Outpatient Hysteroscopic Polypectomy-A Retrospective Study Comparing Rigid and Semirigid Office Hysteroscopes.

Endometrial polyps are one of the most common pathological conditions in gynecology. Hysteroscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of endometrial polyps. The purpose of this multicenter, retrospective study was to compare patients' pain perception during an operative hysteroscopic endometrial polypectomy in an outpatient setting with two different hysteroscopes (rigid and semirigid) and to identify some clinical and intraoperative characteristics that are related to worsening pain during the procedure.

Percutaneous-assisted laparoscopy for ovarian tissue cryopreservation: a single-center experience.

Purpose: To compare surgical and post-operative outcomes of patients submitted to traditional laparoscopy and percutaneous-assisted laparoscopy for ovarian tissue explant for cryopreservation.

Methods: This is a single-center retrospective comparative study conducted in IRCCS "Regina Elena" National Cancer Institute of Rome. Patients submitted to laparoscopic excision of ovarian tissue, before starting chemotherapy were enrolled.

Contouring variability of the penile bulb on CT images: quantitative assessment using a generalized concordance index.

Purpose: Within a multicenter study (DUE-01) focused on the search of predictors of erectile dysfunction and urinary toxicity after radiotherapy for prostate cancer, a dummy run exercise on penile bulb (PB) contouring on computed tomography (CT) images was carried out. The aim of this study was to quantitatively assess interobserver contouring variability by the application of the generalized DICE index.

Methods And Materials: Fifteen physicians from different Institutes drew the PB on CT images of 10 patients.