Publications by authors named "B Minana-Lopez"
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a prevalent disease affecting almost 10% of the world's population, with many cases progressing to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Kidney transplantation (KT) is the gold-standard treatment for ESKD. Due to growing KT waitlists, the deceased kidney donor (DKDs) criteria have expanded to increase the number of available kidney grafts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Our aim was to assess oncologic, safety, and quality of life-related outcomes of focal therapy with irreversible electroporation in men with localized prostate cancer.
Materials And Methods: This was a single-center, phase II study.
Inclusion Criteria: prostate cancer International Society of Urological Pathology grade 1-2, prostate specific antigen ≤15 ng/ml, ≤cT2b.
Objectives: To evaluate the outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) compared to those of open (ORP) and laparoscopic (LRP) surgery. The interest lies fundamentally in the quality-of-life (QoL) evaluation, postoperative recovery, and personal satisfaction of patients with the intervention (PS) beyond oncological and functional outcomes.
Methods: Six hundred eighty-five RPs were performed in our center between 2011-2018 (17,8% ORP, 22,2% LRP and 60% RARP).
What is the impact of post-radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence on everyday quality of life? Linking Pad usage and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short-Form (ICIQ-SF) for a COMBined definition (PICOMB definition).
Neurourol Urodyn
March 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at how to define urinary continence (UC) for patients after prostate surgery, focusing on their quality of life (QoL).
- Researchers checked 634 patients' urinary issues one year post-surgery, using questionnaires and counting how many pads they used in a day.
- The results suggested using a combined definition of "0 pads" and an ICIQ score of 2 or less to show the best quality of life for patients dealing with urine leakage.