Int Braz J Urol. Vol. 34 N. 06 – 2008


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CONTENTS

EDITOR’S COMMENT

674 | F.J.B. Sampaio

REVIEW ARTICLE

676 | Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma Management: An Update

Flavio L. Heldwein, T. Casey McCullough, Carlos A. V. Souto, Marc Galiano, Eric Barret (Editorial comment by Dr. Philippe E. Spiess)

CLINICAL UROLOGY

691 | Presentation and Outcome Following Radical Cystectomy in Hispanics with Bladder Cancer

Manoharan, R. Ayyathurai, R. de Los Santos, A. M. Nieder, M. S. Soloway (Editorial comment by Dr. Antonio Augusto Ornellas)

669 | Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women Referred to Outpatient Clinics in Sanandaj, Iran

Kalantar Enayat, Farhadifar Fariba, Nikkho Bahram (Editorial comment by Dr. K. Stamatiou; Dr. Fiona Smaill; Dr. Richard Colgan & Dr. Hengqi Zheng)

708 | Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in the Symptomatic Management of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Placebo-Control Randomized Trial

Lamina Sikiru, Hanif Shmaila, Samani A. Muhammed (Editorial comment by Dr. J. R. Yang & Dr. Rodney U. Anderson)

715 | Long-term Clinical Outcome in Patients with Stage-I Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Cancer. A Critical Review of Own Treatment Modalities in a Retrospective Study

Sandra Seseke, Silke Bierwirth, Arne Strauss, Rolf-Hermann Ringert, Florian Sesek (Editorial comment by Dr. S. D. Beck & Dr. Dalibor Ondrus)

725 | Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Penile Cancer: A Comparative Study Using Modified Inguinal Dissection

Ubirajara Ferreira, Marco A.V. Ribeiro, Leonardo O. Reis, Alessandro Prudente, Wagner E. Matheus (Editorial comment by Dr. Marcos Tobias-Machado; Dr. Eduardo Simão Starling: Dr. Antonio Augusto Ornellas & Dr. Philippe E. Spiess)

SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

734 | Pure Robotic Retrocaval Ureter Repair

Ashok K. Hemal, Ranjit Rao, Sachit Sharma, Rhys G. E. Clement

PEDIATRIC UROLOGY

739 | Laparoscopic Renal Surgery in Infants and Children: Is it a Feasible and Safe Procedure for all Pediatric Age Groups?

Francisco T. Denes, Alessandro Tavares, Edison D. S. Monteiro, Jose de Bessa Jr., Amilcar M. Giron, Frederico A. Queiroz Filho, Miguel Srougi (Editorial comment by Dr. Marcos Tobias-Machado; Dr. Marco Tulio Coelho Lasmar & Dr. Lisias N. Castilho)

749 | Changes in Parents’ and Self-Reports of Behavioral Problems in Brazilian Adolescents after Behavioral Treatment with Urine Alarm for Nocturnal Enuresis

Marina M. Rocha, Noel J. Costa, Edwiges F. M. Silvares (Editorial comment by Dr. Dieter Baeyens & Dr. Richard Butler)

NEUROUROLOGY

758 | Electromotive Drug Administration for Treatment of Therapy- Refractory Overactive Bladder

Gauruder-Burmester, A. Biskupskie, A. Rosahl, R. Tunn

765 | Mixed Incontinence: Does Preoperative Urodynamic Detrusor Overactivity Affect Postoperative Quality of Life After Pubovaginal Sling?

John T. Stoffel, John J. Smith, Simone Crivellaro, John F. Bresette (Editorial comment by Dr. Michael B. Chancellor)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

772 | Childhood Renal Lymphangiectasia

Fabian Sanchez, Juan C. Prieto; Korgun Koral & Linda A. Baker

UROLOGICAL SURVEY

STONE DISEASE

775 | Plain radiography still is required in the planning of treatment for urolithiasis

Lamb AD, Wines MD, Mousa S, Tolley DA

776 | A comparison of the physical properties of four new generation flexible ureteroscopes: (de) flection, flow properties, torsion stiffness, and optical characteristics

Paffen ML, Keizer JG, de Winter GV, Arends AJ, Hendrikx AJ

ENDOUROLOGY & LAPAROSCOPY

777 | Laparoscopic ureterolysis and omental wrapping

Simone G, Leonardo C, Papalia R, Guaglianone S, Gallucci M

777 | Artery-only occlusion may provide superior renal preservation during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy

Gong EM, Zorn KC, Orvieto MA, Lucioni A, Msezane LP, Shalhav AL

IMAGING

778 | Utility of PET/CT in differentiating benign from malignant adrenal nodules in patients with cancer

Vikram R, Yeung HD, Macapinlac HA, Iyer RB

779 | Follow-up after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma: contrast-enhanced sonography versus contrast-enhanced CT or MRI

Meloni MF, Bertolotto M, Alberzoni C, Lazzaroni S, Filice C, Livraghi T, Ferraioli G

781 | American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Organ Injury Scale I: spleen, liver, and kidney,validation based on the National Trauma Data Bank

Tinkoff G, Esposito TJ, Reed J, Kilgo P, Fildes J, Pasquale M, Meredith JW

782 | Analysis of urologic complications after radical hysterectomy

Likic IS, Kadija S, Ladjevic NG, Stefanovic A, Jeremic K, Petkovic S, Dzamic Z

PATHOLOGY

783 | Renal cell carcinomas with papillary architecture and clear cell components: the utility of immunohistochemical and cytogenetical analyses in differential diagnosis

Gobbo S, Eble JN, Maclennan GT, Grignon DJ, Shah RB, Zhang S, Martignoni G, Brunelli M, Cheng L

784 | The role of pathologic prognostic factors in squamous cell carcinoma of the penis

Cubilla AL

INVESTIGATIVE UROLOGY

786 | Role of papaverine hydrochloride administration in patients with intractable renal colic: randomized prospective trial.

Yencilek F, Aktas C, Goktas C, Yilmaz C, Yilmaz U, Sarica K

787 | An in vitro study on human ureteric smooth muscle with the alpha1-adrenoceptor subtype blocker, tamsulosin.

Rajpathy J, Aswathaman K, Sinha M, Subramani S, Gopalakrishnan G, Kekre NS

RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLOGY

788 | Surgical complications following radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladders in women

Ali-el-Dein B, Shaaban AA, Abu-Eideh RH, el-Azab M, Ashamallah A, Ghoneim MA

789 | Apoptosis and effects of intracavernous bone marrow cell injection in a rat model of postprostatectomy erectile dysfunction

Fall PA, Izikki M, Tu L, Swieb S, Giuliano F, Bernabe J, Souktani R, Abbou C, Adnot S, Eddahibi S, Yiou R

UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY

791 | The natural history of noncastrate metastatic prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy

Yossepowitch O, Bianco FJ Jr, Eggener SE, Eastham JA, Scher HI, Scardino PT

792 | Impact of diagnostic delay in testis cancer: results of a large population-based study

Huyghe E, Muller A, Mieusset R, Bujan L, Bachaud JM, Chevreau C, Plante P, Thonneau P

NEUROUROLOGY & FEMALE UROLOGY

793 | Determining the course of the dorsal nerve of the clitoris

Vaze A, Goldman H, Jones JS, Rackley R, Vasavada S, Gustafson KJ

794 | Urinary symptoms before and after female urethral diverticulectomy–can we predict de novo stress urinary incontinence?

Stav K, Dwyer PL, Rosamilia A, Chao F

PEDIATRIC UROLOGY

795 | Early treatment of acute pyelonephritis in children fails to reduce renal scarring: data from the Italian Renal Infection Study Trials

Hewitt IK, Zucchetta

796 | Undescended testis in older boys: further evidence that ascending testes are common

Guven A, Kogan BA