A new comprehensive review published in UroPrecision finds that holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP), a common surgery for an enlarged ...

For many men, changes in urination are often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing. Frequent nighttime trips to the bathroom, a weak urine stream or diffic ...

Hello. This is Akio Horiguchi from the National Defense Medical College Hospital. In the previous 29th installment of the "Textbook of Urethral Stricture" series, we explained the mechanism, ...

Share on Pinterest A new urine test may enable more personalized treatment for bladder cancer. Image credit: SolStock/Getty Images A new urine-based test can detect minimal residual bladder cancer ...

Surgery hasn’t always been an option for metastatic bladder cancer (or bladder cancer that’s spread from its original site). But according to limited research, surgical treatments may now help some ...

Bladder cancer arises from the lining of the bladder, the organ that stores urine, and is one of the most common cancers in the United States. Most patients are diagnosed at an early stage called ...

En bloc resection is a viable alternative to conventional TURBT, even possibly for large NMIBC and regardless of tumor location. En bloc resection of bladder tumor outperforms transurethral resection ...

Intravesical explosion represents an extremely rare yet hazardous complication during transurethral resection of bladder tumors. Given that severe intravesical explosion can lead to bladder rupture, ...

Surgery for advanced bladder cancer includes transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) to remove tumors and cystectomy to remove all or part of the bladder, with the choice depending on the ...

In a trial, ERAS for ambulatory TURBT showed promise for improving early recovery compared with usual care. In a trial, quality of recovery was significantly better for patients receiving an enhanced ...

—A recent meta-analysis of 35 studies showed that TURP was associated with lower odds of early and persistent LUTS compared with ablation and enucleation. After surgery for benign prostatic ...