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. […]
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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Laparoendoscopic single-site nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: outcomes of an international multi-institutional study of 101 patients Sung Yul Park, Koon Ho Rha1, Riccardo Autorino2, Ithaar Derweesh3, Evangelos Liastikos4, Yao Chou Tsai5, Ill Young Seo6, Ugo Nagele7, Aly M. Abdel-Karim8, Thomas Herrmann9, Deok Hyun Han10, Soroush Rais-Bahrami11, Seung Wook Lee, Kyu Shik Kim, Paolo Fornara12, Panagiotis Kallidonis4, Christopher […]
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Regulatory T cells, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), CXCL10, CXCL11, epidermal growth factor (EGF) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) as surrogate markers of host immunity in patients with renal cell carcinoma Marianeve Polimeno, Maria Napolitano, Susan Costantini*, Luigi Portella, Arianna Esposito, Francesca Capone*, Eliana Guerriero*, AnnaMaria Trotta, Serena Zanotta, Luigi Pucci†, Nicola Longo†, Sisto […]
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Sir, I read with interest the above “Comment” by Dr Gnanapragasam in the August issue of the Journal [1]. While I applaud his efforts at suggesting improvements to the criteria by which a decision is made to manage a patient with prostate cancer on an active surveillance program I feel he distracts from the clear, simple […]
Image-directed, tissue-preserving focal therapy of prostate cancer: a feasibility study of a novel deformable magnetic resonance-ultrasound (MR-US) registration system Louise Dickinson*†, Yipeng Hu‡, Hashim U. Ahmed*†, Clare Allen§, Alex P. Kirkham§, Mark Emberton*† and Dean Barratt‡ Departments of *Urology and §Radiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, †Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences and ‡Centre for Medical […]