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Mit der Entwicklung der Tumorresektion im Ganzen zur Behandlung des oberflächlichen Harnblasenkarzinoms sollten die Limitationen der bisher etablierten konventionellen, transurethralen Schlingenabtragung kompe...
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Prediction of Perioperative Death Following Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma with Vein Involvement: A Retrospective Study
Advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) shows a propensity for extending into the tributaries of the renal veins, which poses a notable surgical challenge. In this study we addressed the question as to whether pat...
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Superiority of the EF-120-00-3F biopsy forceps in the histopathological evaluation of upper urinary tract specimens
The purpose of this study was to analyze the efficacy of two different biopsy forceps with respect to their functionality and quality for histological assessment of upper urinary tract biopsies.
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Age—an independent prognostic factor of clinical outcome in renal malignancies: results of a large study over two decades
Age has been linked to outcome in renal cancer patients, but mainly in North American cohorts. In this study, we hypothesized that age is correlated with metastasis and cancer-specific survival in a German coh...
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Urothelial cancers are the fourth most common cancer of which more than 95 % originate from the urothelium. The majority of these tumors arise within the bladder (90–95 %) while only 5–10 % occur in the upper ...
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Age Distribution for Partial and Radical Nephrectomy: Whose Nephrons are Being Spared?
Nephron sparing surgery (NSS) is recommended for patients with T1 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) whenever surgically feasible. By analyzing data from all urological clinics in the whole state of Lower Saxony, Germ...
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Open AccessIncidence of synchronous and metachronous adrenal metastases following tumor nephrectomy in renal cell cancer patients: a retrospective bi-center analysis
Synchronous adrenalectomy has become dispensable since retrospective studies have demonstrated no survival benefit when preoperative imaging was normal. The aim of this large bi-institutional study was to dete...
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Current status of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in urology
Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) uses single incisions for the introduction of instruments through a specially designed multi-lumen single port (multi-port) for the performance of several urologic p...
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Prevention and management of perioperative complications in laparoscopic and endoscopic radical prostatectomy
Laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy (LRP) and endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE) are established techniques for the management of localized prostate cancer in numerous spec...
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Technical aspects of lasers in urology
During the course of history a variety of laser principles have been introduced in surgery. Some erroneous developments probably could have been kept out of the market place if not for the magic which accompan...
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Urinary tract injuries in patients with multiple trauma
This article mainly reviews urinary tract injuries in patients with multiple trauma. Approximately 10% of all traumatic injuries resulting from an external force will involve the genitourinary system. The arti...
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Endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy: the University of Leipzig experience of 1,300 cases
We herein review our experience with endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE) as a first line therapy for localized prostate cancer. A series of 1,300 patients underwent EERPE (“wide excision”,...
