The pathophysiologic mechanisms behind urologic disease are increasingly being elucidated. The object of this investigation was to evaluate the publication policies of urologic journals during a period of progressively better understanding and management of urologic disease. Based on the ISI Web of Knowledge Journal Citation Reports and the PubMed database, the number and percentage of original...

Division of Urology, Federal University of São Paulo and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil; b Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Department of Urology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, USA; Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA; Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire H...

Urology has long been firmly established as a distinct subspecialty in the field of surgery. Furthermore, there are now distinct ‘super-subspecialties’, such as reconstructive urology, renal transplantation, endourology, urooncology and paediatric urology. All these ‘super subspecialties’ are changing very rapidly. More than a century ago urology constituted a small component of surgery and was...

Impact of perioperative chemotherapy on survival in patients with advanced primary urethral cancer: results of the international collaboration on primary urethral carcinoma G. Gakis1*, T. M. Morgan2, S. Daneshmand3, K. A. Keegan4, T. Todenhöfer1, J. Mischinger1, T. Schubert1, H. B. Zaid4, J. Hrbacek5, B. Ali-El-Dein6, R. H. Clayman7, S. Galland7, K. Olugbade2, M. Rink8, H.-M. Fritsche9, M. Burg...

Introduction: Varicocele is one of the most common causes of infertility. In this study, we evaluated and compared the operative time, sperm analysis results, and complications of three different methods of open and laparoscopic varicocelectomies. Materials and Methods: From among all bilateral varicocelectomies in our center, we randomly selected 30 of each following cases: laparoscopic varico...

Purpose: To report our experience in treating patients with failed previous open pyeloplasty by transperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty. Materials and Methods: Eleven patients with previous failed open pyeloplasty were reviewed, all of whom had undergone transperitoneal laparascopic pyeloplasty. All procedures were performed by a single team. Depending on the anatomic situation, either dismemb...

Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy remains a controversial procedure for large tumors. The incidence of adrenocortical carcinoma increases and technical difficulty of adrenalectomy increases as the size increases. We examined the outcome and complications of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for such lesions. Materials and Methods: Twenty-nine patients underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy, of wh...