Optimizing decision-making process of benign uretero-enteric anastomotic stricture treatment after radical cystectomy.

Purpose: To identify preoperative predictors of endo-urological treatment (EUT) failure while promoting a new diagnostic and therapeutic pathway for benign uretero-enteric anastomosis stricture (UES) management after radical cystectomy (RC).

Materials And Methods: We relied on a prospectively maintained database including 96 individuals (122 renal units) who developed a benign UES at our institution between 1990 and 2018. UES was classified into two different types according to morphology: FP1 (i.

Outcomes following surgical management of adrenocortical carcinoma: A single-center experience.

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and heterogeneous disease, with challenging management and poor prognosis. Surgery withcurative intent is the preferred treatment option for localized disease, with a reported 5-year survival rate of 55% for complete resections. However, owing to the high risk of recurrence there is a need for adjuvant therapies, such as mitotane, an adrenolytic drug, or irradiation, while in advanced disease the standard of careis a combined chemotherapy scheme.

Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: Oncologic Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in a Contemporary Cohort.

Appropriate risk stratification and complete tumor ablation are the key factors to optimize the oncologic outcomes of patients undertaking endoscopic management for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). We aimed to identify risk factors associated to tumor recurrence and progression in a contemporary cohort of patients diagnosed and treated with the latest endourologic technologies. Forty-seven patients were selected between January-2015 and March-2019 for an endoscopic management of UTUC.

Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery for Stone Formation After Previous Laparoscopic and Open Renal Surgery.

Nonabsorbable sutures used during renal surgery represent a known substratum for stone growth. We hereby describe two cases of nephrolithiasis secondary to permanent suture material, originally placed during conservative renal surgical procedures and afterward migrated into the caliceal system, managed with endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery (ECIRS) with subsequent complete renal clearance. .

Fournier's Gangrene and Intravenous Drug Abuse: an Unusual Case Report and Review of The Literature.

Fournier's gangrene is a potentially fatal emergency condition characterized by necrotizing fasciitis and supported by an infection of the external genital, perineal and perianal region, with a rapid and progressive spread from subcutaneous fat tissue to fascial planes. In this case report, a 52-year-old man, with a history of hepatitis C-virus (HCV)-related chronic liver disease and cocaine use disorder for which he was receiving methadone maintenance therapy, was admitted to the Emergency Department with necrotic tissue involving the external genitalia. Fournier's gangrene is usually due to compromised host immunity, without a precise cause of bacterial infection; here it is linked to a loco-regional intravenous injection of cocaine.

Primary Angiosarcoma of the Kidney: Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review.

Purpose: Angiosarcoma (AS) is an aggressive malignant tumour of endothelial origin, most frequently compelling the skin. The kidney is a rare site of primary occurrence of AS with a quite challenging diagnosis and poor prognosis, mainly due to its raw metastasising power. We described our first case of AS treatment.

Uroflow stop test with electromyography: a novel index of urinary continence recovery after RARP.

Purpose: Urinary incontinence (UI) is one of the most bothersome surgical side effects after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Alteration of both smooth and striate urethral sphincter occurs after RARP. Since the contraction of perineal muscles is involved in the complex mechanism of urinary continence, the uroflow stop test (UST) seems to predict early continence recovery after RARP.