Publications by authors named "Sarika Nalagatla"
Purpose: Nephroureterectomy(NU) remains the gold-standard surgical option for the management of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma(UTUC). Controversy exists regarding the optimal excision technique of the lower ureter. We sought to compare post-UTUC bladder tumour recurrence across the Scottish Renal Cancer Consortium(SRCC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSimple renal cysts are common benign lesions of the kidney with up to 4% of patients developing symptoms necessitating intervention including pain and haematuria. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to determine the efficacy and safety of aspiration-sclerotherapy of symptomatic simple renal cysts. A systematic review using Cochrane guidelines was conducted on published literature from 1990 to 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo evaluate the knowledge and current radiation safety practice among health care professionals undertaking fluoroscopic procedures in urology. A 14-question survey was disseminated to multidisciplinary urology theater staff. Questions included demographic data, usual radiation safety practice, and knowledge.
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- A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in identifying clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) in real-world clinical settings, particularly among men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels or abnormal examinations.
- The study included 2,642 men from ten sites and found that mpMRI had a high sensitivity (87.3%) and negative predictive value (87.5%) for diagnosing csPCa, although the specificity and positive predictive value were lower (around 50%).
- Using PSA density thresholds improved the diagnostic accuracy, with sensitivity and negative predictive values reaching as high as 96.6% when applying a specific PSA density threshold to low MRI scores. *
Objectives: To determine the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic deroofing of symptomatic simple renal cysts.
Methods: A Cochrane style systematic review was conducted on published literature from 1990 to 2017, to include case series and randomised controlled trials. A pooled meta-analysis was conducted.