13 results match your criteria: "Villa Pia Hospital[Affiliation]"

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  • Bladder cancer ranks as one of the most common cancers, being the 7th most prevalent in males and the 17th in females.
  • The incidence and death rates from bladder cancer vary widely across different countries, influenced by various risk factors and healthcare quality.
  • Early diagnosis and treatment options significantly affect the outcomes and recurrence rates of this type of cancer.
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Risk Related to Increasing Indications for Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery.

Urol Res Pract

January 2024

IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Integrated Sciences (DISC), University of Genova, Genova, Italy.

Cite this article as: Mantica G, Ambrosini F, Malinaric R, Calarco A, Terrone C. Risk related to increasing indications for retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). Urol Res Pract.

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Awake robotic liver surgery: A case report.

World J Gastrointest Surg

December 2023

Unit of Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, "F. Miulli" Regional General Hospital, Bari 70021, Italy.

Background: In recent years, minimally invasive liver resection has become a standard of care for liver tumors. Considering the need to treat increasingly fragile patients, general anesthesia is sometimes avoided due to respiratory complications. Therefore, surgical treatment with curative intent is abandoned in favor of a less invasive and less radical approach.

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New minimally invasive solutions for Benign Prostatic Obstruction (BPO) management: A position paper from the UrOP (Urologi Ospedalità Gestione Privata).

Arch Ital Urol Androl

December 2023

Urologi Ospedalità Gestione Privata (UrOP); IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova; Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Integrated Sciences (DISC), University of Genova, Genova.

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  • - Recent alternatives to TURP and laser techniques for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) are being explored, focusing on preserving sexual function and ejaculation.
  • - While TURP and traditional laser techniques are effective for BPH and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS), they often compromise ejaculation.
  • - New methods like Rezum, AquaBeam, and Urolift show promise, but they lack long-term data on effectiveness, complications, and patient selection.
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Purpose: Haemorrhagic cystitis may be due to different etiologies with infectious diseases representing an insidious cause to diagnose. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a comprehensive overview of less common but difficult-to-diagnose causes of infectious haemorrhagic cystitis of bacterial, mycobacterial, and parasitic origin, Moreover, we highlight possible diagnostic tools and currently available treatment options in order to give an updated tool for urologists to use in daily practice.

Patients And Methods: The search engine PubMed was used to select peer-reviewed articles published from 1/Jan/2010 to 31/Aug/2022.

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  • This study analyzed the outcomes of patients who underwent mitral valve replacement (MVR) using a third-generation Mosaic porcine bioprosthesis across 11 cardiac centers from 1998 to 2011, involving 805 patients with an average age of 73.5 years.
  • The median follow-up duration was 44 months, revealing early mortality rates of 3.8% for isolated elective surgeries and 7.8% overall, with a 10-year survival rate of 57.4% and various other complication rates such as thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events.
  • The findings suggest that the Mosaic porcine bioprosthesis provides satisfactory early and long-term outcomes for patients undergoing MVR, with promising
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