Publications by authors named "Eugenie Di Crocco"
Purpose: In our center, until 2018, MRI-targeted biopsy was underused. Since January 2018, we systematically performed MRI-targeted biopsy for suspicious PI-RADS ≥ 3 lesions in accordance to the recent guidelines. We hypothesized that the implementation of systematic prebiopsy MRI would increase the detection rate (DR) of prostate cancer (PCa) without increasing DR of clinically insignificant PCa (insignPCa).
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- The study compares the economic and practical aspects of reusable and single-use flexible ureteroscopes (fURS) due to rising repair costs and unavailability issues with reusable models.
- In 2017, repair costs for reusable fURS spiked by 345%, leading to significant operational disruptions and a lack of functioning devices on many days.
- The introduction of single-use fURS proved to be cost-effective for procedures beyond a certain point and alleviated the issues caused by the unavailability of reusable devices, maintaining surgical activity levels.
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- - Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the long-term outcomes of pediatric augmentation gastrocystoplasty (AGC) in children, focusing on renal function preservation, dryness maintenance, and complications.
- - Methods: Researchers reviewed medical records of 11 children who underwent AGC between 1992 and 2000, assessing factors like age, bladder dysfunction causes, AGC performance, complications, and patient follow-up.
- - Results: Most patients maintained renal function and were continent; however, there were significant risks, including complications and malignant transformations, with three patients developing gastric adenocarcinoma linked to the surgery.