Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: Clinical Experience with 41 Cases
Fernando Korkes, Ricardo L. Favoretto, Marcos Bróglio, Carlos A. Silva, Marilia G. Castro, Marjo D.C. Perez
pages 178-180
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Effects of One-Year Treatment with Isoflavone Extract from Red Clover on Prostate, Liver Function, Sexual Function, and Quality of Life in Men with Elevated PSA Levels and Negative Prostate Biopsy Findings
Paul F. Engelhardt, Claus R. Riedl
pages 185-190
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Optimal Approach for Prostate Cancer Detection as Initial Biopsy: Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Transperineal Versus Transrectal Systematic 12-Core Biopsy
Ryoei Hara, Yoshimasa Jo, Tomohiro Fujii, Norio Kondo, Teruhiko Yokoyoma, Yoshiyuki Miyaji, Atsushi Nagai
pages 191-195
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Minimally Invasive Management of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Michael D. Stifelman, Ojas Shah, Patrick Mufarrij, Michael Lipkin
pages 201-204
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Prevalence and Epidemiological Characteristics of Urolithiasis in Japan: National Trends Between 1965 and 2005
Takahiro Yasui, Masanori Iguchi, Sadao Suzuki, Kenjiro Kohri
pages 209-213
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Confident Intraoperative Decision Making During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Does This Patient Need a Second Look?
Andrew J. Portis, Mark A. Laliberte, Cindy Holtz, Wenjun Ma, Michael S. Rosenberg, Carl A. Bretzke
pages 218-222
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Nutcracker Phenomenon Demonstrated by Multidetector Computed Tomography with Three-Dimensional Imaging
Satomi Kawamoto, Karen M. Horton, Elliot K. Fishman
pages 228-229
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Partial Penile Disassembly for Isolated Epispadias Repair
Ibrahim Mokhless, Mohamed Youssif, Hazem R. Ismail, Hosam Higazy
pages 235-238
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Sexual Function and Quality of Life in Korean Women with Chronic Renal Failure on Hemodialysis: Case-Control Study
Yun Seob Song, Hee Jo Yang, Eun Seop Song, Dong Cheol Han, Chul Moon, Ja Hyeon Ku
pages 243-246
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Bipolar Transurethral Resection of Prostate: Clinical and Urodynamic Evaluation
Francesco Iori, Giorgio Franco, Costantino Leonardo, Cesare Laurenti, Andrea Tubaro, Francesco D–Amico, Danilo Dini, Cosimo De Nunzio
pages 252-255
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Adrenocortical Hormone Abnormalities in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Jordan Dimitrakov, Hylton V. Joffe, Steven J. Soldin, Roger Bolus, C.A. Tony Buffington, J. Curtis Nickel
pages 261-266
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Phalloplasty: A Valuable Treatment for Males with Penile Insufficiency
Nicolaas Lumen, Stanislas Monstrey, Gennaro Selvaggi, Peter Ceulemans, Griet De Cuypere, Eric Van Laecke, Piet Hoebeke
pages 272-276
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Editorial Comments
John P. Gearhart
page 277
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Association of Abnormal Preoperative Laboratory Values with Survival After Radical Nephrectomy for Clinically Confined Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
James S. Magera, Bradley C. Leibovich, Christine M. Lohse, Shomik Sengupta, John C. Cheville, Eugene D. Kwon, Michael L. Blute
pages 278-282
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Laparoscopic Lymph Node Dissection in Clinically Node-Negative Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Renal Carcinoma
Terence N. Chapman, Satish Sharma, Shaozeng Zhang, Michael K. Wong, Hyung L. Kim
pages 287-291
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Impact of Previous Bacille Calmette-Guérin Failure Pattern on Subsequent Response to Bacille Calmette-Guérin Plus Interferon Intravesical Therapy
Brian L. Gallagher, Fadi N. Joudi, José L. Maymí, Michael A. O’Donnell
pages 297-301
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Natural History of Biochemical Progression After Radical Prostatectomy Based on Length of a Positive Margin
Atsushi Ochiai, Tiffany Sotelo, Patricia Troncoso, Viju Bhadkamkar, R. Joseph Babaian
pages 308-312
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Adipocytokines, Obesity, and Insulin Resistance During Combined Androgen Blockade for Prostate Cancer
Matthew R. Smith, Hang Lee, Mary Anne Fallon, David M. Nathan
pages 318-322
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How Accurately Do Solsona and European Association of Urology Risk Groups Predict for Risk of Lymph Node Metastases in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis?
Giacomo Novara, Walter Artibani, Sergio Cosciani Cunico, Gioacchino De Giorgi, Marina Gardiman, Guido Martignoni, Salvatore Siracusano, Regina Tardanico, Filiberto Zattoni, Vincenzo Ficarra, Members of the GUONE Penile Cancer Project
pages 328-333
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Impact of Stapling Devices on Radical Cystectomy: Comparative Study Between Low- and High-Volume Surgeons
Vassilios Tzortzis, Stavros Gravas, Iraklis C. Mitsogiannis, Georgios Moutzouris, Anastasios Karatzas, Angelos Leventis, Ioannis Mpouzalas, Michael D. Melekos
pages 337-340
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Loss of 15-Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenase Expression Disrupts Urothelial Differentiation
Stephanie Tseng-Rogenski, I.-Ling Lee, Daniel Gebhardt, Susan M. Fischer, Christopher Wood, John M. Park, Monica Liebert
pages 346-350
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Intravesical Weck Clip Migration After Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
Elizabeth B. Banks, Anup Ramani, Manoj Monga
pages 351.e3-351.e4
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Communication Between the Ureter and an Aortic Aneurysm Sac After an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Alexander Kutikov, Keith N. Van Arsdalen, Brian M. Levin, Victor J. Ferlise, Peter C. Howard, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Parvati Ramchandani
pages 351.e7-351.e8
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Scrotal Sparganosis: With an Emphasis on Ultrasonographic Findings
Seung Ho Kim, Sungchan Park, Jin Ho Paik
pages 351.e11-351.e12
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Metastatic Breast Carcinoma to Renal Angiomyolipomas in Tuberous Sclerosis
Todd R. Williams, Michael F. Oakes
pages 352.e5-352.e7
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Re: Yilmaz E, Batislam E, Basar M, et al: Optimal Frequency in Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Prospective Randomized Study (Urology 66: 1160–1164, 2005)
Manish Ahuja, Apul Goel
page 354
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Re: Nguyen MM, Ellison LM: Testicular Cancer Patterns in Asian-American Males: An Opportunity for Public Health Education to Impact Outcomes (Urology 66: 606–609, 2005) and Gajendran VK, Nguyen M, Ellison LM: Testicular Cancer Patterns in African-American Men (Urology 66: 602–605, 2005)
Katherine A. McGlynn, Susan S. Devesa
pages 356-357
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Re: Bar-Yosef et al: Megameatus Intact Prepuce Hypospadias Variant: Application of Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty (Urology 66: 861–864, 2005), and the Accompanying Editorial Comment by Keating
Warren T. Snodgrass
pages 359-360
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Re: Bianco FJ, Scardino PT, and Eastham JA: Radical Prostatectomy: Long-term Cancer Control and Recovery of Sexual and Urinary Function (“Trifecta”) (Urology 66(5 suppl): 83–94, 2005)
Laurent Salomon
page 362
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