1. Do alpha blockers reduce the risk of urinary retention post-transperineal prostate biopsy? A systematic narrative review

   • Zein Alhamdani
   • Samuel Poppenbeek
   • Kapil Sethi

   Original Article Open access 17 May 2024 Article: 332

   

2. Fluid absorption during flexible ureteroscopy with intelligent control of renal pelvic pressure: a randomized controlled trial

   • Xiaolin Deng
   • Yijian Chen
   • Wanlong Tan

   Original Article 17 May 2024 Article: 331

   

3. Needle-perc-assisted endoscopic surgery versus retrograde intrarenal surgery for the treatment of 1- to 2-cm lower-pole renal stones in patients with unfavorable infundibulopelvic anatomy: a matched-pair analysis

   • Boxing Su
   • Weiguo Hu
   • Jianxing Li

   Original Article 16 May 2024 Article: 330

4. The relationship between the force applied and perceived by the surgeon during ureteral access sheath placement: ex-vivo experimental model

   • Tzevat Tefik
   • Rifat Burak Ergül
   • Olivier Traxer

   Original Article Open access 16 May 2024 Article: 329

   

5. Characterization of extrachromosomal circular DNAs in plasma of patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma

   • Qing Li
   • Rui-Xuan Zhang
   • Guo-Rong Li

   Original Article 16 May 2024 Article: 328

   

6. Reply to Yu‑Hsiang Lin, Chen‑Pang Hou, and Chun‑Te Wu’s Letter to the Editor Beyond traditional stenting: evaluating pigtail suture stents for reduced ureterorenoscopy symptoms. World J Urol 42, 255 (2024)

   • Benoît Vogt

   Letter to the Editor Open access 15 May 2024 Article: 327

7. Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in younger versus older adults with renal cell carcinoma: a propensity score-matched analysis

   • Ryotaro Tomida
   • Tomoya Fukawa
   • Masayuki Takahashi

   Original Article 15 May 2024 Article: 326

   

8. Letter to the editor for the article “Cancer-specifc mortality in non-metastatic T1a renal cell carcinoma treated with radiotherapy versus partial nephrectomy”

   • Lexin Wang
   • Kexin Chen
   • Guanhu Yang

   Letter to the Editor 15 May 2024 Article: 325

9. Machine learning algorithm predicts urethral stricture following transurethral prostate resection

   • Emre Altıntaş
   • Ali Şahin
   • Serdar Göktaş

   Original Article Open access 15 May 2024 Article: 324

   

10. Utility of the modified 5-item frailty index as a predictor of postoperative febrile urinary tract infection in patients who underwent ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy

    • Shinsaku Tasaka
    • Yuki Kohada
    • Nobuyuki Hinata

    Original Article Open access 15 May 2024 Article: 323

11. The impact of prostate volume estimation on the risk‐adapted biopsy decision based on prostate-specific antigen density and magnetic resonance imaging score

    • Arthur Baudewyns
    • Karsten Guenzel
    • Romain Diamand

    Original Article 15 May 2024 Article: 322

    

12. MR defecography in assessing stress urinary incontinence with or without symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse

    • Min Li
    • Tongtong Liu
    • Sumei Wang

    Original Article 14 May 2024 Article: 321

    

13. Letter to the editor about “Cotrimoxazole and targeted antibiotic prophylaxis for transrectal prostate biopsy: a single-center study”

    • Qiang Cao
    • Yuquan Chen
    • Guangzhu Cao

    Letter to the Editor 14 May 2024 Article: 320

14. Reply to ‘Song Y, Jiang S, Yang W, Xu T. Letter to the editor for the article “Transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis”. World J Urol. 2024 Apr 2;42(1):207.’

    • Nikita Shrivastava
    • Priyank Bhargava
    • Gopal Sharma

    Letter to the Editor 14 May 2024 Article: 319

15. Endoscopic intervention versus radical nephroureterectomy for the management of localized upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

    • Carlo Giulioni
    • Carlo Brocca
    • Daniele Castellani

    Invited Review Open access 14 May 2024 Article: 318

    

16. Conservative treatment of Peyronie’s disease: a guide

    • Marco Cosentino
    • Michele Di Nauta
    • Nikolaos Sofikitis

    Topic Paper 13 May 2024 Article: 317

17. Comparison of mirabegron and vibegron for clinical efficacy and safety in female patients with overactive bladder: a multicenter prospective randomized crossover trial

    • Rong Dai
    • Changkai Deng

    Letter to the Editor 13 May 2024 Article: 316

18. Induction and maintenance of sequential intravesical gemcitabine/docetaxel for intermediate and high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with different dosage protocols

    • Reuben Ben-David
    • Neeraja Tillu
    • John P. Sfakianos

    Original Article 11 May 2024 Article: 315

    

19. Urosepsis 30-day mortality, morbidity, and their risk factors: SERPENS study, a prospective, observational multi-center study

    • Zafer Tandogdu
    • Bela Koves
    • SERPENS Investigators

    Original Article Open access 10 May 2024 Article: 314

    

20. Letter to the editor for the article “Is bulbospongiosus muscle botox injection safe and effective in treating lifelong premature ejaculation? Randomized controlled study”

    • Yajie Wang
    • Yisheng Pan

    Letter to the Editor 10 May 2024 Article: 313

21. Letter to the editor for the article “Health-related quality of life following salvage radical prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy or focal therapy”

    • Jiaan Lu
    • Jinbang Huang
    • Hao Chi

    Letter to the Editor 10 May 2024 Article: 312

22. Mitigating renal complications post-bilateral ureteroscopy: a look at stents and surgery time

    • Yu-Hsiang Lin
    • Kuo Jen Lin
    • Chun-Te Wu

    Letter to the Editor 09 May 2024 Article: 311

23. Radiation exposure of urologists during endourological procedures: a systematic review

    • Vincent De Coninck
    • Laura Hendrickx
    • Etienne Xavier Keller

    Original Article 09 May 2024 Article: 310

    

24. The impact of health care on outcomes of suspected testicular torsion: results from the GRAND study

    • Nikolaos Pyrgidis
    • Maria Apfelbeck
    • Michael Chaloupka

    Original Article Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 309

    

25. The relationship between stone-free and patient position in retrograde intrarenal surgery: a randomized prospective study

    • Cengiz Çanakcı
    • Erdinç Dinçer
    • Orkunt Özkaptan

    Original Article Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 308

    

26. Pre-first-line chemotherapy risk stratification for overall survival in advanced urothelial carcinoma in sequential therapy era

    • Tetsuya Shindo
    • Kohei Hashimoto
    • Naoya Masumori

    Original Article 09 May 2024 Article: 307

    

27. Aquablation versus HoLEP in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a comparative prospective non-randomized study

    • Jakob Michaelis
    • Max Träger
    • Dominik Stefan Schöb

    Original Article Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 306

    

28. Analysis of urinary retention after endoscopic prostate enucleation and its subsequent impact on surgical outcomes

    • Ying-Hao Hsu
    • Chen-Pang Hou
    • Kuo-Jen Lin

    Original Article 09 May 2024 Article: 305

    

29. Letter to the editor for the article “A new protocol for renal collecting system sterilization with antibiotic irrigation during lithotripsy in retrograde intrarenal surgery: a prospective, comparative study”

    • Shidong Deng
    • Lingzhi Liu
    • Huihui Zhang

    Letter to the Editor 09 May 2024 Article: 304

30. Novel Thulium Lasers and Ho:YAG pulse modifications

    • Theodoros Tokas
    • Thomas R. W. Herrmann

    Editorial 08 May 2024 Article: 303

31. Comparing Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasound to contrast-enhanced CT and MRI for differentially diagnosing renal lesions: a prospective multicenter study

    • Qin-xin Zhao
    • Chong Wu
    • Ping Liang

    Original Article 08 May 2024 Article: 302

    

32. Impact of severe acute kidney injury on short-term mortality in urosepsis

    • Naoki Fujita
    • Masaki Momota
    • Shingo Hatakeyama

    Original Article 08 May 2024 Article: 301

    

33. Clinical study on improving the function of female bladder in controlling urine by acupuncture Zhibian (BL54) under ultrasound guidance

    • Jinling Dai
    • Xiaojin Zhang
    • Zhu Jin

    Original Article Open access 06 May 2024 Article: 300

    

34. Real world propensity score matched analysis evaluating the influence of en-bloc vs. non en-bloc techniques, energy and instrumentation on enucleation outcomes for large and very large prostates

    • Patrick Juliebø-Jones
    • Vineet Gauhar
    • Bhaskar K. Somani

    Original Article Open access 06 May 2024 Article: 299

35. Illumination matters Part II: advanced comparative analysis of flexible ureteroscopes in a kidney model by PEARLS

    • Jia-Lun Kwok
    • Frédéric Panthier
    • Etienne Xavier Keller

    Original Article Open access 06 May 2024 Article: 298

    

36. Value of perilesional biopsies in multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-targeted biopsy and systematic biopsy in detection of prostate cancer: results of a prospective, non-randomized, surgeon-blinded study

    • Gregor Duwe
    • Melanie Schmitteckert
    • Thomas Höfner

    Original Article Open access 06 May 2024 Article: 297

    

37. Epidemiology and risk factors for staphylococcal urinary tract infections in the Moroccan Casablanca area

    • Rafik Aniba
    • Asmaa Dihmane
    • Abouddihaj Barguigua

    Original Article 06 May 2024 Article: 296

    

38. Antidepressant nonadherence and sexual dysfunction among young adult males: the cross-sectional YAMAN study

    • Matthew J. Rabinowitz
    • Oscar Li
    • Amin S. Herati

    Original Article 06 May 2024 Article: 295

    

39. Illumination matters part IV: blackout and whiteout in flexible ureteroscopy - first report on a phenomenon observed by PEARLS

    • Jia-Lun Kwok
    • Vincent De Coninck
    • Etienne Xavier Keller

    Original Article Open access 05 May 2024 Article: 294

    

40. Revisiting voided volume: the forgotten parameter in assessing BOO surgical outcomes

    • Yu-Hsiang Lin
    • Kuo-Jen Lin
    • Chun-Te Wu

    Letter to the Editor 05 May 2024 Article: 293

41. What is the definition of stone dust and how does it compare with clinically insignificant residual fragments? A comprehensive review

    • Frederic Panthier
    • Jia-Lun Kwok
    • Etienne X. Keller

    Topic Paper 04 May 2024 Article: 292

42. Letter to the Editor: “Basal metabolic rate and the risk of urolithiasis: a two‑sample Mendelian randomization study”

    • Gang Huang
    • Fei Huang
    • Hao Chi

    Letter to the Editor 04 May 2024 Article: 291

43. Predicting clinically significant prostate cancer following suspicious mpMRI: analyses from a high-volume center

    • Matthias Jahnen
    • Tanja Hausler
    • Kathleen Herkommer

    Original Article Open access 03 May 2024 Article: 290

    

44. Letter to the editor for the article “Can shear wave elastography predict the success of shock‑wave lithotripsy used in renal stones treatment? A prospective study”

    • Naveen Kumar
    • Shitangsu Kakoti
    • Kashif Rizvi

    Letter to the Editor 03 May 2024 Article: 289

45. A balanced perspective on bladder preservation and systemic treatment in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

    • Fu-Xiang Lin
    • Lei Wang
    • Zhan-Ping Xu

    Letter to the Editor 03 May 2024 Article: 288

46. The effect of pelvic floor muscle training in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder

    • Magdalena Hagovska
    • Jan Svihra Sr.
    • Lubomir Lachvac

    Original Article Open access 02 May 2024 Article: 287

    

47. Letter to the editor for the article “Evaluation of histological variants of upper tract urothelial carcinoma as prognostic factor after radical nephroureterectomy”

    • Jiaan Lu
    • Guanhu Yang
    • Hao Chi

    Letter to the Editor 02 May 2024 Article: 286

48. A PSMA PET/CT-based risk model for prediction of concordance between targeted biopsy and combined biopsy in detecting prostate cancer

    • Chaoli An
    • Xuefeng Qiu
    • Hongqian Guo

    Original Article 02 May 2024 Article: 285

    

49. Letter to the editor for the article “Evaluation of histological variants of upper tract urothelial carcinoma as prognostic factor after radical nephroureterectomy”

    • Fumihiko Urabe
    • Naoki Uchida
    • Takahiro Kimura

    Letter to the Editor 02 May 2024 Article: 284

50. Prostate size ≥ 100 g and its association with long-term outcomes of Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    • Ofir Maltzman
    • Stefano Tappero
    • Paolo Dell’Oglio

    Original Article 02 May 2024 Article: 283