New RCT out: Early Botox after #SCI may help prevent #NDO — a common complication that can seriously affect #bladder and #kidney health and #QOL. Small study (n=9), but results promising and may contribute to improving the care for this patient group. 🧠💉 Full text 🫴🏻 📄 doi.org/10.2340/sju....

Clarivate’s latest Journal Citation Report is out: SJU’s Journal Impact Factor has climbed sharply, from 2.1 to 2.8 — marking the third consecutive year of rising percentile ranking. Interested in submitting a manuscript to SJU? Please see 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/authorguidelines

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Unexpected Liver Metastasis Three Years after Nephrectomy for Renal Oncocytoma: A Case-report and Review of Literature Full text article available here 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/view/43205/49576

Healthcare costs in relation to increased use of preoperative renal tumour biopsies: Do they increase? The answer might not be what you think! Full text here 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/view/43194

#RCT of quadratus lumborum block #QLB vs epidural block #EDA for postoperative analgesia after open radical #cystectomy: 🚨 Which is better? 🚨 Full text 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/view/43105

#TUMT is a useful alternative to surgery in men with #BPO and a prostate >100 grams. Danish study 🇩🇰 50 men 📍44/50 urinary retention ⚠️TUMT under LA, lasting 15 min (8–32) ✅ 6-mo FU: 41/49 (84%) ➡️ tissue destruction ≥20% ➡️ satisfied Full text 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/view/42784

Sexual function & QOL >5 yrs post-EBRT alone (N=91) or combined with HDR brachytherapy (N=248) for PCa QOL & Sexual domain summary score: similar in both groups when adjusting for confounders: ⚠️⚠️⚠️ age ⚠️ hormone therapy ⚠️ fatigue Full-text here 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/...

External validation study: Can biomarkers predict #prostatecancer (PC)? 👨‍💼 362 biopsy-naïve men 🩸 urine and blood 🧪 mRNA panel ➕clinical features & PSA ➡️ predict presence of #ISUP grade group ≥ 2 PC? Full text 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/view/42752

Prostate artery embolization (PAE) for #BPO Success def.: IPSS📉>3 or catheter freedom ⚠️ 96 pts 2018-2021 ⚠️ Median age 74 ✅ Success 63 pts - Cath pts: 53% - Non-cath pts: 79% 🚨 6 post-embolisation syndrome (pain, irritative #LUTS) Full text 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/view/42495

New Cheat Sheet! Key neuro-urology treatments include bladder training, electrostimulation, drugs for storage and voiding issues, catheterization, botulinum toxin, and surgery, all aiming to protect the upper urinary tract and improve continence. #EAUguidelines Download: uroweb.org/guidelines/n...

Swedish register study on #activesurveillance #AS ✔️76,191 men ✔️low-/intermediate-risk #PCa ✔️2008-2020 ➡️ ✅ 28,211 men on AS ✅ AS 📈 also in men <60 -very low-risk: 57%->91% -other low-risk: 37%->77% -intermediate-risk: 16%->20% ✅ Deferred tx stable ✅ Safe 🫴🏻 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/...

Exercise programme 🔜 after #robot-assisted #radicalcystectomy and intracorporal diversion: ✅ RCT (🏃🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️n=90, 2019-2022) ✅ Safe (no 📈 hospital readmission rate) ✅ Significantly fewer CDG2 complications 30-90 POD ⚠️ Study limitations medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/... @karolinskainst.bsky.social

Retrospective study of AUS for SUI post-RP: High rewards with high risks? 11-years, 108 pAUS and 28 rAUS: ✅Continence rate 49.1% vs 32.1%. ⚠️Reoperation rate 27.8% vs 42.9% ⚠️ Survival probability sign worse for rAUS ⚠️Diabetes ➡️ 3.6-fold 📈reop risk medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/...

New Cheat Sheet on Urethral Strictures! This guide summarizes key approaches for managing posterior urethral stenosis, including conservative methods, endoluminal techniques and reconstruction options. Download the cheat sheet here: uroweb.org/guidelines/u... #UrethralStenosis #EAUguidelines

The Stockholm Spinal Cord Uro Study: ✔️412 SCI patients ✔️50 years ✔️1/3 uro surgery ⚠️ Urological surgery (imperative & recon) after SCI is challenging and calls for centralisation to devoted teams 👉 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/...

Disease-specific hashtags only, no mention of the platform, because that is self-evident. #Urology

Scandinavian Journal of Urology@scanjoururol.bsky.social · 2y ago

Which disease-specific hashtags do you use in urology? Do you anchor with “sm” or “sky”? #OncSky #PCa #bladderca #maleLUTS #reconurology

Which disease-specific hashtags do you use in urology? Do you anchor with “sm” or “sky”? #OncSky #PCa #bladderca #maleLUTS #reconurology

Dr. Don S Dizon@drdonsdizon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Since #oncsky is forming here just wanted to post about the origins of the healthcare hashtags, all of which used "sm" to anchor = social media jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/3

30-year results for men in the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study Number 4 (SPCG-4) trial 🫴🏻 spcg.se

Matt Cooperberg@dr-coops.bsky.social · 2y ago

ICYMI: *30* year outcomes from SPCG-4 dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM... RP vs. WW for clinically detected #prostatecancer reduces CSM 48% and *ACM* by 26%. NNT down to 6. Clear benefit to treatment of clinically detectable disease if (and only if) your pt has a very long life expectancy. #pcsm

The difficulty of studying the association between pathway delays and #survival in #cancer #BladderBaSe #SNRUBC 🗂️ ⚠️ How can a longer treatment delay be associated with a better survival? #selectionbias Full text 👉 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/... From @UroLiedberg et al

Join us at the INUS Annual Congress 2025 in Zermatt, Switzerland, on January 16-18th! 🏔️🇨🇭 2025 marks a decade of collaboration and intense increase on neuro-urological education as we celebrate our 10th anniversary! 🎉 Register now on www.neuro-uro.org! 🌐 #INUS2025 #INUS #neurourology #continence

Have a look at our latest publications 📄 All articles available full text open access 👉 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU

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We’ve hit the 150 recommended followers limit in this starter pack! Feel free to share it with your followers or create your pack tailored to your field of work. Let’s keep the flow going! #Urology #StreamTeam

European Association of Urology (EAU)@uroweb.org · 2y ago

For those in urology, this starter pack has all you need to keep things flowing in the Blue Zone! #urology #urologylife go.bsky.app/TSRtV3g

The Stockholm Spinal Cord Uro Study: ✔️412 SCI patients ✔️50 years ✔️1/3 uro surgery ⚠️ Urological surgery (imperative & recon) after SCI is challenging and calls for centralisation to devoted teams 👉 medicaljournalssweden.se/SJU/article/...