Publications by authors named "A Alcini"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to examine the prevalence of incidental prostate cancer (IPCa) in patients who underwent surgery for benign prostatic obstruction (BPO), revealing that 16.3% of those had IPCa, even with negative exams.
- The research utilized data from patients treated at a major center between January 2020 and December 2022, including factors like PSA levels and previous imaging results to identify potential predictors of IPCa occurrence.
- Findings suggest that higher PSA density (PSAd) is linked to more severe cancer, while negative mpMRI scans appear to lower the chances of clinically significant prostate cancer; these results prompt a reconsideration of current urology guidelines if confirmed by further studies.
Urologic surgery in a safe hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic scenario.
Minerva Urol Nephrol
June 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic induced a global emergency that overwhelmed most hospitals around the world. Access to hospitals has been restricted to selective oncological and urgent patients to minimize surgeries requiring Intensive Care Unit care. All other kind of non-urgent and benign surgeries have been rescheduled.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To report the data from a single series of 46 patients who underwent cystectomy and Padua ileal bladder (PIB) substitution during a 48-month period. Data are lacking concerning the changes in urodynamic characteristics of the orthotopic ileal neobladder.
Methods: From January 2002 to April 2003, 46 consecutive male patients underwent radical cystectomy and PIB substitution for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) and urinary tract infection (UTI), and the local and systemic inflammatory response, in patients with ileal neobladder.
Patients And Methods: The study included 40 patients who had a radical cystectomy and ileal neobladder. Two urine samples, one for chemical and physical analysis, and cytofluorimetry, and one for urine culture, were collected every 3 months for 9 months after surgery.
Purpose: We evaluated the collagen content and differentiation of the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) of patients who underwent Anderson-Hynes dismembered pyeloplasty after failure of antegrade endopyelotomy.
Materials And Methods: A total of 12 UPJ obstructions were examined more than 12 months after endopyelotomy with both histochemical staining to analyze total collagen content and immunohistochemical staining to analyze collagen types I and III. The specimens were compared with 12 primary UPJ obstructions and 6 normal UPJs.