Feb 26, 2024

This paper presents an FPGA-based lightweight and real-time infrared image processor based on a series of hardware-oriented lightweight algorithms. The two-point correction algorithm based on blackbod...

Feb 26, 2024

Minimally invasive surgery techniques (MIST) have become newly adopted in urological care.  Given this, new analgesic techniques are important in optimizing patient outcomes and resource management. ...

Feb 26, 2024

To compare the readability and accuracy of large language model generated patient information materials (PIMs) to those supplied by the American Urological Association (AUA), Canadian Urological Assoc...

Feb 26, 2024

To characterize prevalence and severity of pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) in various healthcare settings and to examine unmet Health-related Social Needs (HRSN) among minority women.Minority women with...

Feb 19, 2024

Escherichia coli is a commensal bacterial species in the human gastrointestinal tract; however, it could be pathogenic and cause severe infections in intra and extra-intestinal sites. Uropathogenic E....

Feb 19, 2024

The pharmacological modulation of disease-relevant carbohydrate-protein interactions represents an underexplored area of medicinal chemistry. One particular challenge in the design of glycomimetic com...

Feb 19, 2024

Among the many treatments for erectile dysfunction, implantation of a penile prosthesis has been associated with high patient satisfaction rates. However, patients with coexistent Peyronie's disease (...

Feb 19, 2024

Eosinophilic cystitis (EC) is a rare and specific transmural inflammatory disease in clinic. At present, its etiology is unknown, its clinical manifestations are diverse, and its auxiliary examination...

Feb 19, 2024

We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of MR elastography (MRE) using a transpelvic approach. Thirty-one patients who underwent prostate MRE and had a pathological diagnosis were included in this study....

Feb 19, 2024

To determine how the use of United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) score cutoffs during the screening process of the Urology Residency Match Program may affect recruitment of applicants w...

Feb 19, 2024

To project the proportion of the urology workforce that is from Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM) groups between 2021-2061.Demographic data were obtained from AUA Census and ACGME Data Resource Boo...

Feb 12, 2024

Obstetric fistula (OF) repair surgery aims to restore the anatomical and functional integrity of the urinary tract, allowing affected women to regain their dignity and quality of life. However, in som...

Feb 12, 2024

Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men and remains one of the most prevalent and least understood of all human malignancies. Bladder cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Chi...

Feb 12, 2024

Cavernous nerve injury (CNI), resulting in erectile dysfunction (ED), poses a significant threat to the quality of life for men. Strategies utilizing conductive hydrogels have demonstrated promising r...

Feb 12, 2024

Testicular hyperthermia has been noted in men who work in high ambient temperatures. Scrotal temperatures above the normal range caused germ cell loss in the testes and resulted in male subfertility. ...

Feb 12, 2024

Previous study showed that higher expression of prolactin (PRL) was found in CRPC samples compared with hormone-naive prostate cancer (HNPC) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) samples. We further ...

Feb 12, 2024

To assess incentive changes on resident publication behavior. In 2020, we demonstrated the positive effect of an unlimited $1,000 publishing incentive for Urology residents. Following this publicati...

Feb 12, 2024

To assess safety, urinary symptoms, and feasibility of JJ stent removal with exteriorized threads through the percutaneous tract after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).Prospective, transversal, com...

Feb 05, 2024

Kidney transplantation (KT) is the most frequently performed organ transplantation. In Germany, KT is performed in urology and surgery departments with unknown consequences of this parallel structure....

Jan 29, 2024

Shared-decision making is crucial in today's society. Although penile prosthesis surgery has had significant improvements regarding technique and materials over the last few decades - with the highest...