Publications by authors named "B R Schlenker"
[Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT for penile cancer - a feasibility study.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
September 2024
Purpose: Penile cancer is a rare entity and has a good prognosis in localized stage. Delayed surgical treatment of lymphatic disease is associated with poor overall survival but conventional imaging cannot detect occult lymph node metastasis sufficiently. Imaging cancer related fibroblasts has shown promising results as non-invasive staging tool in various tumor entities but has not yet been evaluated in penile cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the impact of preoperative lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) on long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) up to 10 years after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (PC).
Methods: Within our prospective institutional database of 6487 patients treated with RP for PC (2008-2020), 2727 patients with preoperative LUTS (IPSS score of ≥8) were identified. A 1:1 propensity-score matched analysis of 3056 men (n = 1528 LUTS, n = 1528 no LUTS) was conducted.
Background: The impact of previous inguinal mesh hernioplasty (MH) with non-resorbable mesh prostheses on surgical performance of radical prostatectomy (RP) has been controversially discussed, with unknown impact of MH on oncologic outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following RP. We therefore aimed to assess the influence of previous MH on metastasis-free survival (MFS), biochemical recurrence-free survival (BRFS), and HRQOL following RP.
Methods: We identified 344 patients with previous MH prior RP within our prospectively assessed institutional database of 6275 patients treated with RP for PC (2008-2019).
Background: Technological advancements in the operating room (OR) have sparked new challenges for surgical workflow, OR professionals, and patient safety. Disruptive events are frequent across all surgical specialties, but little is known about their effects on patient outcomes and the influence of systemic factors. The aim was to explore the associations of intraoperative flow disruptions (FDs) with patient outcomes, staff workload, and surgery duration.
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- The study investigates how factors related to patients, surgery, and tumors affect the presence of detrusor muscle (DM) in bladder cancer surgeries and its influence on patient outcomes.
- Out of 3,237 TUR-BTs analyzed, DM was found in 67.6% of cases, with surgery duration, tumor type, and location being significant predictors for DM absence.
- The absence of DM, particularly in high-grade bladder cancer, is linked to a lower chance of recurrence-free survival, highlighting the need for thorough and skilled surgical techniques.