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    International Journal of Urology: Volume 27, Issue 4

    271-356
    April 2020
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Issue Information

  • Pages: 271-274
  • First Published: 03 April 2020

IJU this issue

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IJU this issue

Yasuhisa Fujii M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Page: 275
  • First Published: 03 April 2020

Guideline

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Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury

Noritoshi Sekido,  Yasuhiko Igawa,  Hidehiro Kakizaki,  Takeya Kitta,  Atsushi Sengoku,  Satoru Takahashi,  Ryosuke Takahashi,  Katsuyuki Tanaka,  Takashige Namima,  Masashi Honda,  Takahiko Mitsui,  Tomonori Yamanishi,  Toyohiko Watanabe, 
  • Pages: 276-288
  • First Published: 19 February 2020

Review Articles

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Where will the next generation of medical treatments for overactive bladder syndrome come from?

Martin C Michel, 
  • Pages: 289-294
  • First Published: 08 February 2020

Editorial Comment

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Editorial Comment to Where will the next generation of medical treatments for overactive bladder syndrome come from?

Norifumi Sawada M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 294-295
  • First Published: 19 March 2020

Review Articles

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Quality of life in active surveillance for early prostate cancer

Takuma Kato,  Mikio Sugimoto, 
  • Pages: 296-306
  • First Published: 06 March 2020

Original Articles: Clinical Investigation

Prospective evaluation of visual function in patients with ocular diseases after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

Shigenori Kakutani,  Masaaki Asamoto,  Fumiyuki Araki,  Yi-Ning Chen,  Miki Shinokawa,  Yasuko Okagami,  Takuya Ohata,  Satoru Taguchi,  Yuta Yamada,  Yuta Takeshima,  Haruki Kume,  Yoshitsugu Yamada,  Makoto Aihara,  Nobuko Ito,  Hiroshi Fukuhara, 
  • Pages: 307-312
  • First Published: 11 February 2020

Family history in primary hormone therapy for prostate cancer: Analysis from a community-based multi-institutional Japan-wide database

Masaki Shiota,  Mizuki Onozawa,  Shiro Hinotsu,  Masatoshi Eto,  Seiji Naito,  Hideyuki Akaza, on behalf of the Japan Study Group of Prostate Cancer (J-CaP) , 
  • Pages: 313-318
  • First Published: 10 February 2020

Editorial Comment

Editorial Comment to Family history in primary hormone therapy for prostate cancer: Analysis from a community-based multi-institutional Japan-wide database

Yasuhide Kitagawa M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., 
  • Pages: 318-319
  • First Published: 10 February 2020

Original Articles: Clinical Investigation

Dorsal onlay urethroplasty using lingual mucosal grafts for lichen sclerosis anterior urethral strictures repair: Long-term outcomes

Hussein Abdelhameed Aldaqadossi,  Mahmoud Eladawy,  Hossam Shaker,  Youssof Kotb,  Samir Elgamal,  Samir Azazy, 
  • Pages: 320-325
  • First Published: 08 February 2020

Editorial Comment

Editorial Comment to Dorsal onlay urethroplasty using lingual mucosal grafts for lichen sclerosis anterior urethral strictures repair: Long-term outcomes

Akio Horiguchi M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 325-326
  • First Published: 08 February 2020

Original Articles: Clinical Investigation

Unusual presentation of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma in Taiwan: Direct comparison from Taiwan-Japan UTUC Collaboration Cohort

Hao Lun Luo,  Chikara Ohyama,  Shingo Hatakeyama,  Hung Jen Wang,  Tohru Yoneyama,  Wen Chou Yang,  Yao Chi Chuang,  Yen Ta Chen,  Wei Chin Lee,  Yuan Tso Cheng,  Chih Hsiung Kang,  Po Hui Chiang, 
  • Pages: 327-332
  • First Published: 25 February 2020

Change in irrigation flow through a flexible ureteroscope with various devices in the working channel: Comparison between an automatic irrigation pump and gravity-based irrigation

Takaaki Inoue,  Fukashi Yamamichi,  Shinsuke Okada,  Shuzo Hamamoto,  Masato Fujisawa, on behalf of the SMART Study Group , 
  • Pages: 333-338
  • First Published: 15 February 2020

Lipid abnormality, current diabetes and age affect erectile hardness: An analysis of data from complete medical checkups carried out at a single hospital

Kimiyasu Ishikawa,  Haruaki Sasaki,  Satoru Tanifuji,  Ippei Kurokawa,  Hiroo Sugishita,  Yu Hashimoto,  Keiichiro Hayashi,  Takeshi Shichijo, 
  • Pages: 339-343
  • First Published: 07 March 2020

STone Episode Prediction: Development and validation of the prediction nomogram for urolithiasis

Kazutaka Okita,  Shingo Hatakeyama,  Atsushi Imai,  Toshikazu Tanaka,  Itsuto Hamano,  Teppei Okamoto,  Yuki Tobisawa,  Tohru Yoneyama,  Hayato Yamamoto,  Takahiro Yoneyama,  Yasuhiro Hashimoto,  Shigeyuki Nakaji,  Tadashi Suzuki,  Chikara Ohyama, 
  • Pages: 344-349
  • First Published: 08 March 2020

Urological Notes

Inflammatory markers for predicting responses to nivolumab in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Daiki Ikarashi M.D., Ph.D.,  Yoichiro Kato M.D., Ph.D.,  Renpei Kato M.D., Ph.D.,  Mitsugu Kanehira M.D., Ph.D.,  Ryo Takata M.D., Ph.D.,  Wataru Obara M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 350-351
  • First Published: 05 February 2020

Editorial Comment

Editorial Comment to Inflammatory markers for predicting responses to nivolumab in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Tsunenori Kondo M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 351-352
  • First Published: 20 March 2020

Urological Notes

Soft coagulation in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy without renorrhaphy: Comparison with standard suture

Kazuyoshi Nakamura M.D., Ph.D.,  Yusuke Imamura M.D., Ph.D.,  Satoshi Yamamoto M.D., Ph.D.,  Tomokazu Sazuka M.D., Ph.D.,  Shinichi Sakamoto M.D., Ph.D.,  Tomohiko Ichikawa M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 352-354
  • First Published: 08 February 2020

Treatment-induced changes in levels of brain natriuretic peptide in prostate cancer patients receiving gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists or agonists

Toshiki Kijima M.D., Ph.D.,  Masaya Ito M.D., Ph.D.,  Junichiro Ishioka M.D., Ph.D.,  Yoh Matsuoka M.D., Ph.D.,  Kazutaka Saito M.D., Ph.D.,  Yasuhisa Fujii M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 354-355
  • First Published: 19 February 2020

Editorial Comment

Editorial Comment to Treatment-induced changes in levels of brain natriuretic peptide in prostate cancer patients receiving gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists or agonists

Sayuri Takahashi M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Page: 356
  • First Published: 03 March 2020