Welcome to European Urology's "The Best of the Best''
This space is dedicated to offering you a selection of the most relevant, informative and stimulating literature "The Platinum Journal" has to offer.
In the sections below, you will find the full length versions of our most significant articles recently published in European Urology all divided by topic and article type to make your browsing more effective.
Please note that as of January 2009, we have introduced 2 very interesting new sections: Platinum Priorities and Collaborative Reviews.
The Platinum Priorities section is dedicated to giving the spotlight to a select number of exceptionally high quality articles and their accompanying full length articles. We are sure you will immediately understand why these articles have been given center stage in each issue.
In addition, we have joined together the top world recognized experts in different fields along with today’s rising stars in order to produce our Collaborative Review Articles. Guided by these experts, our chosen young lead author has carried out an exhaustive systematic review article on a particular focus.
We hope you will enjoy the new sections we have implemented and we encourage you to use these articles for your personal enrichment, for teaching purposes and for upcoming publications. As always, we welcome any suggestions, comments and recommendations for improvement.
Thank you again for your interest and support to The Platinum Journal and we look forward to receiving your feedback.
Kind regards,
Francesco Montorsi
Editor-in-Chief
Editors' Voice
Prof. Claude Schulman, Editor Emeritus and Prof. Francesco Montorsi, Editor-in-Chief have put together a compilation of their editorials which have been published since January 2006. These editorials discuss in depth the various aspects of publishing a leading journal.
Platinum Priorities 
In this section you will find what we feel are the most interesting, most informative articles submitted to The Platinum Journal. We have created this section in order to give the most exposure possible to our exceptionally intriguing articles. Along with these stimulating articles, you will also find the accompanying full length editorial which has been authored by an internationally renown expert in that field.
Collaborative Reviews
Under the supervision of the most prominent and reputed authors in their field, today’s up and coming young urologists have performed a comprehensive systematic review on a particular focus in their speciality. Due to the notability of the list of authors who have contributed to these review articles, we are sure you will find these pieces complete, informative and thought provoking. 
Best Editorials
In this section you will find the best editorials submitted by experts in that particular field. Some of these editorials are independent items whilst others are related to a published article in European Urology. Where relevant, you can also find the link to the original article in order to give you a broader, more informative sense of the editorial. These editorials allow the author to expand on the topic discussed giving a supplementary and thought provoking view.
Best Articles - European Urology
In this section, you will find the full length version of the most outstanding articles published since 2006 in European Urology.
Best Articles - European Urology Supplements
In this section we have collected the most outstanding articles published in European Urology Supplements since 2006.
Guidelines
We have selected various EAU Guidelines articles, previously published in European Urology, for this section. These Guidelines have been created with the aim of helping urologists in their every day practice, providing access to the best contemporaneous consensus view on the most appropriate management presently available. The current body of texts available covers the whole range of the urological field.
Surgery in Motion
Under the supervision of Prof. Markus Graefen, the Surgery in Motion section provides surgeons with a channel to demonstrate both new and common surgical techniques applied to various interventions. The contributions selected for this section come from the most experienced surgeons and recognized institutions around the world. In this section, you can access both the full length version of the article and the video which explain and demonstrate these interesting approaches.
Case Studies
We have selected only the most illustrative and educational Case Study to place on the cover of the Platinum Journal. Not only are these case studies particular, they are also CME accredited. After reading the Case Study of the month, please visit: www.eu-acme.org/europeanurology where you can register to receive CME credits by answering the questions related to the Case Study.
Words of Wisdom
Under the responsibility of Prof. Fritz Schroeder, the most prolific authors, scientists and surgeons have given their opinion of controversial subjects published in various journals in the field of Urology.
Interviews and Debates
Since January 2006, Dr. Christine McKillop has interviewed and mediated debates by the most well recognized authorities in the field of Urology. The interview section of European Urology allows the reader to hear first hand what some of our most prolific leaders have to say while the "Open to Debate" sections provides a stage to discuss the advantages and drawbacks of certain surgical techniques, drug use or therapy.
Letters to the Editor
After the recent inclusion of the new article type "Letters to the Editor NOT referring to a recent journal Article," we have received many extremely interesting pieces which we are proud to publish under this new section. In addition, please find the links to the classic "Letter to the Editor" which refer to a recently published article in the Platinum Journals. We hope you find these comments interesting and informative.
Top Ten
This is a list of the top ten most downloaded monthly articles from Science Direct during the last twelve months, highlighting the articles which the readers of European Urology have been downloading and reading the most. Downloads are counted as the number of articles downloaded as full text or PDF during each calendar month.
Early Release
Here we give readers readers an exclusive, advanced preview of articles to be published in future issues of European Urology. The articles highlighted are also available on-line as Articles in Press on www.europeanurology.com
Corrigendum
Corrigendum published on-line
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