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Minerva opinion editorial  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Apr 26

Can Rezūm stand out as the most versatile and better performing minimally invasive treatment for the management of LUTS related to BPH?

Giampaolo SIENA, Riccardo TELLINI *, Luca CINDOLO

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Review  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Apr 26

Androgen deprivation therapy and cardiovascular risk in prostate cancer

Cosimo DE NUNZIO *, Cristian FIORI, Ferdinando FUSCO, Andrea GREGORI, Vincenzo PAGLIARULO, Filippo ALONGI

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Letter to the Editor  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Apr 06

Do we have enough evidence for approval of nadofaragene firadenovec?

Murat AKAND *, Frank VAN DER AA, Steven JONIAU

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Editorial comment  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Apr 06

Comment on: Perioperative and oncological outcomes of open radical nephrectomy and inferior vena cava thrombectomy with liver mobilization and Pringle maneuver for Mayo III level tumor thrombus: single institution study

Marina M. TABBARA, Javier GONZALEZ, Gaetano CIANCIO *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Apr 06

“Augmented reality” applications in urology: a systematic review

Sidney ROBERTS, Aditya DESAI, Enrico CHECCUCCI, Stefano PULIATTI, Mark TARATKIN, Karl-Friedrich KOWALEWSKI, Juan GOMEZ RIVAS, Ines RIVERO, Domenico VENEZIANO, Riccardo AUTORINO, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Inderbir S. GILL, Giovanni E. CACCIAMANI *

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Review  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Apr 06

Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in patients undergoing nephroureterectomy for urothelial cancer: a multidisciplinary systematic review and critical analysis

Zhenjie WU, Mingmin LI, Linhui WANG *, Asit PAUL, Jay D. RAMAN, Andrea NECCHI, Sarah P. PSUTKA, Carlo BUONERBA, Homayoun ZARGAR, Peter C. BLACK, Ithaar H. DERWEESH, Maria C. MIR, Robert G. UZZO, Savio D. PANDOLFO, Riccardo AUTORINO, Giuseppe DI LORENZO

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Letter to the Editor  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Apr 06

Robotic surgery for ureteropelvic junction obstruction and urolithiasis

Simone SFORZA *, Gianluca MUTO, Luca LAMBERTINI, Fabrizio DI MAIDA, Antonio A. GROSSO, Matteo SALVI, Riccardo TELLINI, Gianmartin CITO, Andrea MINERVINI, Marco CARINI, Lorenzo MASIERI

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Letter to the Editor  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Mar 11

Perioperative outcomes after radical prostatectomy; does the surgical approach change the impact of hospital volume? A nationwide analysis

Michael BABOUDJIAN *, Bastien GONDRAN-TELLIER, Annabelle GRABIA, Eric BARRET, Jean-Baptiste BEAUVAL, Laurent BRUREAU, Gilles CREHANGE, Charles DARIANE, Gaëlle FIARD, Gaëlle FROMONT, Mathieu GAUTHE, Romain MATHIEU, Raphaële RENARD-PENNA, Guilhem ROUBAUD, Alain RUFFION, Paul SARGOS, Charles-Edouard LEQUEU, Morgan ROUPRET, Guillaume PLOUSSARD

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Letter to the Editor  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Mar 11

Robotic intracorporeal Padua ileal neobladder vs Florin pouch: head to head comparison of mid-term urodynamic and functional profiles at two high-volume centers

Umberto ANCESCHI *, Fabrizio DI MAIDA, Rocco S. FLAMMIA, Barbara BIGAZZI, Antonio A. GROSSO, Claudia FEDE SPICCHIALE, Andrea MARI, Aldo BRASSETTI, Gabriele TUDERTI, Maria C. FERRIERO, Alfredo M. BOVE, Leonardo MISURACA, Riccardo MASTROIANNI, Manuela MATTIOLI, Andrea FUSCHI, Enrico FINAZZI AGRÒ, Cosimo DE NUNZIO, Antonio L. PASTORE, Andrea MINERVINI, Giuseppe SIMONE

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Review  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Mar 11

Artificial intelligence to predict oncological outcome directly from hematoxylin & eosin-stained slides in urology: a systematic review

Frederik WESSELS, Sara KUNTZ, Eva KRIEGHOFF-HENNING, Max SCHMITT, Volker BRAUN, Thomas S. WORST, Manuel NEUBERGER, Matthias STEEG, Timo GAISER, Stefan FRÖHLING, Maurice-Stephan MICHEL, Philipp NUHN, Titus J. BRINKER *

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Original article  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Mar 11

Increase of continuous treatments and regional citrate anticoagulation during renal replacement therapy in the ICUs of the north-west of Italy from 2007 to 2015

Filippo MARIANO *, Paola INGUAGGIATO, Marco POZZATO, Ernesto TURELLO, Paola DAVID, Silvia BERUTTI, Massimo MANES, Gianluca LEONARDI, Massimo GAI, Alberto MELLA, Giorgio CANEPARI, Giacomo FORNERIS, Giulia STORACE, Maddalena BRUSTIA, Valentina PELLÙ, Valentina CONSIGLIO, Giuliana TOGNARELLI, Roberto BONAUDO, Bruno GIANOGLIO, Andrea CAMPO, Giusto VIGLINO, Angela MARINO, Stefano MAFFEI, Elisabetta ROSCINI, Giovanni CALABRESE, Mauro GHERZI, Marco FORMICA, Emanuele STRAMIGNONI, Mario SALOMONE, Guido MARTINA, Andrea SERRA, Chiara DEAGOSTINI, Silvana SAVOLDI, Antonio MARCIELLO, Vincenzo TODINI, Fabio CHIAPPERO, Patrizia VIO, Maurizio BORZUMATI, Luigina COSTANTINI, Oliviero FILIBERTI, Giulio CESANO, Roberto BOERO, Corrado VITALE, Doriana CHIARINOTTI, Marco MANGANARO, Luca BESSO, Stefano CUSINATO, Dario ROCCATELLO, Luigi BIANCONE

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Review  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Mar 11

Surgical management of chronic scrotal pain: a review of the current literature

William R. VISSER, Luriel SMITH-HARRISON, Brayden PAYNE, Ryan P. SMITH, Sarah C. KRZASTEK *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Feb 23

Stent-related symptoms in transplanted patients: milder, but detectable

Andrea BOSIO *, Eugenio ALESSANDRIA, Giuseppe PIZZUTO, Itria LAURETTA, Federico VITIELLO, Eugenia VERCELLI, Luigi BIANCONE, Paolo GONTERO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Feb 11

Is adjuvant immunotherapy effective in patients with urothelial cancer?

Alberto DALLA VOLTA, Fausto PETRELLI, Andrea LUCIANI, Irene CARAMELLA, Salvatore GRISANTI, Alfredo BERRUTI *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Feb 11

Prognostic factors in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer patients treated with Radium-223: a retrospective study

Tiziana ANGUSTI, Rosario F. DI STEFANO, Antonella PARENTE, Maristella BUNGARO, Fabio TURCO, Alessandro SAMUELLY, Chiara PISANO, Giorgio V. SCAGLIOTTI, Massimo DI MAIO, Marcello TUCCI *, Consuelo BUTTIGLIERO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Feb 11

Partial vs. radical nephrectomy in non-metastatic pT3a kidney cancer patients: a population-based study

Angela PECORARO *, Daniele AMPARORE, Matteo MANFREDI, Federico PIRAMIDE, Enrico CHECCUCCI, Zhe TIAN, Dario PERETTI, Cristian FIORI, Pierre I. KARAKIEWICZ, Francesco PORPIGLIA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Feb 11

Mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy for the management of renal stones over 2 cm: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Ioannis MYKONIATIS *, Amelia PIETROPAOLO, Nikolaos PYRGIDIS, Maksim TISHUKOV, Anastasios ANASTASIADIS, Patrick JONES, Etienne X. KELLER, Michele TALSO, Thomas TAILLY, Panagiotis KALIDONIS, on behalf of the Young Academic Urologists of the European Association of Urology-Urolithiasis and Endourology Working Party

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Feb 11

Propensity score-matched analysis comparing retrograde intrarenal surgery with percutaneous nephrolithotomy in anomalous kidneys

Ee J. LIM *, Jeremy Y. TEOH, Khi Y. FONG, Esteban EMILIANI, Nariman GADZHIEV, Dmitry GORELOV, Yiloren TANIDIR, Fabio SEPULVEDA, Abdullah AL-TERKI , Sanjay KHADGI, Abhay MAHAJAN, Deepak RAGOORI, Govindarajan RAMALINGAM, Vaddi C. MOHAN, Arvind P. GANPULE, Santosh KUMAR, Daniele CASTELLANI, Manoj MONGA, Scoffone CESARE, Fabio C. VINCENTINI, Olivier TRAXER, Bhaskar K. SOMAN I, Vineet GAUHAR

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Jan 31

International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) guideline on percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Guohua ZENG, Wen ZHONG, Giorgio MAZZON, Simon CHOONG, Margaret PEARLE, Mahdu AGRAWAL, Cesare M. SCOFFONE, Cristian FIORI, Mehmet I. GÖKCE, Wayne LAM, Kremena PETKOVA, Kubilay SABUNCU, Nariman GADZHIEV, Amelia PIETROPAOLO, Esteban EMILIANI, Kemal SARICA *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Nov 18

Management of colovesical fistula: a systematic review

Maurizio ZIZZO *, David TUMIATI, Maria C. BASSI, Magda ZANELLI, Francesca SANGUEDOLCE, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Cristian FIORI, Davide CAMPOBASSO, Carolina CASTRO RUIZ, Franco A. BERGAMASCHI, Umberto V. MAESTRONI, Giuseppe CARRIERI, Luigi CORMIO, Federico BIOLCHINI, Andrea PALICELLI, Alessandra SORIANO, Romano SASSATELLI, Stefano ASCANI, Valerio ANNESSI, Alessandro GIUNTA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Nov 18

Enucleation vs vaporization of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a head-to-head comparison of the various outcomes and complications. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mark TARATKIN, Anastasia SHPIKINA, Andrey MOROZOV, Alexey NOVIKOV, Igor FOKIN, Vladislav PETOV, Thomas RW HERRMANN, Vincent MISRAI, Lukas LUSUARDI, Jeremy Y. TEOH, Jonathan McFARLAND, Vasiliy KOZLOV, Dmitry ENIKEEV *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Oct 29

Current management of radiation cystitis after pelvic radiotherapy: a systematic review

Michele MARCHIONI *, Piergustavo DE FRANCESCO, Riccardo CAMPI, Umberto CARBONARA, Matteo FERRO, Luigi SCHIPS, Juan GOMEZ RIVAS, Rocco PAPALIA, Roberto M. SCARPA, Francesco ESPERTO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jul 26

Emerging minimally invasive transurethral treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review with meta-analysis of functional outcomes and description of complications

Celeste MANFREDI *, Davide ARCANIOLO, Pietro SPATAFORA, Fabio CROCEROSSA, Ferdinando FUSCO, Paolo VERZE, Cristian FIORI, Rocco DAMIANO, Luca CINDOLO, Marco DE SIO, Javier R. OTERO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jul 26

Androgen receptor axis-targeted agents for non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer impact on overall survival and safety profile: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Keiichiro MORI *, Fahad QUHAL, Satoshi KATAYAMA, Hadi MOSTAFAEI, Ekaterina LAUKHTINA, Victor M. SCHUETTFORT, Reza SARI MOTLAGH, Nico C. GROSSMANN, Pawel RAJWA, Guillaume PLOUSSARD, Alberto BRIGANTI, Takahiro KIMURA, Shin EGAWA, Rocco PAPALIA, Diego M. CARRION, Cristian FIORI, Shahrokh F. SHARIAT, Francesco ESPERTO, Benjamin PRADERE

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jul 15

A new model to assist decision-making of optimal antibiotics duration for treating asymptomatic bacteriuria or pyuria prior to retrograde intrarenal surgery

Zhijian ZHAO, Hongling SUN, Wei ZHU, Yang LIU, Wen ZHONG, Yongda LIU, Guohua ZENG *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jul 15

Bladder perforation during transurethral resection of the bladder: a comprehensive algorithm for diagnosis, management and follow up

Chiara LONATI *, Francesco ESPERTO, Roberto M. SCARPA, Rocco PAPALIA, Juan GÓMEZ RIVAS, Mario ALVAREZ-MAESTRO, Luca AFFERI, Christian D. FANKHAUSER, Agostino MATTEI, Renzo COLOMBO, Francesco MONTORSI, Alberto BRIGANTI, Wojciech KRAJEWSKI, Roberto CARANDO, Ekaterina LAUKHTINA, Jeremy Y. TEOH, Stefania ZAMBONI, Claudio SIMEONE, Marco MOSCHINI, on behalf of the European Association of Urology - Young Academic Urologists (EAU-YAU): Urothelial Carcinoma Working Group; European Association of Urology - European Society of Resident Urologists (EAU-ESRU)

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jul 15

Long-term followup of two-sided dorsal plus ventral oral graft bulbar urethroplasty: single center experience on 216 patients

Enzo PALMINTERI *, Mirko PRETO, Maria C. CLEMENTI, Federica MAZZOLENI, Lorenzo GATTI, Giovanni FERRARI, Luca CINDOLO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 22

Risk factors for progression of chronic kidney disease after robotic partial nephrectomy in elderly patients: results from a multi-institutional collaborative series

Umberto ANCESCHI *, Aldo BRASSETTI, Gabriele TUDERTI, Maria C. FERRIERO, Andrea MINERVINI, Andrea MARI, Antonio A. GROSSO, Marco CARINI, Umberto CAPITANIO, Alessandro LARCHER, Francesco MONTORSI, Riccardo AUTORINO, Alessandro VECCIA, Cristian FIORI, Daniele AMPARORE, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Daniel EUN, Jennifer LEE, Michele GALLUCCI, Giuseppe SIMONE

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 22

The impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on urinalysis parameters

Erhan DEMİRELLİ *, Mehmet G. SÖNMEZ, Doğan S. TOK, Sinan ÇETİN, Ercan ÖĞREDEN, Murat USTA, Safa AKYOL, Osman Ç. ÇİFTÇİ, Özay DEMİRAY, İlknur YAVUZ, Ural OĞUZ

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 22

Urethral fixation technique improves urinary continence recovery in male patients undergoing open radical cystectomy and ileal orthotopic neobladder

Vincenzo FICARRA *, Gianluca GIANNARINI, Giuseppe ALARIO, Gabriele TULONE, Marta ROSSANESE, Giuseppe MUCCIARDI, Claudio VALOTTO, Alchiede SIMONATO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 22

Renal surgery for kidney cancer: is preoperative proteinuria a predictor of functional and survival outcomes after surgery? A systematic review of the literature

Rocco S. FLAMMIA *, Antonio TUFANO, Flavia PROIETTI, Cesare GEROLIMETTO, Cosimo DE NUNZIO, Giorgio FRANCO, Costantino LEONARDO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 22

Predictors and survival benefit of achieving pentafecta in a contemporary series of open radical cystectomy

Mahmoud LAYMON *, Ahmed MOSBAH, Abdelwahab HASHEM, Amr A. ELSAWY, Hassan ABOL-ENEIN, Atallah A. SHAABAN, Ahmed M. HARRAZ

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 11

Current trends in 2021 in surgical management of vesico-ureteral reflux in pediatric patients: results of a multicenter international survey on 552 patients

Ciro ESPOSITO, Atsuyuki YAMATAKA, Francois VARLET, Marco CASTAGNETTI, Aurelien SCALABRE, Laurent FOURCADE, Quentin BALLOUHEY, Simona NAPPO, Maria ESCOLINO *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 11

Surgical management of urinary diversion and stomas in adults: multidisciplinary Italian panel guidelines

Alessandro TAFURI *, Fabrizio PRESICCE, Marco SEBBEN, Francesco CATTANEO, Riccardo RIZZETTO, Francesco FERRARA, Andrea BONDURRI, Marco VELTRI, Maria BARBIERATO, Francesco PATA, Cristiana FORNI, Gabriele ROVERON, Gianluca RIZZO, Dario PARINI, on behalf of Multidisciplinary Italian Study group for STOmas (MISSTO)

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 11

Assessment of predictors of renal cell carcinoma progression after nephrectomy at short and intermediate term follow-up and implication on surveillance protocols

Davide PERRI, Carlotta PALUMBO, Michele BILLIA, Paolo UMARI, Monica ZACCHERO, Daniele D’AGATE, Gianmarco BONDONNO, Alessandro VOLPE *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 11

Non-tunneled catheter tip depth position in urgent hemodialysis. A randomized controlled trial

Héctor R. IBARRA-SIFUENTES *, José F. SÁNCHEZ-SERNA, Sergio A. CASTILLO-TORRES, Raymundo VERA-PINEDA, Jesús E. CUELLAR-MONTERRUBIO, Cesar O. PEZINA-CANTÚ, Sergio R. ALVIZURES-SOLARES, María G. RAMÍREZ-RAMÍREZ, José L. AVILA-VELÁZQUEZ, Elisa M. G. GUERRERO-GONZÁLEZ, Concepción SÁNCHEZ-MARTÍNEZ

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Jun 11

Impact of the preoperative modified glasgow prognostic score on disease outcome after radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

Victor M. SCHUETTFORT, Kilian GUST, David D’Andrea, Fahad QUHAL, Hadi MOSTAFAEI, Ekaterina LAUKHTINA, Keiichiro MORI, Michael RINK, Mohammad ABUFARAJ, Pierre I. KARAKIEWICZ, Stefano LUZZAGO, Morgan ROUPRÊT, Dmitry ENIKEEV, Kristin ZIMMERMANN, Marina DEUKER, Marco MOSCHINI, Reza SARI MOTLAGH, Nico C. GROSSMANN, Satoshi KATAYAMA, Benjamin PRADERE, Shahrokh F. SHARIAT *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 May 05

Bulking agents for the treatment of recurrent stress urinary incontinence: a suitable option?

Maurizio SERATI, Alessandro GIAMMÒ, Roberto CARONE, Enrico AMMIRATI, Marilena GUBBIOTTI, Alessandro RUFFOLO, Stefano SALVATORE, Chiara SCANCARELLO, Fabiana CASTRONOVO, Giorgio CACCIA, Andrea BRAGA *, on behalf of the Italian Society of Urodynamics

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Apr 22

Surgeon preimplantation macroscopic graft appraisal improves risk stratification of deceased kidney donors: a prospective study

Enric MIRET *, Francesc MORESO, Nestor TOAPANTA, David LORENTE, Marina TRIQUELL, Teresa PONT, Santiago PÉREZ-HOYOS, Daniel SERÓN, Juan MOROTE, Enrique TRILLA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Apr 22

Rates and predictors of postoperative complications after Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) at a high-volume center

Paolo CAPOGROSSO, Giuseppe FALLARA, Edoardo POZZI, Nicolò SCHIFANO, Luigi CANDELA, Antonio COSTA, Luca BOERI, Federico BELLADELLI, Walter CAZZANIGA, Vincenzo SCATTONI, Andrea SALONIA *, Francesco MONTORSI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Apr 22

Improving the stratification of intermediate risk prostate cancer

Luigi NOCERA *, Claudia COLLÀ RUVOLO, Lara F. STOLZENBACH, Marina DEUKER, Zhe TIAN, Giorgio GANDAGLIA, Nicola FOSSATI, Firas ABDOLLAH, Nazareno SUARDI, Vincenzo MIRONE, Markus GRAEFEN, Felix K. CHUN, Fred SAAD, Francesco MONTORSI, Alberto BRIGANTI, Pierre I. KARAKIEWICZ

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Apr 22

The impact of age on pathological insignificant prostate cancer rates in contemporary robot-assisted prostatectomy patients despite active surveillance eligibility

Sami-Ramzi LEYH-BANNURAH *, Christian WAGNER, Andreas SCHUETTE, Mustapha ADDALI, Nikolaos LIAKOS, Katarina URBANOVA, Mikolaj MENDREK, Matthias OELKE, Jorn H. WITT

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 29

Testosterone replacement therapy in hypogonadal male patients with hypogonadism and heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

Rossella CANNARELLA, Federica BARBAGALLO, Andrea CRAFA, Laura M. MONGIOÌ, Antonio AVERSA, Emanuela GRECO, Rosita A. CONDORELLI, Sandro LA VIGNERA *, Aldo E. CALOGERO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 29

Can shock wave lithotripsy lead to impaction of ureteral stones?

Fatih AKKAS *, Emre SAM, Ali AYTEN, Feyzi A. ATAR, Ekrem GUNER

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 29

Effect of vacation on urinary symptoms in health care workers: an Italian multicenter study

Cosimo DE NUNZIO *, Antonio NACCHIA, Riccardo LOMBARDO, Aldo BRASSETTI, Angela SICA, Valeria BALDASSARRI, Giorgio GUARNOTTA, Al Salhi YAZAN, Gabriele TUDERTI, Vincenzo LI MARZI, Enrico FINAZZI AGRÒ, Antonio PASTORE, Antonio CARBONE, Giuseppe SIMONE, Andrea TUBARO, on behalf of the publications committee of Italian Society of Urodynamics (SIUD)

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 29

Non-adherence assessment to immunosuppressant therapy with a self-report questionnaire and intra-patient variability in renal transplantation: risk factors and clinical correlations

Alberto MELLA, Maria Cristina TORAZZA, Daniela FINOCCHIETTI, Fabrizio FOP, Anna ALLESINA, Caterina DOLLA, Roberta GIRAUDI, Luigi BIANCONE *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 29

Oncological outcomes of active surveillance and percutaneous cryoablation of small renal masses are similar at intermediate term follow-up

Paolo UMARI *, Michele RIZZO, Michele BILLIA, Fulvio STACUL, Michele BERTOLOTTO, Maria Assunta COVA, Gianmarco BONDONNO, Davide PERRI, Giovanni LIGUORI, Alessandro VOLPE, Carlo TROMBETTA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 29

Green Light laser enucleation of the prostate with early apical release is safe and effective: single center experience and revision of the literature

Giovanni FERRARI, Salvatore RABITO *, Lorenzo GATTI, Nicolas N. NTEP, Ferdinando D. VITELLI, Michele MARCHIONI, Bernardo M. ROCCO, Salvatore MICALI, Riccardo FERRARI, Luca CINDOLO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 29

The efficacy and tollerability of pollen extract in combination with hyaluronic acid and vitamins in the management of patients affected by chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a 26 weeks, randomized, controlled, single-blinded, phase III study

Tommaso CAI *, Luca GALLELLI, Erika CIONE, Paolo VERZE, Alessandro PALMIERI, Vincenzo MIRONE, Gernot BONKAT, Florian M. WAGENLEHNER, Truls E. BJERKLUND JOHANSEN

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 26

IncobotulinumtoxinA versus OnabotulinumtoxinA intradetrusor injections in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity incontinence: a double-blind, randomized, non-inferiority trial

Antonella GIANNANTONI, Marilena GUBBIOTTI *, Emanuele RUBILOTTA, Matteo BALZARRO, Alessandro ANTONELLI, Vittorio BINI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 26

Introducing Trifecta for percutaneous nephrolithotomies: a proposal for standard reporting outcomes after treatment for renal stones

Giorgio MAZZON *, Simon CHOONG, Nicola PAVAN, Guohua ZENG, Wenqi WU, Otas DURUTOVIC, Marco PIROZZI, Jiehui ZHONG, Maida BADA, Antonio CELIA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 26

“VirtualBasket” ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy: intraoperative and early postoperative outcomes

Giorgio BOZZINI, Matteo MALTAGLIATI *, Lorenzo BERTI, Umberto BESANA, Alberto CALORI, Antonio L. PASTORE, Ali GOZEN, Alexander GOVOROV, Evangelos LIATSIKOS, Salvatore MICALI, Bernardo ROCCO, Lütfi TUNC, Carlo BUIZZA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2021 Mar 26

Prognostic effect of preoperative systemic immune-inflammation index in patients treated with cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Ekaterina LAUKHTINA, Benjamin PRADERE, David D'ANDREA, Giuseppe ROSIELLO, Stefano LUZZAGO, Angela PECORARO, Carlotta PALUMBO, Sophie KNIPPER, Pierre I. KARAKIEWICZ, Vitaly MARGULIS, Fahad QUHAL, Reza SARI MOTLAGH, Hadi MOSTAFAEI, Keiichiro MORI, Victor M. SCHUETTFORT, Dmitry ENIKEEV, Shahrokh F. SHARIAT *

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2021 Jan 13

Molecular biomarkers in the context of focal therapy for prostate cancer: recommendations of a Delphi Consensus from the Focal Therapy Society

Giancarlo MARRA, Maria Pilar LAGUNA, Jochen WALZ, Christian P. PAVLOVICH, Fernando BIANCO, Justin GREGG, Amir H. LEBASTCHI, Herbert LEPOR, Petr MACEK, Soroush RAIS-BAHRAMI, Cary ROBERTSON, Daniel RUKSTALIS, Georg SALOMON, Osamu UKIMURA, Andre L. ABREU, Yann BARBE, Xavier CATHELINEAU, Giorgio GANDAGLIA, Arvin K. GEORGE, Juan Gomez RIVAS, Rajan T.Gupta *, Nathan LAWRENTSCHUK, Veeru KASIVISVANATHAN, Derek LOMAS, Bernard MALAVAUD, Daniel MARGOLIS, Yoh MATSUOKA, Sherif MEHRALIVAND, Marco MOSCHINI, Marco ODERDA, Hazem ORABI, Ardeshir R. RASTINEHAD , Mesut REMZI, Ariel SCHULMAN, Toshitaka SHIN, Takumi SHIRAISHI, Abhinav SIDANA, Sunao SHOJI, Armando STABILE, Massimo VALERIO, Varaha S. TAMMISETTI, Wei Phin TAN, Willemien Van Den BOS, Arnaud VILLERS, Peter-Paul WILLEMSE, Jean de la ROSETTE, Thomas POLASCIK, Rafael SANCHEZ-SALAS *, on behalf of the Focal Therapy Society

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2019 Dec 12

Possible role of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors in non-invasive bladder urothelial neoplasm: multicentre study

Antonio L. PASTORE *, Andrea FUSCHI, Cosimo DE NUNZIO, Matteo BALZARRO, Yazan AL SALHI, Gennaro VELOTTI, Alessia MARTOCCIA, Lorenzo CAPONE, Nelia AMIGONI, Mario FALSAPERLA, Consalvo MATTIA, Walter ARTIBANI, Andrea TUBARO, Antonio CARBONE

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2015 Oct 16

Ho:YAG Laser Endopyelotomy is effective for primary and secondary UPJOs

Feng C. C., Dong G., Hang Z., Jiang H., Ding Q., Zhang Y., Wu Z.

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2014 Jul 11

Patients with cardiac failure and female gender are most likely to start hemodialysis using a double lumen catheter

Grapsa E., Pantelias K., Vourliotou A., Tseke P., Pipili C., Deda E., Chiousi E., Tzanatos H.

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