Gender and cystectomy for bladder cancer: A high-volume tertiary urologic care center experience.

Background: Differences have often been reported in the outcomes of bladder cancer (BC) patients according to gender.

Objective: This study aims to provide data on patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) in a high-volume tertiary urologic center and to assess whether gender discrepancies do exist in terms of surgical options and clinical outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive BC patients treated between 2016 and 2020 at a single center (Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy) were included in the study.

The First Entirely 3D-Printed Training Model for Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation: The RAKT Box.

Background: Robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) is increasingly performed at selected referral institutions worldwide. However, simulation and proficiency-based progression training frameworks for RAKT are still lacking, making acquisition of the RAKT-specific skill set a critical unmet need for future RAKT surgeons.

Objective: To develop and test the RAKT Box, the first entirely 3D-printed, perfused, hyperaccuracy simulator for vascular anastomoses during RAKT.

Outcomes of kidney transplantation from uncontrolled donors after circulatory death vs. expanded-criteria or standard-criteria donors after brain death at an Italian Academic Center: a prospective observational study.

Background: The use of kidneys from "expanded criteria" donors after brain death (ECD) and uncontrolled donors after circulatory death (uDCD) has been warranted to increase the pool of donors for kidney transplantation (KT). However, there is lack of evidence on the feasibility and safety of KT from such donors in the Italian setting.

Methods: We queried our prospectively KT database to select patients undergoing KT from deceased donors (uDCDs, ECDs, and standard-criteria donors [SCD] after brain death) from January 2017 to December 2020, comparing the perioperative and mid-term functional outcomes.

Urinary Continence Recovery after Robotic Radical Prostatectomy without Anterior or Posterior Reconstruction: Experience from a Tertiary Referral Center.

Background: The aim of our study is to evaluate the prevalence and predictive factors of short- (30 d) and mid-term continence in a contemporary cohort of patients treated with robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) without any posterior or anterior reconstruction at our referral academic center.

Methods: Data from patients undergoing RALP between January 2017 and March 2021 were prospectively collected. RALP was performed by three highly experienced surgeons following the principles of the Montsouris technique, with a bladder-neck-sparing intent and maximal preservation of the membranous urethra (if oncologically safe) without any anterior/posterior reconstruction.