Prospective Comparison of Thulium and Holmium Laser Lithotripsy for the Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Lithiasis.

Background: Lithotripsy with holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser is the current gold standard for treating stones of the upper urinary tract (UUT). The recently introduced thulium fiber laser (TFL) has the potential to be more efficient and as safe as Ho:YAG.

Objective: To compare the performance and complications between Ho:YAG and TFL for UUT lithotripsy.

Percutaneous Ablation Versus Surgical Resection for Local Recurrence Following Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Cancer: A Propensity Score Analysis (REPART Study-UroCCR 71).

Background: Data comparing percutaneous ablation (PCA) and surgical resection (SR) for an isolated local recurrence (LR) following partial nephrectomy (PN) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are lacking.

Objective: To examine the outcomes between PCA and SR for an isolated LR following PN for RCC.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Patients who underwent PN for RCC and developed an LR between 2013 and 2019 were included.

Adherent perinephric fat affects perioperative outcomes after partial nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

To investigate the association of adherent perinephric fat (APF) with perioperative outcomes, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature to clarify the impact of APF in patients undergoing partial nephrectomy. A systematic literature search using the Medline, Scopus, and Cochrane databases was performed in April 2019 and updated in November 2019 to identify studies investigating the effect of APF on perioperative outcomes in patients treated with partial nephrectomy with the aim of evaluating its impact on intraoperative, postoperative and oncological outcomes. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of the included studies.