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2025: The year in which the International Brazilian Journal of Urology will be able to consolidate itself as one of the most important in urology
In 2024 there was a small drop in the journal’s impact factor, which nevertheless remained above 3. In 2025 we expect the impact factor to reach a very significant level, consolidating our journal as one of the most important in urology. The January-February number of Int Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Robotic Surgery, Prostate Cancer, Infertility, Endourology, Priapism, Bladder function, Climacturia and Overactive bladder. The papers came from many different countries such as Brazil, China, Indonesia and USA, and as usual the editor ́s comment highlights some of them…
Luciano A. Favorito, MD, PhD | Editor in Chief
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VOL. 50 N. 03, 2024
The May-June number of Int Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Robotic Surgery, Prostate Cancer, Infertility, Prostatic Biopsy, MRI in Prostate Cancer, Renal Cancer, Covid-19, Endourology, BPH and Urethral stricture. The papers came from many different countries such as Brazil,Italy, Canada, Spain, Japan and USA, and as usual the editor ́s comment highlights some of them…
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The March-April number of Int Braz J Urol is the 27nd under my supervision and is very special. In 2024 the Int Braz J Urol celebrate 50 years of foundation. I would like to thank our former editors, doctors Alberto Gentile, Lino L. Lens, Rubem Arruda, Gilberto M. Goes, Sami Arap, Nelson R. Neto Jr., Sergio Aguinaga, Francisco Sampaio, Miriam Dambros and Sideny Glina. In Figure-1 we can observe the operating time of the former editors in the last 50 years.
Read MoreVOL. 50 N. 01, 2024
The January-February number of Int Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Robotic Surgery, Prostate Cancer, Infertility, Undescended Testis, Ureteral Strictures, Penile Fracture, Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Prostatic Tuberculosis. The papers came from many different countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Switzerland, China, Indonesia…
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Impact of COVID-19 on clinical practice, income, health and lifestyle behavior of Brazilian urologists
Vol. 46 (x): 2020 June 6.[Ahead of print] doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.99.15 ORIGINAL ARTCLE Cristiano M. Gomes 1, Luciano A. Favorito 2, João Victor T. Henriques 1, Alfredo F. Canalini 3, Karin M. J. Anzolch 4, Roni de C....
The impact of COVID-19 in medical practice. A review focused on Urology
Vol. 46 (x): 2020 May 5.[Ahead of print] doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.99.08 REVIEW ARTICLE Eduardo Mazzucchi 1, Fabio C. M. Torricelli 1, Fabio C. Vicentini 1, Giovanni S. Marchini 1, Alexandre Danilovic 1, Carlos A....
Comparison of functional outcomes of off-clamp laparoscopic partial nephrectomy access techniques: A preliminary report
Vol. 46 (x): 2020 August 8.[Ahead of print] doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2019.0734 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Mehmet Necmettin Mercimek 1, Ender Ozden 2 1 Department of Urology, Samsun Liv Hospital, Ilkadim, Samsun, Turkey; 2 Department...
Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vol. 46 (4): 499-500, July – August, 2020 doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.04.02 EDITORIAL Francisco J. B. Sampaio 1, 2 1 Emeritus Editor, Int Braz J Urol, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; 2 Past President, National Academy of...