Primary Whole-gland Ablation for the Treatment of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: A Focal Therapy Society Best Practice Statement.

Context: Whole-gland ablation is a feasible and effective minimally invasive treatment for localized prostate cancer (PCa). Previous systematic reviews supported evidence for favorable functional outcomes, but oncological outcomes were inconclusive owing to limited follow-up.

Objective: To evaluate the real-world data on the mid- to long-term oncological and functional outcomes of whole-gland cryoablation and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in patients with clinically localized PCa, and to provide expert recommendations and commentary on these findings.

Prognostic factors for the safety and efficacy of retrograde laser lithotripsy: Data from a contemporary series of 155 consecutive patients with single and multiple lithiasis of the urinary tract.

Treatment of large and multiple stones located in the ureter and/or the kidney may be challenging. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the results and complications of retrograde endoscopic lithotripsy for stones located in the urinary tract and to determine prognostic factors for treatment outcome. From April 2017 to March 2020, eligible patients for the active treatment of ureterolithiasis with or without concomitant nephrolithiasis <20 mm were enrolled in the study.

Combined Dorsal and Ventral Onlay Buccal Graft Technique for Large and Complex Penile Strictures.

Purpose: To present a modified technique of managing extensive penile urethral strictures with dorsal and ventral onlay buccal mucosa grafts.

Patients And Methods: From October 2014 to January 2016, a total of 12 patients underwent urethroplasty for penile urethral strictures, using dorsal and ventral onlay grafts from buccal mucosa. The mean age was 42.

A Prospective Study of Bipolar Transurethral Resection of Prostate Comparing the Efficiency and Safety of the Method in Large and Small Adenomas.

Bipolar technology offers a new perspective in the treatment of BPH. Purpose. To present our experience with the TURis system (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan).

Is V-Y plasty necessary for penile lengthening? Girth enhancement and increased length solely through circumcision: description of a novel technique.

Our objective is to describe a novel ligamentolysis approach using a subcoronal incision technique and to determine its safety and efficacy. During the last 7 years, 82 consecutive patients had penile augmentation surgery. Ligamentolysis, through a lower abdominal incision (V-Y plasty) in the first 35 males, was performed (Group A), followed by circumcision ligamentolysis in the next 47 males (Group B).

Inverted papilloma of the ureter: study of a rare case with emphasis on clinicopathologic implications.

A 62-year old male patient presented complaining of intermittent macroscopic hematuria. The ultrasonographic investigation revealed a hydronephrosis of remarkable degree with indiscrete renal parenchyma. The abdominal computed tomography scan identified a ureteral lesion with proximal dilatation, hydronephrosis and a functionless ipsilateral renal unit.

Incidence and histological findings of unsuspected prostatic adenocarcinoma in radical cystoprostatectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Objective: The present study is designed to evaluate the incidence, histological features and significance of prostatic adenocarcinoma in patients undergoing cystoprostatectomy for Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder.

Patients, Material And Methods: From January 1990 to December 1996, 59 male patients (mean age 66.5 years), with no evidence of prostatic malignancy on preoperative clinical and biochemical assessment, underwent cystoprostatectomy for TCC of the bladder.

Transvaginal incisionless bladder neck suspension. A simplified technique for female genuine stress incontinence.

Objectives: Purpose of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of a modified Gittes procedure in the management of Type I and Type II stress urinary incontinence of the female.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-two female patients with urodynamically proven Type I and Type II stress urinary incontinence had been subjected to transvaginal incisionless bladder neck suspension (modified Gittes procedure) from September 1991 to June 1996. Their mean age was 55.

Incontinence after surgery for benign prostatic hypertrophy: the case for complex approach and treatment.

Objective: Whether incontinence after surgery for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) requires simple workup and treatment or being a more complex condition and multifactorial in etiology requiring combined surgical techniques should be investigated in more detail.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 56 patients referred to us for post-prostatectomy incontinence after surgery for BPH. All patients were subjected to urodynamics.

Combined reconstructive and prosthetic surgery in complicated lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Purpose: The combined use of the appropriate reconstructive technique and available prosthetic material was evaluated to achieve an optimal functional result in complicated lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Materials And Methods: The study included 16 male and 8 female patients. Urinary dysfunction was classified into 2 main categories: 1) neuropathic and 2) nonneuropathic.