Publications by authors named "Scott Donnellan"
Background: Migration of fixing tacks into the bladder wall is a rare complication following laparoscopic hernia repairs.
Case Presentation: This report detailed an 80-year-old male who presented to the clinic with hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a bladder calculus adherent to the bladder wall, with an underlying metallic tack.
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- Voiding dysfunction is a common issue after prostate biopsies, leading to significant discomfort, and alpha blockers are being considered as a remedy despite mixed evidence.
- A systematic review analyzed data from 808 patients across six randomized controlled trials, focusing on various voiding function measures such as symptom scores and urinary flow rates.
- The results showed that alpha blockers significantly improved urinary outcomes, decreasing symptoms, post-void residuals, and the risk of acute urinary retention after prostate biopsy.
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- - The study investigates the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in improving survival rates for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) undergoing radical cystectomy in Australia, where current NAC utilization rates were unknown.
- - Analyzing data from 69 patients who underwent cystectomy, researchers found that while 73.9% were eligible for NAC, only 9.8% actually received it; similarly, only 44.4% of those eligible for adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) received it.
- - The research highlights challenges in the real-world application of NAC, showing no significant survival benefits between those who received NAC/AC, and stresses the need for better patient selection and NAC usage instead of relying
Objective: PSMA PET/CT has demonstrated superior sensitivity over conventional imaging in the detection of local and distant recurrence in biochemically relapsed (BCR) prostate cancer. We prospectively investigated the management impact of Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging in men with BCR, with the aim of identifying baseline clinicopathological predictors for management change.
Patients And Methods: Men with BCR who met eligibility criteria underwent Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT at Monash Health (Melbourne, Australia).
Malignant transformation of urachal adenoma is exceedingly rare, with intestinal metaplasia as the most common contributing mechanism. It is recommended that a urachal adenoma be regarded as a pre-malignant condition and be subject to endoscopic surveillance. A local en block excision of the tumor mass with urachalectomy and umbilectomy results in possible long-term survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Condyloma acuminatum of the bladder is a rare affliction and as such its ideal management is unknown. This manuscript describes curative treatment of severe disease with external beam radiotherapy concurrent with low dose chemotherapy, an approach which has not previously been utilised.
Objectives: • To report the first occurrence of complete and sustained resolution of symptomatic condyloma acuminatum of the bladder with chemoradiotherapy.