Int Braz J Urol. Vol. 34 N. 05 – 2008
CONTENTS
EDITOR’S COMMENT
544 | F.J.B. Sampaio
CLINICAL UROLOGY
546 | Radial Dilation of Nephrostomy Balloons: A Comparative Analysis
Kari Hendlin, Manoj Monga (Editorial comment by Dr. Eduardo Mazzucchi; Dr. Mauricio Rubinstein; Dr. Anuar Ibrahim Mitre; Dr. Renato N Pedro & Dr. Nelson Rodrigues Netto Jr.)
555 | The Effects of Lovastatin on Conventional Medical Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms with Finasteride
Konstantinos N. Stamatiou, Paraskevi Zaglavira, Andrew Skolarikos, Frank Sofras (Editorial comment by Dr. Tobias S. Köhler; Dr. Kevin T. McVary & Dr. Teemu J. Murtola)
563 | The Role of Extended Prostate Biopsy on Prostate Cancer Detection Rate: A Study Performed on the Bench
Luciano Nesrallah, Adriano Nesrallah, Alberto A. Antunes, Katia R. Leite, Miguel Srougi (Editorial comment by Dr. Brian J. Moran)
572 | Patient’s Reactions to Digital Rectal Examination of the Prostate
Andre B. Furlan, Rafael Kato, Fabio Vicentini, Jose Cury, Alberto A. Antunes, Miguel Srougi (Editorial comment by Dr. Vincenzo Scattoni & Dr. Paul J. Van Cangh)
577 | Can Bipolar Vaporization be Considered an Alternative Energy Source in the Endoscopic Treatment of Urethral Strictures and Bladder Neck Contracture?
Erem K. Basok, Adnan Basaran, Cenk Gurbuz, Asif Yildirim, Resit Tokuc (Editorial comment by Dr. A. Abou-Elela & Dr. Massimo Lazzeri)
587 | Epidemiologic Study on Penile Cancer in Brazil
Luciano A. Favorito, Aguinaldo C. Nardi, Mario Ronalsa, Stenio C. Zequi, Francisco J. B. Sampaio, Sidney Glina (Editorial comment by Dr. Antonio Augusto Ornellas; Dr. Philippe E. Spiess & Dr. Prof. Simon Horenblas)
594 | Complications Following Urethral Reconstructive Surgery: A Six Year Experience
Neema Navai, Bradley A. Erickson, Lee C. Zhao, Onisuru T. Okotie, Chris M. Gonzalez (Editorial comment by Dr. Antonio Macedo Jr. & Dr. Sean P. Elliott)
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
602 | Full-Thickness Abdominal Skin Graft for Long-Segment Urethral Stricture Reconstruction
Joshua J. Meeks, Bradley A. Erickson, Chris M. Gonzalez (Editorial comment by Dr. Antonio Macedo Jr.)
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY
609 | Use of Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty for Secondary Hypospadias Repair or Repair in Circumcised Patients
Seyed A. Mousavi (Editorial comment by Dr. Marco Castagnetti; Dr. Alchiede Simonato;
Dr. Matteo Orlandini; Dr. Kimihiko Moriya & Dr. Maike Beuke)
617 | Extravaginal Testicular Torsion: A Clinical Entity with Unspecified Surgical Anatomy
Iason D. Kyriazis, John Dimopoulos, George Sakellaris, Jurgen Waldschmidt †; Geroge
Charissis (Editorial comment by Dr. Francisco Tibor Dénes; Dr. Ahmed H. Al-Salem & Dr. Feilim Murphy)
NEUROUROLOGY
627 | Intravesical Protrusion of the Prostate as a Predictive Method of Bladder Outlet Obstruction
Leonardo O. Reis, Guilherme C. Barreiro, Jamal Baracat, Alessandro Prudente, Carlos A.
D’Ancona (Editorial comment by Dr. Matthias Oelke; Dr. Peter Gilling & Dr. Mesrur Selcuk Silay)
INVESTIGATIVE UROLOGY
638 | Relaxation of Rabbit Corpus Cavernosum Smooth Muscle and Aortic Vascular Endothelium Induced by New Nitric Oxide Donor Substances of the Nitrosyl-Ruthenium Complex
Joao B. G. Cerqueira, Lucio F. G. Silva, Luis G. F. Lopes, Maria E. A. Moraes, Nilberto R. F.
Nascimento (Editorial comment by Dr. Joaquim A. Claro & Dr. Y. Reisman)
UROLOGICAL SURVEY
STONE DISEASE
648 | Impact of body mass index on cost and clinical outcomes after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
Bagrodia A, Gupta A, Raman JD, Bensalah K, Pearle MS, Lotan Y
649 | Stone attenuation and skin-to-stone distance on computed tomography predicts for stone fragmentation by shock wave lithotripsy
Perks AE, Schuler TD, Lee J, Ghiculete D, Chung DG, D’A Honey RJ, Pace KT
ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY
650 | Laparoscopic management of intraperitoneal bladder rupture secondary to blunt abdominal trauma using intracorporeal single layer suturing technique
Kim FJ, Chammas MF Jr, Gewehr EV, Campagna A, Moore EE
651 | Hand assisted retroperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy with the patient spread-eagled: na approach through a completely supine position
Ou CH, Yang WH
IMAGING
652 | Pelvic floor dysfunction: assessment with combined analysis of static and dynamic MR imaging findings
El Sayed RF, El Mashed S, Farag A, Morsy MM, Abdel Azim MS
653 | Frequency of serum creatinine changes in the absence of iodinated contrast material: implicationsfor studies of contrast nephrotoxicity
Newhouse JH, Kho D, Rao QA, Starren J
UROGENITAL TRAUMA
654 | Long-term functional and morphological effects of transcatheter arterial embolization of traumatic renal vascular injury
Mohsen T, El-Assmy A, El-Diasty T
654 | Minimally invasive endovascular techniques to treat acute renal hemorrhage
Breyer BN, McAninch JW, Elliott SP, Master VA
PATHOLOGY
656 | False positive labeling of prostate cancer with high molecular weight cytokeratin: p63 a more specific immunomarker for basal cells
Ali TZ, Epstein JI
657 | Grading of invasive cribriform carcinoma on prostate needle biopsy: an interobserver study among experts in genitourinary pathology
Latour M, Amin MB, Billis A, Egevad L, Grignon DJ, Humphrey PA, Reuter VE, Sakr WA, Srigley JR, Wheeler TM, Yang XJ, Epstein JI
INVESTIGATIVE UROLOGY
658 | Localization and expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in biopsies from patients with interstitial cystitis
Koskela LR, Thiel T, Ehrén I, De Verdier PJ, Wiklund NP
659 | Effect of cyanoacrylic glue on penile fracture: an experimental study
Akgül T, Ayyildiz A, Cebeci O, Nuhoðlu B, Ozer E, Germiyanoðlu C, Ustün H
RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLOGY
660 | Surgical techniques in substitution urethroplasty using buccal mucosa for the treatment of anterior urethral strictures
Patterson JM, Chapple CR
662 | Lichen sclerosus of the male genitalia and urethra: surgical options and results in a multicenter international experience with 215 patients
Kulkarni S, Barbagli G, Kirpekar D, Mirri F, Lazzeri M
UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
663 | Toxicities associated with the administration of sorafenib, sunitinib, and temsirolimus and their management in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Bhojani N, Jeldres C, Patard JJ, Perrotte P, Suardi N, Hutterer G, Patenaude F, Oudard S, Karakiewicz PI
664 | Prepubic urethrectomy during radical cystoprostatectomy
Joniau S, Shabana W, Verlinde B, Van Poppel H
NEUROUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY
665 | Postoperative urinary incontinence after total abdominal hysterectomy or supracervical hysterectomy: a metaanalysis
Robert M, Soraisham A, Sauve R
666 | Outcomes following sling surgery: importance of definition of success
Rapp DE, Kobashi KC
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY
667 | Nerve sparing robotic extravesical ureteral reimplantation
Casale P, Patel RP, Kolon TF
668 | Unilateral vesicoureteral reflux: does endoscopic injection based on the cystoscopic appearance of the ureteral orifice decrease the incidence of de-novo contralateral reflux?
Routh JC, Inman BA, Ashley RA, Vandersteen DR, Reinberg Y, Wolpert JJ, Kramer SA, Husmann DA.
