Publications by authors named "A Mombet"
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- A study was conducted to compare patient-reported quality of life outcomes from pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and duloxetine after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for urinary incontinence in men.
- Out of 213 men, urinary symptom severity decreased significantly within a year post-surgery, with only 19% showing improvement and 3.3% experiencing deterioration in symptoms.
- Results indicated that larger prostate size was linked to better symptom improvement, while preserving the neurovascular bundle during surgery positively influenced both urinary comfort and erectile function.
Article Synopsis
- Urinary incontinence (UI) significantly affects quality of life after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), prompting investigation into pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and duloxetine to enhance urinary continence recovery (UCR).
- A randomized controlled trial with 240 participants compared the effectiveness of PFMT-biofeedback, duloxetine, a combination of both, and a control group, measuring continence prevalence and quality of life over 6 months.
- Results showed that the control group had the highest continence rates (96%) compared to the treatment groups, with limited improvements noted for PFMT and duloxetine, while earlier recovery was associated with complete preservation of neurovascular bundles.
Background: For patients with cT1 renal lesions, Partial Nephrectomy (PN) is the gold standard treatment. However, 20% of small renal masses are benign, situation in which the PN is an overtreatment. The percutaneous Renal Tumor Biopsy (RTB) may lower the risk of overtreatment as there is a 90% concordance rate on histotype between the RTB and the final pathology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Cancer of the Bladder Risk Assessment (COBRA) score accurately predicts cancer-specific survival after radical cystectomy: external validation and lymphovascular invasion assessment value to improve its performance.
Clin Genitourin Cancer
June 2022
The Cancer of the Bladder Risk Assessment (COBRA) score is a predictive tool for estimating Cancer Specific Survival (CSS) after Radical Cystectomy (RC) for urothelial carcinoma. COBRA score variables are: age at RC, Tumor stage and Lymph Node Density (LND). We sought to externally validate the COBRA score and to improve its performance in estimating CSS adding Lymphovascular Invasion (LVI) as a further variable (Modified COBRA score).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of Review: The use of renal tumor biopsy (RTB) for small renal masses (SRMs) in daily practice, although safe and accurate, is unusual. Considering the large number of benign tumors in patients with renal masses < 4 cm, some patients with benign tumors are directly referred for surgery instead. This study aimed to report the diagnostic rates of RTB, determine the concordance with surgical pathology, and assess the number of procedures that could have been avoided.
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