Safety of Surgery in benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients on Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Purpose: The management strategies of anticoagulant (AC) or antiplatelet (AP) therapy in the preoperative period of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is still controversial. Therefore, a meta-analysis to systematically evaluate the surgical safety for BPH patients on AC or AP therapy was performed.

Materials And Methods: The protocol for the review is available on PROSPERO (CRD42018105800).

Comparison of Alpha-Blockers and Antimuscarinics in Improving Ureteral Stent-Related Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis.

Purpose: A meta-analysiswas conducted to compare alpha-blocker (AB) and antimuscarinic (AM) monotherapies in releasing US-related symptoms.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was performed on online databases PubMed, Web of Science, Med-line, and Cochrane library. Ureteric Symptom Score Questionnaire (USSQ), International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), quality of life (QoL) and visual analogue pain scale (VAPS) were pooled and compared.

The role of super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SMP) in the treatment of symptomatic lower pole renal stones (LPSs) after the failure of shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) or retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS).

To assess the safety and efficacy of super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SMP) in the treatment of symptomatic lower pole renal stones (LPSs) after the failure of shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) or retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS), we retrospectively evaluated 44 patients with symptomatic LPSs with previously failed SWL or RIRS and consequently underwent SMP from October 2014 to March 2016. The percutaneous renal access was performed 12-14F with C-arm fluoroscopy or ultrasonographic guidance. Stone disintegration was performed using either Holmium laser or pneumatic lithotripter.

Endourologic strategies for a minimally invasive management of urinary tract stones in patients with urinary diversion.

Objective: To present our experience in minimally invasive management of urinary tract stones in patients with urinary diversion.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 26 patients with urinary tract stones after cystectomy and urinary diversion. The types of urinary diversion were ileal conduit, colon conduit, ileal orthotopic neobladder in 19, 4, and 3 patients, respectively.

How to accelerate the upper urinary stone discharge after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) for < 15 mm upper urinary stones: a prospective multi-center randomized controlled trial about external physical vibration lithecbole (EPVL).

Objective: To asset the efficacy and safety of EPVL plus ESWL compared with ESWL alone for the treatment of simple upper urinary stones (< 15 mm).

Materials And Methods: All patients with upper urinary stones (< 15 mm) were prospectively randomized into two groups. In treatment group, patients were assigned to immediate EPVL after ESWL, while in control group, ESWL alone was offered.

Does green tea consumption increase urinary oxalate excretion? Results of a prospective trial in healthy men.

Objective: To investigate the impact of green tea on urinary oxalate excretion in healthy male volunteers.

Materials And Methods: The oxalate concentrations after different brewing times (2-60 min) of different qualities (2-8 g) of green tea were measured in in vitro experiment. In in vivo experiment, the effects on urine composition were assessed in 12 healthy men with an age of 24-29 years.

Comparison of Effect of Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy on Split Renal Function: Single Tract vs Multiple Tracts.

Objectives: To observe serum creatinine (SCr) and treated side glomerular filtration rate (TGFR) variations in patients with upper urinary tract calculi after minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MPCNL).

Patients And Methods: A total of 178 patients underwent MPCNL in our institute and they were retrospectively evaluated between May 2014 and February 2016. SCr and TGFR variations were observed with renal scintigraphy using 99mTc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (Tc-DTPA) preoperatively and after at least 6 months of follow-up (FU).

Randomized Study of Ureteral Catheter vs Double-J Stent in Tubeless Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Patients.

Objective: To prospectively analyze and compare the outcomes of using externalized ureteral catheter (EUC) vs Double-J ureteral stent (DJ) in tubeless minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MPCNL).

Patients And Methods: A total of 109 patients underwent tubeless MPCNL in our institute and have been enrolled into this study. Fifty-six and 53 patients had EUC and DJ positioning at the conclusion of the procedure, respectively.

Female primary bladder neck obstruction: role of videourodynamics and treatment options in a rare clinical entity.

Introduction: Primary female bladder neck obstruction is a rare clinical condition characterized by the absence/incomplete bladder neck opening during the voiding phase of micturition.

Methods: We present the cases of two women complaining dysuria, abdominal straining and sensation of incomplete bladder emptying. Videourodynamic evaluation was fundamental for a correct diagnosis.

Predicting survival in node-positive prostate cancer after open, laparoscopic or robotic radical prostatectomy: A competing risk analysis of a multi-institutional database.

Objectives: To investigate cancer-specific mortality and other-cause mortality in prostate cancer patients with nodal metastases.

Methods: The study included 411 patients treated with radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer with lymph node metastases at 10 tertiary care centers between 1995 and 2014. Kaplan-Meier analyses were used to assess cancer-specific mortality-free survival rates at 8 years' follow up in the overall population, and after stratifying patients according to clinical and pathological parameters.

[Female incontinence surgery: state of the art].

Female urinary incontinence represents a medical and social problem with huge impact regarding both patient's quality of life and social costs. The diagnosis is important for therapeutic choice and should consider some factors: the degree of urethral mobility, urodynamics parameters, patient's will and expectations, information about surgical complications and risks. Nowadays suburethral sling evolution and bulking therapy for selected cases consent to perform miniinvasive surgery; the most relevant problem concerns the management of postoperative complications: in this sense autologous slings are used after urethrolisis.

A rare case of primary mantle cell lymphoma of the prostate: clinical aspects and open problems.

A case of primary prostate involvement by mantle-cell lymphoma diagnosed at the time of transvesical adenomectomy is reported. Diagnostic difficulties and clinical outcome are also presented. The possibility of prostate involvement by malignant lymphomas, albeit rare, should be considered in any case of histological evidence of dense prostate lymphoid infiltrate in patients with lower urinary tract obstruction, and should be highly suspected in patients with prior history of systemic lymphoma.

Innovations in the endoscopic management of bladder cancer: is the era of white light cystoscopy over.

Bladder cancer is the most common tumor of the urinary tract, with a worldwide incidence of 8.6 x 100000 in men and 2.6 x 100000 in women (1).

The impact of intravesical gemcitabine and 1/3 dose Bacillus Calmette-Guérin instillation therapy on the quality of life in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer: results of a prospective, randomized, phase II trial.

Purpose: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and intravesical chemotherapy represent viable adjuvant options for intermediate risk nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Although bacillus Calmette-Guérin is perceived as less tolerable than intravesical chemotherapy, to our knowledge no comparative studies have addressed quality of life issues. We compared the quality of life of patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer who received adjuvant intravesical gemcitabine or 1/3 dose bacillus Calmette-Guérin.

Two cases of retroperitoneal metastasis from a completely regressed burned-out testicular cancer.

Introduction: Primary extragonadal germ cell tumors (EGCT) are rare and it is still a matter of debate if they have to be considered as primary extragonadal issues or metastases from a primary testicular neoplasm. We describe two cases of the so-called burned-out seminoma, a primary testicular germ-cell tumor that spontaneously regressed after demonstration of retroperitoneal metastases.

Cases Presentation: Two patients (35 and 50 years old, respectively) presented with CT findings of retroperitoneal masses.

Prognostic factors including Ki-67 and p53 in Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-treated non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a prospective study.

Objectives: To prospectively evaluate the prognostic utility of the traditional prognostic factors and molecular markers p53 and Ki-67 in a homogeneous series of patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG).

Patients And Methods: 192 intermediate- and high-risk NMIBC cases were enrolled. The variables in study were age, stage, grade, focality, tumour size, presence of associated carcinoma in situ, recurrence rate before BCG, maintenance for BCG, Ki-67 and p53.

Laparoscopic management of sacral neurinoma causing hydronephrosis.

We report the case of a sacral neurinoma, which presented with mild hydronephrosis, due to compression of the right ureter, in a 71-yr old woman admitted to our hospital with recurrent urinary tract infections. CT and MRI detected a 4 x 4 cm mass pressing on the right ureter at the sacral level, in continuity with the second sacral foramen. Given this finding, the mass was thought to be of presumable neurogenic origin.