Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a major complication after radical prostatectomy (RP); however, debate continues regarding the efficacy of penile rehabilitation in the recovery of the postoperative erectile function (EF). This study included a total of 103 consecutive sexually active Japanese men with localized prostate cancer undergoing nerve-sparing RP, and analyzed the postoperative EF, focusin...

Strategies to achieve agricultural production and biodiversity conservation fall into two categories, land-sparing or land-sharing. Plant species richness under organic arable (land sharing) versus conventional with land set-aside for sparing) was evaluated on adjacent farms compare these strategies. Sampled plant significantly higher than arable, as expected, but very similar set-aside. Nevert...

OBJECTIVE •  To investigate orgasmic outcomes in patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and the effects of age and nerve sparing on these outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS •  Between January 2005 and June 2007, 708 patients underwent RALP at our institution. •  We analysed postoperative potency and orgasmic outcomes in the 408 men, of the 708, who were pot...

BACKGROUND Previous groups have shown contralateral submandibular gland sparing to improve xerostomia with safe outcomes, but primarily in early-stage disease. In this study, we present a large cohort of patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer that underwent contralateral submandibular gland-sparing radiotherapy, to demonstrate feasibility and safety specifically in patients with lo...

T introduction of nerve‐sparing technique is one of the most significant advances in the surgical treatment of prostate cancer and heralded a shift from a curing cancer at all‐cost model to a curing cancer and preserving quality of life model.1,2 In a recent article published in Lancet Oncology in May, Lee et al.3 reviewed the concept of vessel‐sparing and functional anatomy‐based radiotherapy ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The precise clinical characteristics of acute encephalopathy with bilateral reduced diffusion are not fully understood. We compared clinical, laboratory, and neuroimaging findings according to the patterns of brain lesions among children with reduced diffusion in the bilateral hemispheres. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine patients were analyzed. The patterns of brain lesions ...

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/res Lung cancer is a major public health problem of growing importance throughout the world with frustrating long-term survival of under 15%. A majority of patients are unresectable at time of diagnosis, and even in those deemed operable, comorbid problems often limit efforts at successful resection. Procedures designed to preserve pulmonary functio...