INTRODUCTION Bladder neck contracture is a well-known complication following some urologic surgical procedures. Regardless of the surgical procedure, any specimen resected should be submitted for histopathological evaluation worldwide. However, the charges of histopathological evaluation may bring a heavy burden to the hospital and health care system. Also, waiting the period of the pathologica...

Bladder cancer is widely spread in the world. Many adequate diagnosis techniques exist. Video-endoscopy remains the standard clinical procedure for visual exploration of the bladder internal surface. However, videoendoscopy presents the limit that the imaged area for each image is about nearly 1 cm. And, lesions are, typically, spread over several images. The aim of this contribution is to asse...

OBJECTIVES Smoking is the most important risk factor for bladder cancer and smoking cessation is associated with reduced risk of tumor recurrence and progression. The aim of this study is to assess the awareness of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients regarding the importance of smoking cessation, determine their access to smoking cessation programs and the effects of smoking ces...

Background Urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) is a highly prevalent disease in North America, however its optimal management remains elusive. The contribution of B cell associated responses is poorly understood in bladder cancer. Lymphoid neogenesis is a hallmark of an active immune response at tumor sites that sometimes leads to formation of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) that resemble germin...

The distribution of selective alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist 1-(2',5'-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-glycinamidoethanol hydrochloride, midodrine, and its active metabolite 1-(2',5'-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-aminoethanol, DMAE, was evaluated on bladder and urethra of 8-weeks and 52-weeks old female rats. Prior to the intravenous injection of 14C-labeled midodrine and DMAE, bilateral ureters were ligated to prevent d...

BACKGROUND We assessed use of nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), aspirin, paracetamol (acetaminophen), phenacetin, and metamizol (dipyrone) and risk of bladder cancer and their interaction with polymorphisms in drug-metabolizing genes. METHODS We analyzed personal interview data from 958 incident bladder cancer cases and 1,029 hospital controls from a multicenter case-co...

Bladder cancer is a challenging and fatal malignancy and the improvement in prognosis is limited over years. Deep understanding the mechanism of bladder cancer tumorigenesis and progression will help to discover novel and effective treatment strategies. In this study, we identify non-canonical IkB kinase TBK1 is up-regulated in bladder cancer tissue and cell lines. Knockdown of TBK1 markedly in...

Background: Echoes are frequently observed in cat bladder contents through ultrasonography and often mentioned as incidental findings. No comprehensive study has been conducted so far on the precise echoes nature in the bladder contents ultrasonography in cats. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to provide an accurate description of the cat bladder contents echoes and to specify the relat...

Authors presented 17 patients in whom two techniques for catheterization of the bladder after transurethral resection of the prostate complicated with undermining of the trigone of the bladder were applied. The first maneuver, used in twelve patients, was the insertion of a rigid stylet made from a 10F pneumatic probe used for percutaneous nephrolithotripsy into the Foley catheter in order to i...

Recently, Yang et al. (1) published the abdominal computed tomography (CT) images showing diffuse gas within the bladder wall and a prominent air-fluid level as the typical manifestation of emphysematous cystitis. However, it’s not only involved in the bladder wall but also in the bladder lumen (2, 3). We hereby present a case of gaseous bladder temponade causing obstructive uropathy a rarely s...