"Could Patient Age and Gender, along with Mass Size, Be Predictive Factors for Benign Kidney Tumors?": A Retrospective Analysis of 307 Consecutive Single Renal Masses Treated with Partial or Radical Nephrectomy.

Due to the increased use of common and non-invasive abdominal imaging techniques over the last few decades, the diagnosis of about 60% of renal tumors is incidental. Contrast-enhancing renal nodules on computed tomography are diagnosed as malignant tumors, which are often removed surgically without first performing a biopsy. Most kidney nodules are renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after surgical treatment, but a non-negligible rate of these nodules may be benign on final pathology; as a result, patients undergo unnecessary surgery with an associated significant morbidity.

Synchronous bladder and prostate cancer specimens obtained from radical cystoprostatectomy: A single‑center retrospective analysis.

The aim of the present study was to analyze incidence, histopathological features and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy (RCP) for bladder cancer, in which incidental prostate cancer (PCa) was found. How these types of cancer impacted the patients' management and whether prostate-sparing cystectomy could be an option for these patients was determined. The current study retrospectively analyzed the data of a cohort of patients from 'Umberto I' Hospital of Nocera Inferiore who underwent RCP for bladder transitional cell carcinoma.

"To Be or Not to Be Benign" at Partial Nephrectomy for Presumed RCC Renal Masses: Single-Center Experience with 195 Consecutive Patients.

In daily medical practice, an increasing number of kidney masses are being incidentally detected using common imaging techniques, owing to the improved diagnostic accuracy and increasingly frequent use of these techniques. As a consequence, the rate of detection of smaller lesions is increasing considerably. According to certain studies, following surgical treatment, up to 27% of small enhancing renal masses are identified as benign tumors at the final pathological examination.

Association between obesity and frequency of high-grade prostate cancer on biopsy in men: A single-center retrospective study.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between BMI and the prostate cancer (PCa) risk at biopsy in Italian men. Retrospective analyses of the clinical data of 2,372 consecutive men undergoing ultrasound-guided multicore (≥10) prostate biopsy transrectally between May 2010 and December 2018 were performed. BMIs were categorized, according to Western countries' classification of obesity, as follows: <18.

Incidence rate and management of diaphragmatic injury during laparoscopic nephrectomies: single-center experience.

Pneumothorax is a rare complication in laparoscopic renal surgery. However, due to the increasing renal pathologies managed by laparoscopic technique, this infrequent complication is a potential risk. We investigated the incidence rate of this complication in our experience of laparoscopic renal surgery, taking into account the laparoscopic approach, the type of intervention, the character of the pathology (neoplastic or other), the site of the intervention, as well as the localization of the lesion (in case of malignant pathology).

Near-infrared fluorescence imaging with intraoperative administration of indocyanine green for laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Is it a useful weapon for pelvic lymph node dissection?

Near-infrared fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green has emerging applications in urologic surgery. This technology is strongly used in robotic surgery for several ablative and reconstructive procedures. On the contrary, it is not used at all in the urological laparoscopic surgery.

Presenting a case of a mucinous adenocarcinoma of an exstrophic bladder in an adult patient and a review of literature.

Background: Bladder exstrophy occurs in approximately 1 in 35,000 live births and is associated with an increased incidence of bladder cancer.

Case Presentation: A 55-year old male patient was diagnosed with a primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of an unreconstructed exstrophic bladder. Examination of the entire gastrointestinal tract shown there were not other primary cites.

Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the testis: a case-report.

We report a case of a primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the testis in a 74-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of testicular swelling. The patient was submitted to right inguinal orchidectomy for the definitive diagnosis. Light microscopy demonstrated sheets of lymphoma cells involving epididymis and rete testis, but mainly extended into testicular parenchyma.

The forgotten stent: late complication in a patient with neobladder.

Encrustation constitutes a serious complication of ureteral stent use and can result in difficult stent removal. We report the case of a patient with a retained ureteral stent for 3 years following a radical cystectomy.

Medical expulsive treatment of distal-ureteral stones using tamsulosin: a single-center experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of the addition of tamsulosin to our standard expulsive pharmacologic therapy for the treatment of distal-ureteral stones.

Patients And Methods: A series of 96 patients referred to our department for the management of symptomatic distal-ureteral calculi were randomly divided into group 1 (N = 46) who received diclofenac (100 mg/daily) plus aescin (80 mg/daily) and group 2 (N = 50) who received the same therapy plus tamsulosin (0.4 mg/daily) for a maximum of 2 weeks.

Orbital metastasis as a first indication of prostate cancer: a case report.

Prostatic carcinoma accounts for only 3.6% of orbital metastases encountered in clinical practice. We report the clinical presentation and response to treatment of a patient with metastatic prostatic carcinoma to the sella turcica.

Expanding applications of the access sheath to ureterolithotripsy of distal ureteral stones. A frustrating experience.

Objective: Distal ureteral stones are routinely managed with semirigid ureteroscopy without the need for ureteral dilatation, but some conditions, e.g. large stone burden or difficult catheterization of the ureteral meatus, are time-consuming and would require a tool to facilitate multiple insertions of the ureteroscope and to avoid ureteral injury.