Videos

Sequencing robot-assisted extended pelvic lymph node dissection prior to radical prostatectomy: a step-by-step guide to exposure and efficiency Stephen B. Williams, Yasar Bozkurt , Mary Achim, Grace Achim and John W. Davis   Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA   OBJECTIVE To describe a novel, step-by-step approach to robot-assisted extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) at the time of robot-assisted…

Combination of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) and transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy (TTMB) of the prostate to identify candidates for hemi-ablative focal therapy Minh Tran*†‡, James Thompson*†§, Maret Bohm†, Marley Pulbrook†, Daniel Moses¶, Ron Shnier**, Phillip Brenner*†§, Warick Delprado††, Anne-Maree Haynes†, Richard Savdie§ and Phillip D. Stricker*†§   *St Vincent’s Prostate Cancer Centre, †Garvan Institute of Medical…

Recourse to radical prostatectomy and associated short-term outcomes in Italy: a country-wide study over the last decade Giacomo Novara, Vincenzo Ficarra*, Filiberto Zattoni and Ugo Fedeli†   Department of Surgery, Oncology, and Gastroenterology, Urology Clinic, University of Padova, Padova, *Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences, Urologic Clinic, University of Udine, Udine, and †Epidemiological Department, Veneto Region, Italy   OBJECTIVE To…

Penile lengthening and widening without grafting according to a modified ‘sliding’ technique Paulo H. Egydio and Franklin E. Kuehhas*   Centre for Peyronie’s Disease Reconstruction, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and *London Andrology Institute, Suite 7 Exhibition House, Addison Bridge Place, London, UK   OBJECTIVE To present the feasibility and safety of penile length and girth restoration based on a modified ‘sliding’ technique for patients with severe erectile…

Comparison of systematic transrectal biopsy to transperineal MRI/ultrasound-fusion biopsy for the diagnosis of prostate cancer Angelika Borkowetz, Ivan Platzek*, Marieta Toma†, Michael Laniado*, Gustavo Baretton†, Michael Froehner, Rainer Koch‡, Manfred Wirth and Stefan Zastrow   Department of Urology, *Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, †Department of Pathology, and ‡Institution of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universitat, Dresden, Germany   OBJECTIVES To…

Predicting Pathologic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for High Risk Prostate Cancer:  A Preoperative Nomogram Firas Abdollah, Dane E. Klett, Akshay Sood, Jesse D. Sammon, Daniel Pucheril, Deepansh Dalela, Mireya Diaz, James O. Peabody, Quoc-Dien Trinh* and Mani Menon   Vattikuti Urology Institute, Center for Outcomes Research Analytics and Evaluation, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, and *Division of Urologic Surgery/Center for Surgery and…

Postoperative radiation therapy for patients at high-risk of recurrence after radical prostatectomy: does timing matter? Charles C. Hsu*†, Alan T. Paciorek‡, Matthew R. Cooperberg‡, Mack Roach III*, I-Chow J. Hsu* and Peter R. Carroll‡   *Department of Radiation Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at San Francisco, †Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, and ‡Department of…

Increase of Framingham cardiovascular disease risk score is associated with severity of lower urinary tract symptoms Giorgio I. Russo, Tommaso Castelli, Salvatore Privitera, Eugenia Fragala, Vincenzo Favilla, Giulio Reale, Daniele Urzı, Sandro La Vignera*, Rosita A. Condorelli*, Aldo E. Calogero*, Sebastiano Cimino and Giuseppe Morgia   Department of Urology, and *Department of Medical and Paediatric Sciences, Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, University of…

Significance of time interval between first and second transurethral resection on recurrence and progression rates in patients with high risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer treated with maintenance intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin   Sumer Baltacı, Murat Bozlu*, Asıf Yıldırım†, Mehmet Ilker Gokce, İlker Tinay‡, Guven Aslan§, Cavit Can¶, Levent Turkeri‡,Ugur Kuyumcuoglu** and Aydın Mungan††   Department of Urology, Ankara University School of Medicine,…