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BMC Urology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of urological disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Urology (ISSN 1471-2490) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Urology 2009, 9 :15
Following oral mucosa graft urethroplasty, donor site morbidity, as measured by pain, swelling, numbness, salivation and tightness of the mouth, is increased in patients who use tobacco and have poor oral hygiene.
BMC Urology 2009, 9 :14
Total prostate specific antigen testing to investigate abnormal prostate or urinary symptoms misses up to 22% of prostate cancer cases and falsely indicates cancer in 44-94% of men who test positive.
BMC Urology 2009, 9 :11
No individual diabetes-related risk factor explains the increase in urinary incontinence among women with diabetes, although it is associated with angina, treatment at home, hospitalization in the last year and diabetes drug treatment.
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Research article
Pharmacologic attenuation of pelvic pain in a Murine model of interstitial cystitis Charles N Rudick, Anthony J Schaeffer, David J Klumpp BMC Urology 2009, 9 :16 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Donor site morbidity in oral mucosa graft urethroplasty: implications of tobacco consumption Rahul Janak Sinha, Vishwajeet Singh, SN Sankhwar, Divakar Dalela BMC Urology 2009, 9 :15 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of prostate specific antigen Philip Harvey, Amman Basuita, Deborah Endersby, Ben Curtis, Aphrodite Iacovidou, Mary Walker BMC Urology 2009, 9 :14 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Commentary: the role of cytologic analysis of voided urine in the work-up of asymptomatic microhematuria Deep Trivedi, Edward M Messing BMC Urology 2009, 9 :13 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Utility of serial urinary cytology in the initial evaluation of the patient with microscopic hematuria Kogenta Nakamura, Ali Kasraeian, Kenneth A Iczkowski, Myron Chang, John Pendleton, Satoshi Anai, Charles J Rosser BMC Urology 2009, 9 :12 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [1 comment ]
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Diabetes related risk factors did not explain the increased risk for urinary incontinence among women with diabetes. The Norwegian HUNT/EPINCONT study Marit Helen Ebbesen, Yngvild S Hannestad, Kristian Midthjell, Steinar Hunskaar BMC Urology 2009, 9 :11 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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HIV-associated bladder cancer: a case series evaluating difficulties in diagnosis and management Elizabeth M Gaughan, Bruce J Dezube, Mark Bower, David M Aboulafia, Gerry Bohac, Timothy P Cooley, Liron Pantanowitz BMC Urology 2009, 9 :10 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Intraprostatic Botulinum Toxin Type A injection in patients with benign prostatic enlargement: duration of the effect of a single treatment Jo BMC Urology 2009, 9 :9 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identifying the needs of penile cancer sufferers: A systematic review of the quality of life, psychosexual and psychosocial literature in penile cancer Satish B Maddineni, Maurice M Lau, Vijay K Sangar BMC Urology 2009, 9 :8 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Development and validation of risk score for predicting positive repeat prostate biopsy in patients with a previous negative biopsy in a UK population Mark A Rochester, Nora Pashayan, Fiona Matthews, Andrew Doble, John McLoughlin BMC Urology 2009, 9 :7 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Urinary and sexual outcomes in long-term (5+ years) prostate cancer disease free survivors after radical prostatectomy Mauro Gacci, Alchiede Simonato, Lorenzo Masieri, John L Gore, Michele Lanciotti, Annalisa Mantella, Mario ALBERTO Rossetti, Sergio Serni, Virginia Varca, Andrea Romagnoli, Carlo Ambruosi, Fabio Venzano, Marco Esposito, Tomaso Montanaro, Giorgio Carmignani, Marco Carini Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7 :94 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Sperm in peritoneal fluid from a man with ascites: a case report Horatiu Olteanu, Alexandra Harrington, Steven H Kroft Cases Journal 2009, 2 :192 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Primary research
INTS6/DICE1 inhibits growth of human androgen-independent prostate cancer cells by altering the cell cycle profile and Wnt signaling Stephanie Filleur, Jennifer Hirsch, Aline Wille, Margarete Schon, Christian Sell, Michael H Shearer, Thomas Nelius, Ilse Wieland Cancer Cell International 2009, 9 :28 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Urachal tumour: case report of a poorly understood carcinoma Stefano Scabini, Edoardo Rimini, Emanuele Romairone, Renato Scordamaglia, Luigi Vallarino, Veronica Giasotto, Carlo Ferro, Valter Ferrando World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7 :82 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A Smac-mimetic sensitizes prostate cancer cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis via modulating both IAPs and NF-kappaB Yao Dai, Meilan Liu, Wenhua Tang, Yongming Li, Jiqin Lian, Theodore S Lawrence, Liang Xu BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :392 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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High frequency of tumor cells with nuclear Egr-1 protein expression in human bladder cancer is associated with disease progression Frederikke Lihme Egerod, Annette Bartels, Niels Fristrup, Michael Borre, Torben F BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :385 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
The Exstrophy-epispadias complex Anne-Karoline Ebert, Heiko Reutter, Michael Ludwig, Wolfgang H Rosch Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2009, 4 :23 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case Report
Increased frequency and nocturia in a middle aged male may not always be due to Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH): a case report Kumar Gaurav, Jamie Fitch, Mukta Panda Cases Journal 2009, 2 :168 (27 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
Case report
Management of renal nutcracker syndrome by retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy with ex vivo autograft repair and autotransplantation: a case report and review of the literature Danfeng Xu, Yushan Liu, Yi Gao, Lei Zhang, Junkai Wang, Jiangping Che, Youhua Zhu Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :82 (27 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
Research
Ergonomic assessment of the posture of surgeons performing endoscopic transurethral resections in urology Alwin Luttmann, Matthias J Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2009, 4 :26 (19 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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