October 2008

Letter From the Editor

Preventive Effect of Rolipram, a Phosphodiesterase 4 Enzyme Inhibitor, on Oxidative Renal Injury in Acute Ascending Pyelonephritis Model in Rats

• Sadık Görür,
• Sefa Çelik,
• Sibel Hakverdi,
• ...
• Muhsin Aydın,
• Sabahattin Ocak,
• Ahmet Namık Kiper

Relationship Between Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels and Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Healthy Men

• June Hyun Han,
• Nak Young Choi,
• Seong Hak Bang,
• ...
• In Ho Chang,
• Tae Hyoung Kim,
• Seung Hyun Ahn

Estimation of Size of Distal Ureteral Stones: Noncontrast CT Scan Versus Actual Size

• T.A. Kishore,
• Renato N. Pedro,
• Bryan Hinck,
• Manoj Monga

Stone Attenuation and Skin-to-Stone Distance on Computed Tomography Predicts for Stone Fragmentation by Shock Wave Lithotripsy

• Alexandra E. Perks,
• Trevor D. Schuler,
• Jason Lee,
• ...
• Dae-Gyun Chung,
• R. John D'A Honey,
• Kenneth T. Pace

Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer in a 20-Year-Old Pregnant Woman

• Astrid A.M. van der Veldt,
• Merian van Wouwe,
• Alfons J.M. van den Eertwegh,
• R. Jeroen A. van Moorselaar,
• Herman P. van Geijn

Escherichia coli Extensive Cellulitis After Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

• Khalil El Karoui,
• Fanny Lanternier,
• Fabien Taieb,
• ...
• Frederic Mechaï,
• Olivier Lortholary,
• Michaël Peyromaure

Giant Bladder Stone in a Natural Mummy of the Early 19th Century

• Valentina Giuffra,
• Lorenzo Costantini,
• Loredana Costantini Biasini,
• Davide Caramella,
• Gino Fornaciari

Testicular Compartment Syndrome: A New Approach to Conceptualizing and Managing Testicular Torsion

• Alexander Kutikov,
• Pasquale Casale,
• Michael A. White,
• ...
• Andy Chang,
• Rafael Gosalbez,
• Douglas A. Canning

Pediatric Renal Adenocarcinoma: A Review of Our Series

• Manuel Bosquet,
• Carlos Domínguez,
• Julia Balaguer,
• ...
• Francisco Estornell,
• Mario Martínez-Verduch,
• Fernando García-Ibarra

Outcomes and Cost Analysis of Pyeloplasty for Antenatally Diagnosed Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Using Markov Models

• Michael H. Hsieh,
• Maxwell V. Meng,
• Laurence S. Baskin

Two Girls With Urethral Duplication

• Nicholas G. Cost,
• Steven M. Lucas,
• Linda A. Baker,
• Duncan T. Wilcox

Effect of Dutasteride on Intraprostatic Androgen Levels in Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or Prostate Cancer

• Roger Rittmaster,
• Robert G. Hahn,
• Paul Ray,
• Jennifer B. Shannon,
• Rafael Wurzel

Ultrasound-Estimated Bladder Weight Predicts Risk of Surgery for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Men Using α-Adrenoceptor Blocker for LUTS

• Hironobu Akino,
• Masanobu Maekawa,
• Masaharu Nakai,
• ...
• Nobuyuki Oyama,
• Yoshiji Miwa,
• Osamu Yokoyama

Application of the Yang-Monti Channel in Adult Continent Cutaneous Urinary Diversion

• Matthew Wagner,
• Aaron Bayne,
• Siamak Daneshmand

Is There a Role for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosing Colovesical Fistulas?

• S. Ravichandran,
• H.U. Ahmed,
• S.S. Matanhelia,
• M. Dobson

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Accurate to Detect Bleeding in the Seminal Vesicles in Patients With Hemospermia

• Seiji Furuya,
• Ryoji Furuya,
• Naoya Masumori,
• Taiji Tsukamoto,
• Masakazu Nagaoka

Robotic Sigmoid Vaginoplasty: A Novel Technique

• Christina Kim,
• Brendan Campbell,
• Fernendo Ferrer

Laparoscopic Radical Nephroureterectomy With En-Bloc Distal Ureteral and Bladder Cuff Excision Using a Single Position Pneumovesicum Method

• Thomas J. Guzzo,
• Edward M. Schaeffer,
• Mohamad E. Allaf

Laparoscopic Ureterolysis and Omental Wrapping

• Giuseppe Simone,
• Costantino Leonardo,
• Rocco Papalia,
• Salvatore Guaglianone,
• Michele Gallucci

Potential of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging in Predicting Absence of Prostate Cancer in Men With Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Between 4 and 10 ng/mL: A Follow-up Study

• Rajeev Kumar,
• Rishi Nayyar,
• Virendra Kumar,
• ...
• N.R. Jagannathan,
• S. Dattagupta,
• S. Thulkar

Preoperative Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition as an Adjunct to Debulking Nephrectomy

• Chirag Amin,
• Eric Wallen,
• Raj S. Pruthi,
• Benjamin F. Calvo,
• Paul A. Godley,
• W. Kimryn Rathmell

XRCC1 Genetic Polymorphisms and Bladder Cancer Susceptibility: A Meta-analysis

• Chunyang Wang,
• Yan Sun,
• Ruifa Han

Gene Expression Study of Aurora-A Reveals Implication During Bladder Carcinogenesis and Increasing Values in Invasive Urothelial Cancer

• Eva Compérat,
• Ivan Bièche,
• Delphine Dargère,
• ...
• Olivier Cussenot,
• Pierre Bedossa,
• Valérie Paradis

Periprostatic Distribution of Nerves in Specimens From Non–nerve-sparing Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

• Seung Bae Lee,
• Sung Kyu Hong,
• Gheeyoung Choe,
• Sang Eun Lee

Nomogram Ranking as New Objective Evaluation Method in Various Treatment Strategies for Patients With Prostate Cancer With Various Clinicopathologic Backgrounds

• Takumi Yamamoto,
• Kazuto Ito,
• Mai Miyakubo,
• ...
• Tetsuo Akimoto,
• Hitoshi Ishikawa,
• Takashi Nakano

Transverse Colon for Continent Urinary Diversion: Experimental Study Comparing Two Techniques

• Armando Radesca Cavaller,
• Daniel Carlos da Silva,
• Fabiano de Granville Ponce,
• Márcio Gabriel dos Santos,
• Nelson Rodrigues Netto Jr.,
• Carlos Arturo Levi D'Ancora

Mini-Incision Microsurgical Vasectomy Reversal Using No-Scalpel Vasectomy Principles and Instruments

• Keith Jarvi,
• Ethan D. Grober,
• Kirk C. Lo,
• Geneviève Patry

Simple Method of Retrieving Retained Rear Tip Extender During Explantation of Penile Prosthesis

• Ngiaw Khoon Saw,
• Tim Terry

Y-V Preputioplasty for Adult Phimosis: A Review of 89 Cases

• Nicholas P. Munro,
• Hassan Khan,
• Nick A. Shaikh,
• Ian Appleyard,
• Philip Koenig

Expression of Chicken Ovalbumin Upstream Promoter-Transcription Factor I (COUP-TFI) in Bladder Transitional Cell Carcinoma

• Won Sik Ham,
• Joo Hyoung Lee,
• Ho Song Yu,
• Young Deuk Choi