ and Javad Verdi Departments of Applied Cell Sciences and §Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, and *Department of Stem cell and Tissue Engineering, Research Center for Science and […]

What’s the diagnosis?

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Test yourself against our experts with our weekly quiz. You can type your answers here if you want to compare with our answers, or just click the ‘submit’ button below. Image from Liu et al. BJUI 2013; 112: 271–275 No such quiz/survey/poll

Video: Transperineal prostate biopsy: how good is the tumour detection rate?

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Outcomes of transperineal template-guided prostate biopsy in 409 patients James L. Symons*†, Andrew Huo*, Carlo L. Yuen‡§, Anne-Maree Haynes*, Jayne Matthews†, Robert L. Sutherland*, Phillip Brenner‡§ and Phillip D. Stricker†‡§ *Cancer Research Programme, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, †St Vincent’s Prostate Cancer Centre, ‡Department of Urology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, and §Department of Urology, St. Vincent’s Clinic, Darlinghurst, […]

What’s the diagnosis?

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Test yourself against our experts with our weekly quiz. You can type your answers here if you want to compare with our answers, or just click the ‘submit’ button below. Image from Nadu et al. BJUI 2013; 112: E82–E86 No such quiz/survey/poll

Article of the week: Karakiewicz was right: nomograms are very robust

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Every week the Editor-in-Chief selects the 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 […]

Picture Quiz

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Test yourself against our experts with our weekly quiz. You can type your answers here if you want to compare with our answers, or just click the ‘submit’ button below. This image is reproduced in the article by Nguyen et al. BJUI 2013; 112: E243–E249. No such quiz/survey/poll

Inflammatory prognostic markers in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC): preoperative C-reactive protein does not improve predictive accuracy

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Sir, We read with great interest the paper by Bedke et al. [1], which showed that using C-reactive protein (CRP) as a biomarker, with 0.25mg/dL as a threshold, did not improve predictive accuracy in a clear-cell RCC model. In certain clinical settings where traditional variables, such as TNM stage, grading and performance status are assessed […]

Single-stage preputial skin flap urethroplasty for long-segment urethral stricture: evaluation and determinants of success

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Sir, We read the article by Mathur et al. [1] with interest, in which the authors advocate the use of preputial flap urethroplasty for long-segment urethral stricture. Some points in this article need clarification. The authors mention that the strictures were complex in nature; however, they fail to mention the criteria used for this classification. […]

Clinical and sonographic features predict testicular torsion in children: a prospective study

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Sir, We read the recent publication on clinical and sonographic features predicting testicular torsion in children with great interest [1]. Boettcher et al. identified a variety of clinical predictors, such as short pain duration, nausea or vomiting, abnormal ipsilateral cremasteric reflex, scrotal skin changes and high position of the testicle, as being associated with an […]

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