Publications by authors named "Barbara Bigazzi"

Background: Recording the entire sexual history of a patient from the very first sexual experiences to the current sexual habits is a challenging issue that physicians usually address with partial and non-standardized interviews.

Objectives: To validate the SExual Chronicle REcording Table (SECRET ), a structured written interview, developed and copyrighted both in English and Italian languages.

Materials And Methods: A multicenter national validation study was performed asking 300 male patients affected by uro-andrological diseases to complete SECRET .

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Objectives: To present our experience with a sigmoid orthotopic neobladder.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the functional and oncological outcomes of 160 patients who underwent orthotopic neobladder reconstruction using a detubularized 20-25-cm sigmoid segment at our institution. Each patient was evaluated every 3 months the first year, every 6 months for the next 4 years and annually thereafter.

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Serous borderline tumors are rare neoplasms. Herein we report our conservative approach, whose rationale is neoplasm low-malignant potential. Tumor was removed under general anesthesia, and frozen section ruled out a germinal malignancy or a stromal tumor such as rhabdomyosarcoma.

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