...Mehmet Yilmaz; Cäcilia Elisabeth Maria Heuring; Dominik Schoeb; Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola; Christian Gratzke; Simon Hein; Arkadiusz Miernik Introduction: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) has become popular worldwide for the surgical treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia. Holmium...

...Paula C. Sotomayor; Juan C. Aguilar; Karen Mujica; Alvaro Zuñiga; Alejandro S. Godoy; Gary J. Smith; James L. Mohler; Gonzalo Vitagliano; Ignacio F. San Francisco Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) represents one of the most frequent malignancies and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in adult...

... Corsi; Riccardo Schiavina Introduction: The aim of the study was to systematically review the literature and describe perioperative complications of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP), including the Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications. Methods: All English language...

...Vittorio Magri; Gianpaolo Perletti; Konstantinos Stamatiou; Emanuele Montanari; Alberto Trinchieri Introduction: The role of Ureaplasma spp. (UPs) in the pathogenesis of chronic prostatitis is debated. The lithogenic potential of UPs could be a risk factor for the development of chronic prostatitis...

...Kadir Omur Gunseren; Serkan Akdemir; Mehmet Cagatay Çiçek; Ali Yıldız; Murat Arslan; İsmet Yavaşcaoğlu; Hakan Vuruskan Introduction: To compare the prostate removal speeds of 3 enucleation techniques and to evaluate how the operating times change depending on the prostate volume. Methods: Medical...

...Qi Shen; Zhaohui Zhou; Zhenhua Liu; Shuai Hu; Zhiyong Lin; Shaobo Li; Senmao Li; Hualin Song; Yuke Chen; Yisen Meng; Yu Wang; Yu Fan; Xin Li; Yunxiang Xiao; Qun He; Jie Jin; Qian Zhang; Wei Yu Introduction: Prostatic stromal tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) is a rare disease that may...

... autophagy and promotes apoptosis of the prostate after castration. Methods: Thirty-six male SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups ( n = 12): control group (sham operation), castration group, and HCQ group (castrated and treated with HCQ). On day 7, all mice were executed and prostates were isolated...

...Mohamed Gomaa Kamel; Sedralmontaha Istanbuly; Fatma Abd-Elshahed Abd-Elhay; Muawia Yousif Fadlelmola Mohamed; Le Huu-Hoai; Mohamed Sadik; Mahmoud Dibas; Nguyen Tien Huy Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the third leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. We aimed to disclose...

...Francesco Chiancone; Maurizio Carrino; Clemente Meccariello; Luigi Pucci; Maurizio Fedelini; Paolo Fedelini Introduction: To evaluate the efficacy of Bifiprost® + Serenoa Repens 320 mg versus Serenoa Repens 320 mg alone for the prevention of chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) due...

...Abdullah Demirtaş; Gökhan Sönmez; Şevket Tolga Tombul; Türev Demirtaş; Hülya Akgün Background: Histopathological discrepancies between biopsy and radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens may lead to unnecessary, excessive, or incomplete treatment in prostate cancer (PCa) patients. Objectives...

...Mustafa Kadihasanoglu; Mustafa Aydin; Mehmet Taskiran; Muammer Kendirci Background: Although prostate cancer releases more prostate-specific antigen (PSA) per unit of prostate volume (PV), data are limited regarding the association between intravesical prostatic protrusion (IPP) and the PSA level...

...Eymen Gazel; Engin Kaya; Serdar Yalcin; Halil Çagri Aybal; Tahsin Batuhan Aydogan; Lutfi Tunc Introduction: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is becoming the new standard procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common condition in aging men. Most studies have...

...Yucong Zhang; Wei Ouyang; Guoliang Sun; Beichen Ding; Libin Yan; Zhize Wang; Wei Guan; Heng Li; Zhiquan Hu; Hua Xu; Shaogang Wang; Zhangqun Ye Purpose: To describe characteristics of pure small cell carcinoma of prostate (SCCP) and assess the prognostic factors. Patients and Methods: We summarized...

...Xiaojun Li; Ting Jiang; Feng Liu; Xuefeng Shao; Ye Xu; Weixin Sheng; Wei Sun Objective: To evaluate the clinical potential of urine prostatic exosomal protein (PSEP) as a diagnostic biomarker of chronic prostatitis (CP). Materials and methods: Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit, urine...

...Masato Konno; Koji Mitsuzuka; Shigeyuki Yamada; Shinichi Yamashita; Yasuhiro Kaiho; Akihiro Ito; Mika Watanabe; Yoichi Arai A 32-year-old man visited our hospital due to urinary retention. Prostate-specific antigen was 13.7 ng/mL. Imaging examinations showed a large prostatic tumor and lung...

...Tomislav Soric; Mirnes Selimovic; Lada Bakovic; Tatjana Šimurina; Robert Selthofer; Jerka Dumic Introduction: The study aimed to explore clinical influence of prostatic stones on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), seminal plasma cytokines, and serum biomarkers. Materials and Methods: A total...

... these patients, there was a significantly higher mean PSA and mean operative time in the incontinent group compared to the continent group of patients (p = 0.03 and p = 0.04, respectively); however, there was no significant difference in mean prostate weights (p = 0.7). Table 1 Patient characteristics...

...Carlos Gustavo Trujillo; Mauricio Plata; Juan Ignacio Caicedo; Juan Guillermo Cataño Cataño; Angela Marcela Mariño Alvarez; Diana Castelblanco; Daniela Robledo Objectives: To determine the impact of rectal swabs (RSs) on infectious complications (IC) following prostate biopsy (PB). Methods...

...Kuan-Yu Wu; Yuh-Shyan Tsai; Chia-Hong Chen; I-Hung Chen; Tzong-Shin Tzai; Yat-Ching Tong Purpose: To investigate the association of prostate blood flow (PBF) with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in aged males using Doppler spectral waveform (DSW) analysis. Patients and Methods: We performed...

...Ahmed H. Gabr; Mohamed F. Gabr; Basheer N. Elmohamady; Abul-fotouh Ahmed Introduction: Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) has recently started to be viewed as a promising technology that could be an alternative to different treatment options of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), especially...