British Journal of Urology International July 2005 - Vol. 96 Issue 1 Page i-205 i Editor's comment Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Comments 1 Beyond marketing: the real value of robotic radical prostatectomy Anthony J. Costello Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 2 Prolonging survival in prostate cancer: chemotherapy will have an important role Chris Parker, Mark Emberton Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 3 -acylmethyl co-enzyme A racemase: a tumour marker for the 21st century? Debashis Das, Prokar Dasgupta, Asish Chandra Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 4 The 'flare' phenomenon: should we be concerned? Ramesh Thurairaja, Rajendra Persad, John Peters, Amit Bahl Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Mini-reviews 7 Molecular staging of bladder cancer Anirban P. Mitra, Ram H. Datar, Richard J. Cote Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 13 The role of hand-assisted laparoscopy in urology: a critical appraisal Abhay Rane, J. Stuart Wolf Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 17 The role of photodynamic diagnosis in the contemporary management of superficial bladder cancer Sunjay Jain, Roger C. Kockelbergh Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 22 Nonsurgical factors in the success of hypospadias repair Christopher R.J. Woodhouse, Deborah Christie Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Urological Oncology 29 Racial differences in serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) doubling time, histopathological variables and long-term PSA recurrence between African-American and white American men undergoing radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer Ashutosh Tewari, Wolfgang Horninger, Ketan K. Badani, Mazen Hasan, Steven Coon, E. David Crawford, Eduard J. Gamito, John Wei, David Taub, James Montie, Chris Porter, George W. Divine, Georg Bartsch, Mani Menon Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 34 Installation of telerobotic surgery and initial experience with telerobotic radical prostatectomy Anthony J. Costello, Hodo Haxhimolla, Helen Crowe, Justin S. Peters Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 39 Robot-assisted vs pure laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: are there any differences? Jean V. Joseph, Ivelisse Vicente, Ralph Madeb, Erdal Erturk, Hitendra R.H. Patel Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 43 Radical prostatectomy versus high-dose rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer: effects on health-related quality of life Yoshimasa Jo, Hiratsuka Junichi, Fujii Tomohiro, Imajo Yoshinari, Fujisawa Masato Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 48 Does neoadjuvant hormone therapy for early prostate cancer affect cognition? Results from a pilot study Valerie A. Jenkins, David J. Bloomfield, Valerie M. Shilling, Trudi L. Edginton Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 54 Surgical treatment of stage pT3b renal cell carcinoma in solitary kidneys: a case series Shomik Sengupta, Horst Zincke, Bradley C. Leibovich, Michael L. Blute Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 58 A description of radical nephrectomy practice and outcomes in England: 1995 2002 Martin Nuttall, Paul Cathcart, Jan van der Meulen, David Gillatt, Gregor McIntosh, Mark Emberton Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 62 The relationship between angiogenesis and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in prostate cancer Rono Mukherjee, Joanne Edwards, Mark A. Underwood, John M.S. Bartlett Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 67 Testicular-sparing microsurgery for suspected testicular masses Giovanni Maria Colpi, Luca Carmignani, Franco Nerva, Piediferro Guido, Franco Gadda, Fabrizio Castiglioni Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Lower Urinary Tract 71 Extracorporeal application of high-intensity focused ultrasound for prostatic tissue ablation Axel Häcker, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Walter Back, Oliver Kraut, Ernst Marlinghaus, Peter Alken, Maurice Stephan Michel Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 77 Association of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity with lower urinary tract symptoms in older American men: findings from the third National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey Sabine Rohrmann, Carlos J. Crespo, Jason R. Weber, Ellen Smit, Edward Giovannucci, Elizabeth A. Platz Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 83 Relevance and variability of the severity of incontinence, and increased daytime and night-time voiding frequency, associated with quality of life in men with lower urinary tract symptoms Johannes Haltbakk, Berit R. Hanestad, Steinar Hunskaar Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 88 The prevalence and correlates of urinary tract symptoms in Norwegian men: The HUNT Study Arnfinn Seim, Cathrine Hoyo, Truls Østbye, Lars Vatten Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 93 A prospective randomized trial comparing transurethral prostatic resection and clean intermittent self-catheterization in men with chronic urinary retention Ibrahim Fathi Ghalayini, Mohammed A. Al-Ghazo, Robert S. Pickard Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 98 Preoperative administration of chlormadinone acetate reduces blood loss associated with transurethral resection of the prostate: a prospective randomized study Osamu Ukimura, Akihiro Kawauchi, Motohiro Kanazawa, Hiroaki Miyashita, Kimihiko Yoneda, Munekado Kojima, Tsuneyuki nakanouchi, Tsuneharu Miki, for the Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Study Group of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 103 Porcine small intestinal submucosa as a percutaneous mid- urethral sling: 2-year results J. Stephen Jones, Raymond R. Rackley, Ryan Berglund, Joseph B. Abdelmalak, Gerard Deorco, Sandip P. Vasavada Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for radiation-induced 107 haemorrhagic cystitis Amos Neheman, Ofer Nativ, Boaz Moskovitz, Yehuda Melamed, Avi Stein Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Upper Urinary Tract 111 Magnetic resonance imaging as a sole method for the morphological and functional evaluation of live kidney donors Tarek A. El-Diasty, Mohamed E. Abo El-Ghar, Ahmed A. Shokeir, Hossam M. Gad, Ehab W. Wafa, Mohamed E. El- Azab, Ahmed B. Shehab El-Din, Mohamed A. Ghoneim Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 117 Vitamin E therapy prevents hyperoxaluria-induced calcium oxalate crystal deposition in the kidney by improving renal tissue antioxidant status Sivagnanam Thamilselvan, Mani Menon Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Reconstructive Urology 127 Treatment of pelvic fracture-related urethral trauma: a survey of current practice in the UK Daniela E. Andrich, Tamsin J. Greenwell, Anthony R. Mundy Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Paediatric Urology 131 Upper and lower urinary tract outcome after surgical repair of cloacal malformations: a three-decade experience Richard C. Rink, C.D. Anthony Herndon, Mark P. Cain, Martin Kaefer, Andrew M. Dussinger, Shelly J. King, Anthony J. Casale Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 135 An objective assessment of the results of hypospadias surgery Moschos Ververidis, Alan P. Dickson, David C.S. Gough Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 140 Myogenic bladder decompensation in boys with a history of posterior urethral valves is caused by secondary bladder neck obstruction? Philippos A. Androulakakis, Dimitrios K. Karamanolakis, Georgios Tsahouridis, Antonios A. Stefanidis, Ilias Palaeodimos Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Investigative Urology 146 Expression of Ki-67 in squamous cell carcinoma of the penis Navid Berdjis, Axel Meye, Johannes Nippgen, Dag Dittert, Oliver Hakenberg, Gustavo B. Baretton, Manfred P. Wirth Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 149 Accuracy of the routine detection of mutation in mismatch repair genes in patients with susceptibility to hereditary upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma Morgan Rouprêt, Florence Coulet, Abdel-Rahmène Azzouzi, Gaëlle Fromont, Olivier Cussenot Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 152 Mesenchymal cells infiltrating a bladder acellular matrix gradually lose smooth muscle characteristics in intraperitoneally regenerated urothelial lining tissue in rats Kimihiko Moriya, Hidehiro Kakizaki, Satoshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Sano, Katsuya Nonomura Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 158 Apoptosis: a key effector mechanism of lymphocyte action in human nonseminomatous testicular carcinoma? Hans U. Schmelz, Matthias Port, Ekkehard W. Hauck, Michael J. Schwerer, Wolfgang Weidner, Christoph Sparwasser, Michael Abend Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 164 In vivo and in vitro response of corpus cavernosum to phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition in the hypercholesterolaemic rabbit Farzeen Firoozi, Penelope A. Longhurst, Mark D. White Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 169 Effect of bladder ischaemia/reperfusion on superoxide dismutase activity and contraction Erim Erdem, Robert Leggett, Brian Dicks, Barry A. Kogan, Robert M. Levin Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 175 Allopurinol provides long-term protection for experimentally induced testicular torsion in a rabbit model Elijah O. Kehinde, Jehoram T. Anim, Olusegun A. Mojiminiyi, Farida Al-Awadi, Aida Shihab-Eldeen, Alexander E. Omu, Tunde Fatinikun, Asha Prasad, Mathew Abraham Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Pharmaceutical review 181 The era of ESSTIs is slowly approaching? Michael G. Wyllie Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Points of Technique 183 Laparoscopic O'Conor's repair for vesico-vaginal and vesico- uterine fistulae Percy Jal Chibber, Hemendra Navinchandra Shah, Pritesh Jain Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 187 Tied and tested: a cheap and simple method for transurethral resection Amrith Raj Rao, John D. Beatty, Frederick C.L. Banks, Charles Hudd Online publication date: 17-Jun-2005 Book reviews 189 Basic and advanced