Publications by authors named "Daphne Lizee"

Aims: Laparoscopic sacral colpopexy (LSC) for pelvic prolapse is a complex procedure, characterized by an anterior mesh suspension to the sacral promontory and a posterior tension-free mesh fixation.

Methods: Totals of 150 age-BMI and parity matched consecutive POP patients were selected from our Diaconesses Hospital database among women who underwent a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) plus sacral colpopexy (LSC) from June 2005 to March 2010. We analyzed two group of LSC populations, according to different tension-free apical fixation of the posterior mesh: Promontory (P) group and Utero-Sacral (US) group.

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Purpose: Despite the increasing number of studies confirming the importance of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) in patients before radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer (BCa), NC remains underused. The aim of our study was to develop a nomogram predicting the cancer-specific mortality (CSM) of patients who underwent RC for transitional BCa, evaluating the available clinical information and the NC.

Materials And Methods: We identified 423 patients who underwent RC and pelvic lymph node dissection, treated or not with NC, in two European high-volume centers between 2007 and 2013.

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Background: Inside-out tension-free vaginal transobturator tape (TVT-O) is currently one of the most effective and popular procedures for the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI), but data reporting long-term outcomes are scarce.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TVT-O 5-yr implantation for management of pure SUI in women.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A prospective observational study was conducted in four tertiary reference centers.

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