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Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Urology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Urinary stone assessment in a single-phase may replace the unenhanced and multiphase computed tomography protocol in painless visible haematuria	26
Predictors for complication in renal cancer surgery: a national register study	23
Taking the temperature: a case of urethral polyembolokoilamania	19
Transurethral versus open enucleation of the prostate in Sweden – a retrospective comparative cohort study	16
Kidney tumor biopsy – an unmet need for personalized treatment	14
Improved adherence to prostate cancer guidelines concomitant with public reporting. Nationwide population-based study	12
Surgical waiting times and all-cause mortality in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma	11
Primary mucosal melanomas of the urogenital tract: a clinical, pathological, and genetic nationwide survey of Danish patients 1990–2019	11
Early and late surgical complications following living donor nephrectomy	11
Prediction of clinically significant recurrence after partial nephrectomy. Data from the Cancer Registry of Norway with more than five years of follow-up	10
Community-onset urosepsis: incidence and risk factors for 30-day mortality – a retrospective cohort study	10
UROSCAN and UROSCANSEQ: a large-scale multicenter effort towards translation of molecular bladder cancer subtypes into clinical practice – from biobank to RNA-sequencing in real time	10
Prospective validation study of a combined urine and plasma test for predicting high-grade prostate cancer in biopsy naïve men	9
Abandoning testing for asymptomatic microscopic haematuria in Sweden – a long-term follow-up	9
Welcome to the new Scandinavian Journal of Urology!	8
A new important tool to report and analyse adverse incidents that all urologists should use Editorial comment to: Nisen H, Erkkilä K, Ettala O, Ronkainen H, et al. Intraoperative complications in kidn	8
Fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli among the rectal flora is the predominant risk factor for severe infection after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: a prospective observational s	7
Surgical experience is predictive for bladder tumour resection quality	7
Recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma after transurethral resection with hexaminolevulinate photodynamic diagnosis or regular cystoscopy	7
Surgeon volume and patient-reported urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Population-based register study in Sweden	7
A population-based registry cohort study on the correlation between bladder-intact event-free survival and overall survival in cystectomy-ineligible/refusal muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients in	6
The clinical consequences of routine ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer, ISUP grade 5 and no metastases based on standard imaging – preliminary results	6
Quadratus lumborum block is feasible alternative to epidural block for postoperative analgesia after open radical cystectomy: surgical and oncological outcomes of a randomised clinical trial	6
Impact of ischemia time during partial nephrectomy on short- and long-term renal function	6
S-phase – an independent prognostic marker in upper tract urothelial carcinoma	6

The effect of povidone-iodine rectal cleansing on post-biopsy infectious complications	5
Evaluation of data quality in the Swedish National Penile Cancer Register	5
Low-volume grade group 2 prostate cancer candidates for active surveillance: a radical prostatectomy retrospective analysis	5
Risk of prostate cancer death in men diagnosed with prostate cancer at cystoprostatectomy. A nationwide population-based study	5
Incidence of erectile dysfunction treatment after radical prostatectomy by Statin use in Finnish Nationwide Cohort Study	5
Swedish national guidelines on urothelial carcinoma: 2024 update on advanced and metastatic disease	5
Triggers for transition from active surveillance to radical treatment of prostate cancer 2008–2020 – a case-control study	4
Cutaneous adverse reactions associated to apalumide: two case reports of DRESS syndrome and maculopapular exanthema	4
How to improve cancer care by use of guidelines and quality registers	4
Validation of a Swedish version of the National Institute of Health – Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index	4
Assessment of complications after transperineal and transrectal prostate biopsy using a risk-stratified pathway identifying patients at risk for post-biopsy infections	4
First diagnostic results from Gothenburg-2 screening trial	4
Exercise in primary care after robot-assisted radical cystectomy for urinary bladder cancer – effects on postoperative complications: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial	4
Salvage HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer: a high-volume center experience on 100 consecutive patients	4
External validation of a simplified prognostic model for survival in patients with extrinsic malignant ureteral obstruction treated with tandem ureteral stents – a retrospective cohort study	4
Prostate cancer incidence in Sweden before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Population-based study	3
Abstract book for the 34th Congress of the Scandinavian Association of Urology (NUF)	3
The Stockholm Spinal Cord Uro Study: Changing patterns of urological surgery in a regional prevalence group through 50 years – Outcomes and lessons learned	3
Initial management and survival of patients with primary metastatic bladder cancer before the immunotherapy era: a population-based study from Norway	3
Computed tomography for visible haematuria – a single nephrographic phase is sufficient for detecting renal cell carcinoma	3
Patient-reported long-term sexual morbidity in prostate cancer survivors treated with external beam radiation therapy alone or combined with high-dose-rate brachytherapy	3
The association between age and long-term quality of life after curative treatment for prostate cancer: a cross-sectional study	3
Do all prostate cancer patients want, and experience shared decision making prior to curative treatment?	3
Assessment of variability in life expectancy in older men by use of new comorbidity indices. A nationwide population-based study	3
Minimising warm ischaemia time during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy. A video-based assessment of tumour excision, kidney reconstruction and intermediate time	3
Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water!	3
Primary and revision artificial urinary sphincter for stress urinary incontinence post-radical prostatectomy: a surgery with high rewards but high risks?	3
Anorectal function and symptoms 6 months after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single-center study	3
The difficulty of studying the association between pathway delays and survival in cancer – an example from bladder cancer	3
Do men adapt to lower urinary tract symptoms? An 11-year longitudinal study of male urinary urgency and associated bother	3
Incidence, mortality and relative survival of patients with cancer of the bladder and upper urothelial tract in the Nordic countries between 1990 and 2019	3