Retroperitoneal extension of massive ulcerated testicular seminoma through the inguinal canal: A case report.

Introduction: Testicular cancers represent about 5% of all urological malignancies and 1-1.5% of all male neoplasms. Most of the testicular cancers are localized (68%) at diagnosis.

Efficacy and safety of Elevate® system on apical and anterior compartment prolapse repair with personal technique modification.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Anterior Elevate® mesh kit system (AES) in woman with symptomatic stage 3 or 4 anterior and/or apical pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

Materials And Methods: This retrospective, monocentric, single surgeon study enrolled between May 2010 and January 2013 fifty-six woman experiencing symptomatic anterior vaginal prolapse with or without apical descent (POP-Q stage 3 or 4). All women received a AES and 7 (12.

Transobturator surgery in presence of corona mortis: a study in 13 women.

Purpose: Severe and life-threatening bleeding has been reported in the literature after retropubic mid-urethral slings procedure, due to corona mortis damage. The aim of this study is to evaluate safety of transobturator passage of the tape in stress-urinary incontinence (SUI) correction and anchoring the mesh in pelvic-organ prolapse (POP) repair in the presence of corona mortis.

Materials And Methods: Thirteen women with a pre-operatory contrast-enhanced abdominal multidetector computed tomography were prospectively enrolled in the study between January 2009 and December 2014.

Use of transvaginal ultrasound in females with primary bladder neck obstruction. A preliminary study.

Introduction And Aim: The video-urodynamics study is the principal exam to establish a possible primary bladder neck obstruction (PBNO) condition. While trans-rectal ultrasonography plays an important role in the evaluation of the low urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and the severity of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in men, the use of the transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) in women with symptoms suggesting BOO remains unclear. We tried to check the utility of the TVUS in women with PBNO condition.

Low-Dose Intravaginal Estriol and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation in Post-Menopausal Stress Urinary Incontinence.

Introduction: Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and electrical stimulation (ES) are conservative models of therapy for treating female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The presence of estradiol receptors in the lower urinary tract advances the case for estradiol therapy in SUI. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of the combination of pelvic floor rehabilitation and intravaginal estriol (IE) on SUI treatment in postmenopausal women.

Modulating the inflammatory response to provide the best environment for healing in the pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair. A preliminary study using coated medical devices.

Aim: We studied the inflammatory response in Phosphorylcholine (PC)-coated and uncoated meshes after 4 weeks of implantation in the subcutaneous tissue of the hypogastric region in six patients.

Material And Methods: Six patients underwent POP surgery using two different types of mesh. In three of them a PC-coated mesh was implanted and an uncoated one was implanted in the last three.

Radiopaque markers equal gastrografin in the study of small bowel obstructions (SBO): a preliminary study.

Aim: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of a consolidated method (i.e.gastrografin) and a new one (i.

An innovative combined antero-retrograde approach for the resolution of the complete iatrogenic obliteration of ureteral ostium: a case report.

In selected cases of endoscopic surgery of bladder cancer, in order to reach an oncologic radicality, the resection of the ureteral ostium affected by the disease is required. Although infrequent, a possible complication of this manoeuvre is represented by the complete obliteration of theresected ostium. Literature suggests that the traditional "open" surgery and the latest "laparoscopic" surgery are effective in the resolution of this complication, in contrast with the techniques of endourological and uro-interventional radiology which, although minimally invasive, do not appear to be completely appropriate in the treatment of this condition.