期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2021; 47 (4)
Objective: This meta-analysis is the first to evaluate the associations of circulating and dietary intake of vitamin D with risk of risk of renal cell......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2021; 47 (2)
Purpose: Increased attention has been focused on the survival of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients with bone metastasis. This study proposed to esta......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2021; 47 (1)
Purpose: Epidemiological studies reported conflicting results about preoperative hydronephrosis in upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). This study......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2021; 47 (1)
Hypothesis: Endoclip can be used as fiducial marker in urology. Objective: To assess the feasibility, cost effectiveness and reliability of endoclips ......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2021; 47 (1)
Purpose: Radical nephrectomy (RN) is the standard surgical type for pathological stage T3a (pT3a) renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Recently, some studies h......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2021; 47 (1)
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of adjunctive medical expulsive therapy (MET) with tamsulosin for the promotion of stone fragments clearance for rep......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2021; 47 (1)
Objective: Recently, several studies have found that obesity had a protective effect against varicocele, but no meta-analysis has confirmed this findi......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2020; 46 (5)
Objective: This study aims to design a novel semirigid ureterorenoscope with irrigation and vacuum suction system and a modified ureteral access sheat......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2020; 46 (5)
Introduction: Transverse preputial island flap urethroplasty (TPIFU) is one of the most frequently performed technique for single-stage repair in prox......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2020; 46 (5)
Purpose: To make a further evaluation of perioperative outcomes between the robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and open radical prostatectomy......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2020; 46 (5)
Sarcopenia, a concept reflecting the loss of skeletal muscle mass, was reported to be associated with the prognosis of several tumors. However, the pr......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2020; 46 (5)
Background: The diagnostic value and suitability of prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) for the detection of prostate cancer (PCa) have been inconsistent......
期刊: INTERNATIONAL BRAZ J UROL, 2020; 46 (6)
Objective: To evaluate the effects of Arf6 downregulation on human prostate cancer cells. Materials and Methods: The effects of Arf6 downregulation on......