Expression of O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase in Normal and Malignant Bladder Tissue of Egyptian Patients by Abir A. Saad, Heba Sh. Kassem, Andrew C. Povey, Geoffrey P. Margison

“…Bladder tumour tissues and corresponding uninvolved mucosa (normal tissue) of Egyptian bladder cancer patients were assessed for O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase (MGMT) activity by functional assay of tissue extracts (36 paired samples), and distribution by immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy of fixed material (24 paired samples). …”
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The Management of Children and Adolescents with Overactive Bladder Refractory to Treatment with Parasacral Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation by Carlos Eduardo Rocha Macedo, Antônio Vitor Nascimento Martinelli Braga, Felipe Santos Marimpietri, Beatriz Paixão Argollo, Glicia Estevam de Abreu, Maria Luiza Veiga da Fonseca, Ana Aparecida Nascimento Martinelli Braga, Ubirajara Barroso Jr.

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Botulinum Toxin-A Therapy in Pediatric Urology: Indications for the Neurogenic and Non-Neurogenic Neurogenic Bladder by Lori Dyer, Israel Franco

“…Injection of Botulinum Toxin-A at the level of the bladder works by inhibiting uninhibited bladder contractions and, possibly, by blocking some of the sensory nerve fibers. …”
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Long-Term Survival after Adrenalectomy for Asynchronous Metastasis of Bladder Cancer to the Bilateral Adrenal Glands by S. Washino, M. Hirai, A. Matsuzaki, Y. Kobayashi

“…Isolated adrenal metastasis of bladder cancer, particularly the bilateral, is quite rare. …”
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Surgical Treatment of Adrenal Gland Metastasis Originating from Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder by Minekatsu Taga, Hideaki Ito, Naoya Kusukawa, Yoshiji Miwa, Hironobu Akino, Yoshiaki Imamura, Osamu Yokoyama

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Laparoscopic Repair for Recurrent Bilateral Inguinal Bladder Hernia following Bilateral Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair by Akira Umemura, Takayuki Suto, Hisataka Fujuwara, Seika Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nitta, Takeshi Takahara, Yasushi Hasegawa, Akira Sasaki

“…Although a recurrent inguinal hernia is sometimes observed as a supravesical hernia, it is extremely rare to encounter a bilateral bladder sliding hernia recurrence. In this report, we describe an extremely rare case of a recurrent bilateral supravesical bladder hernia after bilateral transabdominal preperitoneal repair (B-TAPP). …”
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Macroscopic Hematuria and a Bladder Mass: Eosinophilic Cystitis in a 7-Year-Old Boy by Stine Bjerrum Runge, Søren Høyer, Louise Winding

“…He presented with hematuria and dysuria and ultrasonography (US) showed irregular bladder wall thickening resembling a bladder mass. …”
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Reduction of Image Artifacts in Mice by Bladder Flushing with a Novel Double-Lumen Urethral Catheter by Chad R. Haney, Adrian D. Parasca, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Benjamin B. Williams, Martyna Elas, Charles A. Pelizzari, Howard J. Halpern

“…Mouse model images have become increasingly important in preclinical testing. To minimize bladder accumulation on mouse images, we developed a novel, minimally invasive, MRI/EPRI-friendly procedure for flushing a female mouse bladder. …”
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Reduced p63 expression is linked to unfavourable prognosis in muscle‐invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder by Kira Furlano, Henning Plage, Sebastian Hofbauer, Sarah Weinberger, Bernhard Ralla, Annika Fendler, Florian Roßner, Simon Schallenberg, Sefer Elezkurtaj, Martina Kluth, Maximilian Lennartz, Niclas C. Blessin, Andreas H. Marx, Henrik Samtleben, Margit Fisch, Michael Rink, Marcin Slojewski, Krystian Kaczmarek, Thorsten Ecke, Stefan Koch, Nico Adamini, Sarah Minner, Ronald Simon, Guido Sauter, Joachim Weischenfeldt, Tobias Klatte, Thorsten Schlomm, David Horst, Henrik Zecha

“…Abstract Objective There is a shortage of established prognostic biomarkers in bladder cancer. One candidate is tumour protein 63 (p63), a transcription factor of the p53 gene family that is expressed in the normal urothelium. …”
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Validation of hyperthermia as an enhancer of chemotherapeutic efficacy: insights from a bladder cancer organoid model by Ying Xu, Guoliang Sun, Tiantian Yang, Huaibiao Li, Poyi Hu, Wanru Luo, Tingke Zhang, Haoran Liu, Guoyi Chen, Zhangqun Ye, Yuqing Wu, Jie Yu, Wanyi Chen, Kai Zhao, Chunyan Liu, Huiping Zhang

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Solitary Myofibroma of the Bladder Trigone in a 3-Month-Old Patient: First Case Report by Marco Pensabene, Fortunato Siracusa, Vito Rodolico, Giuseppe Li Voti, Elisa Zambaiti, Marcello Cimador

“…We report a case of a solitary asymptomatic visceral myofibroma of the bladder trigone occurring in a 3-month-old boy. Once malignancies were ruled out by cystoscopy, radical excision was performed in order to avoid any potential impairment of bladder dynamic. …”
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Nucleotide variation in Foxp3 gene and prognosis of bladder cancer: a case-control study by Qin Li, Yan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Min Su, Yaping Song, Yanyun Wang, Bin Zhou, Lin Zhang

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Robot-Assisted Removal of a Partially Intravesical Intrauterine Device (IUD) and Large Bladder Stone by Cassandra Heaney, Paul Lee, Andrew Winer

“…Perforation of an IUD through the uterine wall and into the urinary bladder is a rare event that may be asymptomatic. …”
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A rare case of a migrated foreign body found in and around the urinary bladder and urethra by Aditya Yelikar

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TEX10 Promotes the Tumorigenesis and Radiotherapy Resistance of Urinary Bladder Carcinoma by Stabilizing XRCC6 by Sheng Luo, Wenjin Wang, Jingfang Feng, Rui Li

“…Nevertheless, the molecular underpinning of bladder carcinoma malignant progression is still not clear. …”
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Primary Multifocal Recurrent Urinary Bladder Amyloidosis: A Rare Case Report from Syria by Leen Jamel Doya, Lama Doya, Khaled Al-Yousef, Ali Adib, Abedallah Al Shamali, Basel Al Deeb, Mohamad Kanan

“…Primary urinary bladder amyloidosis is a rare disorder of protein metabolism characterized by the extracellular deposition of fibrillin. …”
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Case Report: Robot-assisted laparoscopic bladder diverticulectomy: a case series and initial experience by Guangju Ge, Haihong Wang, Qiming Zheng, Shuai Zhang, Huan Wang, Liang Ma

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Ureteral Reimplantation with Psoas Bladder Hitch in Adults: A Contemporary Series with Long-Term Followup by Francesca Manassero, Andrea Mogorovich, Girolamo Fiorini, Giuseppe Di Paola, Maurizio De Maria, Cesare Selli

“…We retrospectively evaluated our experience with ureteral reimplantation and psoas bladder hitch to restore urinary tract continuity in patients with lower ureteral defects, since long-term data on the outcomes of this procedure have been relatively scarce in the last two decades. …”
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Risk factors, urodynamic characteristics, and distress associated with nocturnal enuresis in overactive bladder -wet women by Kuan Chong Ng, Jeff Shih-Chieh Chueh, Shang-Jen Chang

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Elicitation of Health-related Quality-of-life Concepts Associated with Overactive Bladder: A Qualitative Study by Natalia Hawken, Zalmai Hakimi, Samuel Aballéa, Jameel Nazir, Isaac A. O. Odeyemi, Mondher Toumi

“…**Background:** Overactive bladder (OAB) is a symptom-defined disorder. A range of instruments are available for assessing OAB symptom bother, urinary urgency and the effects of symptoms on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but few have been specifically designed and validated for this condition. …”
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