Comparative Outcomes of Robot-Assisted vs Traditional Laparoscopic Ureteral Reimplantation for Lower Ureteral Stenosis: A Single Center Study.

BACKGROUND Robot-assisted laparoscopic ureteral bladder reimplantation (RALUR) has shown fewer operative and postoperative complications than traditional laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation (LUR) in treating ureteral stenosis. This study from a single center aimed to compare clinical outcomes from RALUR and LUR in treating 34 lower ureteral stenosis patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Clinical data [visual analogue scale (VAS), complications, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), degree of pelvis separation, and degree of ureteral dilation] from lower ureteral stenosis patients treated with RALUR (n=14) and LUR (n=20) from January 2019 to January 2023 were analyzed.

Allograft inflammatory factor-1 enhances inflammation and oxidative stress via the NF-κB pathway of bladder urothelium in diabetic rat model.

Objectives: To explore the role of allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) both in diabetic rat bladder urothelium and in high-glucose-treated human urothelial cell line (SV-HUC-1).

Methods: Inflammation and oxidative stress (OS) promote diabetic cystopathy (DCP), but the mechanisms are not fully understood. The expression level of AIF-1 in diabetic rat bladder urothelium and in the SV-HUC-1 cells treated with high glucose was detected using tissue immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry and western blot assays.