Publications by authors named "A B Porcaro"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore how certain measurements of the prostate-urethral complex (PUC) relate to incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).
- Researchers analyzed data from 366 patients who underwent RARP, focusing on various PUC measurements and assessing whether they correlated with continence after the surgery.
- The results revealed that while most patients were continent after 12 months, there was no strong link between PUC measurements and incontinence, except for differences in levator ani thickness, suggesting that surgical proficiency may overshadow anatomical variations in determining continence outcomes.
: We sought to investigate whether the 2012 Briganti nomogram may represent a potential prognostic factor of prostate cancer (PCa) progression after surgical treatment beyond European Association of Urology (EAU) risk categories. : From January 2013 to December 2021, data on PCa patients treated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy at a single tertiary referral center were extracted. The 2012 version of the Briganti nomogram assessing the risk of pelvic lymph node invasion was used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResponse to Treatment with Botulinum Neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) in Children and Adolescents with Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction and Idiopathic Overactive Bladder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Andrea Panunzio Rossella Orlando Giovanni Mazzucato Sonia Costantino Giulia Marafioti Patuzzo Antonio Benito Porcaro
Toxins (Basel)
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) is being increasingly used to treat neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunctions and overactive bladder in children and adolescents, which is a growing area in urology.
- A systematic review analyzed various studies from databases like PubMed and Scopus to evaluate BoNT-A's effectiveness in improving urinary incontinence and urodynamic parameters in this age group.
- Results showed that among 1521 patients, there was a significant improvement in urinary incontinence scores by about 75% within 3-6 months after treatment, with no major adverse effects reported.
Head-to-head comparison of DaVinci and Hugo™ RAS robotic platforms for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.
Francesco Ditonno Greta Pettenuzzo Francesca Montanaro Lorenzo De Bon Sonia Costantino Antonio Benito Porcaro
Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- A systematic review and meta-analysis examined intra- and postoperative outcomes for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) comparing DaVinci (DV-RARP) and Hugo™RAS (H-RARP) platforms.
- The study included eight research articles with over 1,100 patients, revealing no significant differences in operative time, blood loss, or postoperative outcomes between the two surgical methods.
- The only notable difference was longer docking time for H-RARP, and a lower node yield compared to DV-RARP, indicating a need for further evaluation on the effectiveness and biases in the existing studies.