Publications by authors named "G Lopez-Fontana"

Objective: To report 2 cases of an extremely rare bladder tumor such as Cystitis Glandularis (CG) that were management by different strategies and review the current evidence.

Material And Methods: Both cases of 43 and 48 years reported the same lower urinary tract symptoms that simulated a malignant bladder tumor. Case 1 presented with an extensive tumor affecting the trigone and the left upper urinary tract; the second case presented a less extensive tumor also at the bladder trigone.

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Objective: To analyze the perioperatory and short-oncological outcomes in 5 cases with CRPC M0 developed after pRT that underwent salvage laparoscopic RP (sLRP) and review the current evidence.

Material And Methods: Perioperatory and oncological outcomes were prospectively analyzed. Inclusion criteria were patients that had received pRT and posteriorly presented with CRPC M0 in standard imagines and positron emission tomography MRI coline.

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Introduction: Prolactin (PRL) binds its receptor (PRLR) and stimulates cell proliferation, differentiation and survival in prostate cancer (PCa) cell lines via STAT5a, MAPK and AKT.

Objective: To evaluate the expression of PRL and PRLR in normal and tumor prostate tissues with different Gleason patterns.

Methods: Samples of normal, benign prostatic hyperplasia and PCa with different Gleason patterns were selected from radical prostatectomy.

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Objective: The management of stone disease in renal abnormalities is a challenge for urologist due to its rarity. The aim of the current manuscript is to report our experience in Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS) in 4 complex-abdnormal cases using the flexible videoureterorrenoscopy.

Material And Methods: Data was prospectively collected and retrospectively analyzed regarding our first 100 RIRS for stone disease with flexible videoureterorrenoscope (FLEX-X 8.

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Objective: Intrarenal stenosis, even caliceal diverticula or neck diverticular stenosis, associated with lithiasis are infrequent therefore their management is a challenge. The aim of this article is to report two cases who underwent retrograde intrarenal surgery and Holmium laser as a modern technological tool, proposing a new gold standard.

Methods: We report 2 cases of intrarenal stenosis associated with lithiasis managed with flexible videoureteroscope (STORZ) and Holmium laser (CALCULASE II).

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