Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5)

MINERVA OPINION EDITORIAL  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):561-3

From the Hippocratic oath to the stone center: how to deal with stone disease

Francesco ESPERTO *, Amelia PIETROPAOLO, Esteban EMILIANI, Vincent DE CONINCK, Thomas TAILLY, Etienne X. KELLER, Michele TALSO, Senol TONYALI, Emre T. SENER, Belthangady M. ZEESHAN HAMEED, Paolo USAI, Valerio DI PAOLA, Rocco PAPALIA, Roberto M. SCARPA on behalf of YA U Urolithiasis and Endourology Working Group

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):564-71

Impact of learning curve on perioperative outcomes of off-clamp minimally invasive partial nephrectomy: propensity score matched comparison of outcomes between training versus expert series

Mariaconsiglia FERRIERO *, Alfredo Maria BOVE, Gabriele TUDERTI, Umberto ANCESCHI, Aldo BRASSETTI, Manuela COSTANTINI, Riccardo MASTROIANNI, Salvatore GUAGLIANONE, Michele GALLUCCI, Giuseppe SIMONE

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):572-80

Neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a propensity matched analysis

Joshua S. JUE *, Tulay KORU-SENGUL, Feng MIAO, María C. VELÁSQUEZ, Luís F. SÁVIO, Mahmoud ALAMEDDINE, Zachary A. KROEGER, Sanoj PUNNEN, Dipen J. PAREKH, Chad R. RITCH, Mark L. GONZALGO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):581-90

Percutaneous tumor ablation versus partial nephrectomy for small renal mass: the impact of histologic variant and tumor size

Lorenzo BIANCHI *, Federico MINEO BIANCHI, Francesco CHESSA, Umberto BARBARESI, Carlo CASABLANCA, Pietro PIAZZA, Angelo MOTTARAN, Matteo DROGHETTI, Carlo ROVERONI, Eleonora BALESTRAZZI, Giorgio GENTILE, Caterina GAUDIANO, Alessandro BERTACCINI, Emanuela MARCELLI, Angelo PORRECA, Bernardino DE CONCILIO, Carla SERRA, Antonio CELIA, Eugenio BRUNOCILLA, Riccardo SCHIAVINA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):591-9

Predictive factors for opioid-free management after robotic radical prostatectomy: the value of the SP® robotic platform

Guilherme SAWCZYN, Louis LENFANT, Alireza AMINSHARIFI, Soodong KIM, Jihad KAOUK *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):600-9

The surgical learning curve for salvage robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a prospective single-surgeon study

Xavier BONET *, Marcio C. MOSCHOVAS, Fikret F. ONOL, Kulthe R. BHAT, Travis ROGERS, Gabriel OGAYA-PINIES, Bernardo ROCCO, Maria C. SIGHINOLFI, Tracey WOODLIEF, Francesc VIGUÉS, Vipul PATEL

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):610-5

Prognostic value of preoperative albumin to globulin ratio in patients treated with salvage radical prostatectomy for radiation recurrent prostate cancer

Fahad QUHAL, Benjamin PRADERE, Reza SARI MOTLAGH, Keiichiro MORI, Ekaterina LAUKHTINA, Abdulmajeed AYDH, Hadi MOSTAFAEI, Ivan LYSENKO, Victor M. SCHUETTFORT, Franziska STOLZENBACH, Carlotta PALUMBO, Axel HEIDENREICH, Alberto BRIGANTI, Pierre I. KARAKIEWICZ, Piotr CHLOSTA, Shahrokh F. SHARIAT *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):616-24

Fusion US/MRI prostate biopsy using a computer aided diagnostic (CAD) system

Mariaconsiglia FERRIERO *, Umberto ANCESCHI, Alfredo M. BOVE, Luca BERTINI, Rocco S. FLAMMIA, Guglielmo ZECCOLINI, Bernardino DE CONCILIO, Gabriele TUDERTI, Riccardo MASTROIANNI, Leonardo MISURACA, Aldo BRASSETTI, Salvatore GUAGLIANONE, Michele GALLUCCI, Antonio CELIA, Giuseppe SIMONE

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):625-30

Ultrasound prostate parameters as predictors of successful trial without catheter after acute urinary retention in patients ongoing medical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a prospective multicenter study

Cosimo DE NUNZIO *, Olivia VOGLINO, Antonio CICIONE, Giorgia TEMA, Luca CINDOLO, Maida BADA, Riccardo LOMBARDO, Antonio NACCHIA, Alberto TRUCCHI, Luigi SHIPS, Mauro GACCI, Martina MILANESI, Gianmartin CITO, Sergio SERNI, Andrea TUBARO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):631-7

Impairment of autophagy may represent the molecular mechanism behind the relationship between obesity and inflammation in patients with BPH and LUTS

Cosimo DE NUNZIO *, Simona GIGLIO, Valeria BALDASSARRI, Roberto CIROMBELLA, Giuseppe MALLEL, Antonio NACCHIA, Andrea TUBARO, Andrea VECCHIONE

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):638-48

Holmium laser enucleation of prostate versus minimally invasive simple prostatectomy for large volume (≥120 mL) prostate glands: a prospective multicenter randomized study

Andrea FUSCHI, Yazan AL SALHI, Gennaro VELOTTI, Lorenzo CAPONE, Alessia MARTOCCIA, Paolo P. SURACI, Silvio SCALZO, Filippo ANNINO, Saba KHORRAMI, Anastasios ASIMAKOPOULOS, Giorgio BOZZINI, Mario FALSAPERLA, Antonio CARBONE, Antonio L. PASTORE *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):649-54

Non-papillary percutaneous nephrolithotomy for treatment of staghorn stones

Panagiotis KALLIDONIS *, Athanasios VAGIONIS, Marco LATTARULO, Constantinos ADAMOU, Arman TSATURYAN, Despoina LIOURDI, Theofanis VRETTOS, Claudio SIMEONE, Evangelos LIATSIKOS

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):655-61

Artifacts and abnormal findings may limit the use of asymptomatic volunteers as controls for studies of multichannel urodynamics

Natalie R. SWAVELY, John E. SPEICH, Adam P. KLAUSNER *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):662-7

Exploratory analysis on the usage of Pi-score algorithm over endoscopic stone treatment step 1 protocol

Domenico VENEZIANO *, Giulio PATRUNO, Michele TALSO, Theodore TOKAS, Silvia PROIETTI, Angelo PORRECA, Guido KAMPHUIS, Shekhar BIYANI, Esteban EMILIANI, Marcos CEPEDA DELGADO, Lopez M. de MAR PEREZ, Roberto MIANO, Stefania FERRETTI, Nicola MACCHIONE, Panagiotis KALLIDONIS, Emanuele MONTANARI, Giovanni TRIPEPI, Achilles PLOUMIDIS, Giovanni CACCIAMANI, Estevao LIMA, Bhaskar SOMANI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):668-71

64CuCl2 PET/CT as a potential new imaging method in prostate cancer: illusion or reality?

Francesco CANTIELLO, Fabio CROCEROSSA *, Giuseppe L. CASCINI, Giorgio I. RUSSO, Matteo FERRO, Sebastiano CIMINO, Giuseppe LUCARELLI, Rocco DAMIANO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):672-3

How to manage a partial detachment of the ureter during robotic radical prostatectomy?

Fabrizio DAL MORO *, Federico GOFFO, Giordana FERRAIOLI, Carlotta ZABORRA, Claudio VALOTTO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):674-6

Is there enough evidence available nowadays to suggest a paradigmatic shift in treatment of MIBC with perioperative systemic therapy administration?

Francesco DEL GIUDICE *, David D’ANDREA, Andrea MARI, Francesco SORIA, Wojciech KRAJEWSKI, Marco MOSCHINI on behalf of the YAU Urothelial Working Group

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):677-9

Comment on: “Predictive factors for opioid-free management after robotic radical prostatectomy: the value of a single-port robotic platform”

Stefano PULIATTI, Pietro PIAZZA, Giovanni E. CACCIAMANI, Juan GÓMEZ RIVAS, Mark TARATKIN, José L. MARENCO, Ines RIVERO BELENCHON, Karl-Friedrich KOWALEWSKI, Enrico CHECCUCCI * on behalf of the Uro-Technology and SoMe Working Group of the Young Academic Urologists Working Party of the European Association of Urology

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):680-2

Comment on: “The surgical learning curve for salvage robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a prospective single-surgeon study”

Paolo DELL’OGLIO *, Stefano TAPPERO, Iulia ANDRAS, Erika PALAGONIA, Alessandro LARCHER, Silvia SECCO, Alexander MOTTRIE, Aldo M. BOCCIARDI, Nazareno SUARDI, Antonio GALFANO on behalf of the ERUS Educational Working Group and the YAU Working Group on Robot-assisted Surgery

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):683-5

Comment on: “Prognostic value of preoperative albumin to globulin ratio in patients treated with salvage radical prostatectomy for radiation recurrent prostate cancer”

Alessandro SCIARRA, Martina MAGGI *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):686-8

Comment on: “Fusion US/MRI prostate biopsy using a computer aided diagnostic (CAD) system”

Tamir SHOLKLAPPER, Enrico CHECCUCCI, Stefano PULIATTI, Mark TARATKIN, José MARENCO, Karl-Friedrich KOWALEWSKI, Juan GOMEZ RIVAS, Ines RIVERO, Amir LEBASTCHI, Andre ABREU, Giovanni E. CACCIAMANI * Young Academic Urologists (YA U) Working Group in Uro-technology

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):689-90

The battle of mini-invasiveness in the treatment of large prostate glands

Cristian FIORI *, Riccardo AUTORINO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):691-3

Comment on: “Non-papillary percutaneous nephrolithotomy for treatment of staghorn stones”

Cecilia M. CRACCO, Cesare M. SCOFFONE *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 October;73(5):694-5

Urodynamics in healthy volunteer: the limit of the use of the study

Fabiana CANCRINI, Serena DE CILLIS *, Veronique PHE

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