Urine routine tests: a guideline-neglected, but indispensable investment in stone-removing endourological procedures.
Published in World journal of urology
Adjuvant chemotherapy improves overall survival in patients with localized upper tract urothelial carcinoma harboring pa...
...Published in World journal of urology
Whether adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) offers survival benefit is still controversial. To explore the impact of AC on overall survival (OS) of cN0M0 UTUC patients, we conducted a propensity score-matched analysis using the regression model, including pathologic features such as lymphatic and vas...
Temperature changes during laser lithotripsy with Ho:YAG laser and novel Tm-fiber laser: a comparative in-vitro study.
Published in World journal of urology
The aim of this study was to compare the thermal effects of Ho:YAG and Tm-fiber lasers during lithotripsy in an in-vitro model via real-time temperature measurement. We compared a Ho:YAG laser (pav up to 100 W, Lumenis, Yokneam, Israel) and a superpulse Tm-fiber laser (SP TFL, pav up to 40 W, NTO IRE-Polus, Fryazino, Russia), both equipped with 200...
The role of international partnerships in improving urethral reconstruction in low- and middle-income countries.
Published in World journal of urology
To explore the impact of education and training in international surgical partnerships on outcomes of urethral stricture disease in low- and middle-income countries. To encourage data collection and outcomes assessments to promote evidence-based and safe surgical care. Qualitative data were collected through observation of a reconstructive surgical...
Genitourinary reconstruction.
Published in World journal of urology
Future of kidney stone surgery: will we treat small stones with large-sized PCNL and big stones with RIRS?
Published in World journal of urology
Cytoreductive nephrectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: outcome of patients treated with a multidisciplinary, algo...
Published in World journal of urology
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) represents a significant and rising burden of disease, with rapidly evolving treatment modalities. The role of cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) is controversial in this setting. As such, London Cancer has pursued a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach when assessing suitability for surgery. A retrospective anal...
Impact of time to second transurethral resection on oncological outcomes of patients with high-grade T1 bladder cancer t...
...Published in World journal of urology
To determine the impact of time to restaging transurethral resection (Re-TUR) on recurrence-free survival (RFS), progression-free survival (PFS), and cancer specific survival (CSS) of patients with high-grade T1 bladder cancer (BC) treated with intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). Our prospectively maintained NMIBC databases were queried to...
Value-based care for the treatment and evaluation of benign prostatic hyperplasia: an analysis of a metropolitan service...
Published in World journal of urology
With an aging population, cost containment and improved outcomes will be crucial for a sustainable healthcare ecosystem. Current data demonstrate great variation in payments for procedures and diagnostic workup of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). To help determine the best financial value in BPH care, we sought to analyze the major drivers of to...
Health-related quality of life after open and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in low- and intermediate-risk prostat...
...Published in World journal of urology
Introduction of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has revolutionized the therapeutic landscape of organ-confined prostate cancer (PCa). However, comparative analyses focused on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after RARP and open retropubic prostatectomy (ORP) are sparse. In the current retrospective analysis, inclusion criteria enc...
