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Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Urology is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Anorectal side-effects of radical cystectomy	36
Does a new ‘pigtail suture stent’ reduce stent-related symptoms?	22
Predictors for complication in renal cancer surgery: a national register study	19
Urinary stone assessment in a single-phase may replace the unenhanced and multiphase computed tomography protocol in painless visible haematuria	17
Improved adherence to prostate cancer guidelines concomitant with public reporting. Nationwide population-based study	16
Taking the temperature: a case of urethral polyembolokoilamania	14
A population-based retrospective analysis on variation in use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy depending on comorbidity in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer undergoing cystectomy in Denmark in t	14
Early and late surgical complications following living donor nephrectomy	11
Adjuvant checkpoint inhibition after cystectomy – why, when, and for whom?	10
Transurethral versus open enucleation of the prostate in Sweden – a retrospective comparative cohort study	10
Sterile water injections for management of renal colic pain: a systematic review	10
Control computerized tomography in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle invasive urinary bladder cancer has no value for treatment decisions and low correlation with nodal status	10
Kidney tumor biopsy – an unmet need for personalized treatment	10
Biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy – a large, comprehensive, population-based study with long follow-up	10
Optimal intervals for follow-up cystoscopy in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: a systematic review regarding oncological safety	10
Primary mucosal melanomas of the urogenital tract: a clinical, pathological, and genetic nationwide survey of Danish patients 1990–2019	9
Community-onset urosepsis: incidence and risk factors for 30-day mortality – a retrospective cohort study	8
Prediction of clinically significant recurrence after partial nephrectomy. Data from the Cancer Registry of Norway with more than five years of follow-up	8
Do not throw out the baby with the bath water	8
Personalized medicine for bladder cancer	7
Surgical waiting times and all-cause mortality in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma	7
The cancer stigma – the importance of nomenclature	7
Prospective validation study of a combined urine and plasma test for predicting high-grade prostate cancer in biopsy naïve men	6
3D laparoscopic prostatectomy: results of multicentre study	6
Abandoning testing for asymptomatic microscopic haematuria in Sweden – a long-term follow-up	6

Doppler ultrasound improves diagnostic accuracy for testicular torsion	6
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	6
Recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma after transurethral resection with hexaminolevulinate photodynamic diagnosis or regular cystoscopy	5
Surgeon volume and patient-reported urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Population-based register study in Sweden	5
Impact of ischemia time during partial nephrectomy on short- and long-term renal function	5
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	5
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	5
Surgical experience is predictive for bladder tumour resection quality	5
Evaluation of the relation between size of stone and its attenuation measured by Hounsfield units and the total laser energy required to fragment it	5
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	5
Feasibility and efficacy of early docetaxel plus androgen deprivation therapy for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer in a rural health care setting	5
Welcome to the new Scandinavian Journal of Urology!	5
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	5
Endoureterotomy with the Lovaco technique for treatment of ureterointestinal strictures: outcomes in an experienced center and factors associated with procedural success or failure	5
Sauna habits/bathing and changes in lower urinary tract symptoms – Tampere Ageing Male Urologic Study (TAMUS)	5
Incidence of erectile dysfunction treatment after radical prostatectomy by Statin use in Finnish Nationwide Cohort Study	4
The role of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the 8q24 chromosome region in patients with concomitant bladder and prostate cancer	4
How to survey adherence to guidelines by use of clinical cancer registers	4
Evaluation of data quality in the Swedish National Penile Cancer Register	4
The Swedish prostate cancer guidelines: response to Axcrona and Löffeler	4
Low-volume grade group 2 prostate cancer candidates for active surveillance: a radical prostatectomy retrospective analysis	4
S-phase – an independent prognostic marker in upper tract urothelial carcinoma	4
The risk of inguinal hernia repair after radical prostatectomy – a population-based cohort study	4
Temperature profiles during ureteroscopy with thulium fiber laser and holmium:YAG laser: Findings from a pre-clinical study	4
Sterile water injections – a treatment for renal colic when other painkillers are contraindicated?	4
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	4
The effect of povidone-iodine rectal cleansing on post-biopsy infectious complications	4
How to improve cancer care by use of guidelines and quality registers	3
Anorectal function and symptoms 6 months after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single-center study	3
Assessment of complications after transperineal and transrectal prostate biopsy using a risk-stratified pathway identifying patients at risk for post-biopsy infections	3
Validation of a Swedish version of the National Institute of Health – Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index	3
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	3
Does every Clavien-Dindo complication matter? A national multi-center study in kidney cancer surgery	3
Do all prostate cancer patients want, and experience shared decision making prior to curative treatment?	3
First diagnostic results from Gothenburg-2 screening trial	3
Swedish national guidelines on urothelial carcinoma: 2024 update on advanced and metastatic disease	3
Salvage HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer: a high-volume center experience on 100 consecutive patients	3
Risk of prostate cancer death in men diagnosed with prostate cancer at cystoprostatectomy. A nationwide population-based study	3
Cutaneous adverse reactions associated to apalumide: two case reports of DRESS syndrome and maculopapular exanthema	3
Bilateral same session flexible ureterorenoscopy for endoscopic management of bilateral renal calculi is noninferior to unilateral flexible ureterorenoscopy for management of multiple unilateral renal	3
The safety and effectiveness of mirabegron in Parkinson’s disease patients with overactive bladder: a randomized controlled trial	3
Triggers for transition from active surveillance to radical treatment of prostate cancer 2008–2020 – a case-control study	3
Standardized care pathway for bladder cancer in Sweden. So far lots of pain but little gain	2
Treatment with CoreTherm in 570 patients with prostate volumes of 80-366 ml: an evaluation of short- and long-term retreatment risk	2
The Stockholm Spinal Cord Uro Study: Changing patterns of urological surgery in a regional prevalence group through 50 years – Outcomes and lessons learned	2
Primary and revision artificial urinary sphincter for stress urinary incontinence post-radical prostatectomy: a surgery with high rewards but high risks?	2
Patient-reported long-term sexual morbidity in prostate cancer survivors treated with external beam radiation therapy alone or combined with high-dose-rate brachytherapy	2
Initial management and survival of patients with primary metastatic bladder cancer before the immunotherapy era: a population-based study from Norway	2
Transurethral microwave thermotherapy with the CoreTherm®Concept in men with prostates larger than 100 grams – a consecutive case series	2
The association between age and long-term quality of life after curative treatment for prostate cancer: a cross-sectional study	2

50 Years with clean intermittent self-catheterization – a Scandinavian perspective	2
A Norwegian perspective on the Swedish national guidelines on prostate cancer for non-metastatic disease	2
Assessment of variability in life expectancy in older men by use of new comorbidity indices. A nationwide population-based study	2
Do men adapt to lower urinary tract symptoms? An 11-year longitudinal study of male urinary urgency and associated bother	2
Incidence, mortality and relative survival of patients with cancer of the bladder and upper urothelial tract in the Nordic countries between 1990 and 2019	2
The difficulty of studying the association between pathway delays and survival in cancer – an example from bladder cancer	2
Prostate cancer incidence in Sweden before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Population-based study	2
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	2
Abstract book for the 34th Congress of the Scandinavian Association of Urology (NUF)	2
Minimising warm ischaemia time during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy. A video-based assessment of tumour excision, kidney reconstruction and intermediate time	2
Has the time come for routine use of PET/CT for guiding treatment of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy?	2
Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water!	2
Computed tomography for visible haematuria – a single nephrographic phase is sufficient for detecting renal cell carcinoma	2
Content is king: the electronic format is just a first step in the digital evolution of medical information	1
The transferability of the minimal invasive surgeon’s skills to open surgery	1
Urosymphyseal fistula after pelvic radiotherapy in a tertial referral centre – a rare entity with significant comorbidity requiring multidisciplinary management	1
Violation of onco-surgical principles is associated with survival outcomes in upper tract urothelial carcinomas after radical nephroureterectomy	1
Time to castration-resistant prostate cancer and prostate cancer death according to PSA response in men with non-metastatic prostate cancer treated with gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists	1
Isolated monkeypox genital lesions	1
Swedish National Guidelines on Urothelial Carcinoma: 2021 update on non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and upper tract urothelial carcinoma	1
Current evidence for moderate and ultra-hypofractionated radiation therapy in prostate cancer: a summary of the results from phase 3 randomised trials	1
The Swedish national guidelines on prostate cancer, part 2: recurrent, metastatic and castration resistant disease	1
Prediction of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy response in bladder cancer: the impact of clinical parameters and routine biomarkers	1
Be gentle with ideas but harsh on facts	1
Zoster sine herpete causing voiding disorders in females	1
Long-term efficacy of selective arterial embolisation of renal angiomyolipoma	1
Intrarenal pressures during percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a porcine kidney model	1
50 years of clean intermittent self-catheterization	1
Androgen deprivation therapy, comorbidity, cancer stage and mortality from COVID-19 in men with prostate cancer	1
A case of visible diffuse peritoneal Bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection at the time of planned radical cystectomy	1
Lower urinary tract injuries in patients with pelvic fractures at a level 1 trauma center – an 11-year experience	1
Clipping inguinal lymphatics decreases lymphorrhoea after lymphadenectomy following cancer treatment: results from a randomized clinical trial	1
Bladder cancer with secondary muscle invasion – a prognostic dilemma	1
Thermo-expandable intraprostatic nitinol stents in the treatment of bladder outlet obstruction: a consecutive case series	1
Paediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy (P-PCNL) reporting checklist	1
A randomised study of TURP after intraprostatic injection of mepicacaine/adrenaline versus regular TURP in patients with LUTS/BPO	1
Swedish national guidelines on urothelial cancer echo the EAU guidelines but with some regional dialect	1
Visual MRI T-category versus VI-RADS evaluation from multiparametric MRI in the detection of muscle-invasion in patients with suspected bladder cancer: single centre registered clinical trial (MIB-tri	1
Onset of androgen deprivation therapy leads to rapid deterioration of body composition, physical performance, cardiometabolic health and quality-of-life in prostate cancer patients	1
Urostomal ileal conduit complications in association with abdominal wall mesh implantation	1
The pursuit of excellence	1
Multicentric comparative analysis of Retzius versus Retzius sparing robotic assisted simple prostatectomy in the management of large prostate glands	1
Title sauna bathing and lower urinary tract symptoms – the heat is on?	1
Health-related quality of life prior to and 1 year after radical cystectomy evaluated with FACT-G and FACT-VCI questionnaires	1
Time difference in retrieving clinical information in Patient-overview Prostate Cancer compared to electronic health records	1
Robot-assisted nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma—feasibility and complications: a single center experience	1
The safety and feasibility of simultaneous robotic repair of an inguinal hernia during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Healthcare costs in relation to increased use of preoperative renal tumour biopsies	1
Artificial intelligence-based measurements of PET/CT imaging biomarkers are associated with disease-specific survival of high-risk prostate cancer patients	1
Constitutive expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in healthy rat urothelium?	1
Normalised repeat serum prostate-specific antigen: associations with age and magnetic resonance imaging results	1
First population-level results of pre-biopsy prostate MRI	1