Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1)

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):1-12

Epidemiology and unmet needs of bladder cancer in Italy: a critical review

Cosimo DE NUNZIO *, Patrizia GIANNATEMPO, Rodolfo PASSALACQUA, Edoardo FIORINI, Irene LUCCARINI, Alessia BRIGIDO

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):13-21

Study of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors and α-adrenoceptor antagonists used alone or in combination for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia

Yi SUN, Bo PENG, Guo-Lin LEI, Qiang WEI *, Lu YANG

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):22-9

What is the standard surgical approach to large volume BPE? Systematic review of existing randomized clinical trials

Costantino LEONARDO, Riccardo LOMBARDO *, Luca CINDOLO, Alessandro ANTONELLI, Francesco GRECO, Angelo PORRECA, Domenico VENEZIANO, Antonio PASTORE, Orietta DALPIAZ, Carlo CERUTI, Paolo VERZE, Marco BORGHESI, Riccardo SCHIAVINA, Roberto FALABELLA, Andrea MINERVINI, on behalf of AGILE Group

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):30-7

Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy versus ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy for large proximal ureteral stones: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jingdong LI, Xueliang CHANG, Yaxuan WANG, Zhenwei HAN *

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):38-48

What urologists need to know about female-to-male genital confirmation surgery (phalloplasty and metoidioplasty): techniques, complications, and how to deal with them

Min S. JUN *, Curtis N. CRANE, Richard A. SANTUCCI

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):49-57

Artificial intelligence and neural networks in urology: current clinical applications

Enrico CHECCUCCI *, Riccardo AUTORINO, Giovanni E. CACCIAMANI, Daniele AMPARORE, Sabrina DE CILLIS, Alberto PIANA, Pietro PIAZZOLLA, Enrico VEZZETTI, Cristian FIORI, Domenico VENEZIANO, Ash TEWARI, Prokar DASGUPTA, Andrew HUNG, Inderbir GILL, Francesco PORPIGLIA, 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 Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):58-65

When should we use urodynamic testing? Recommendations of the Italian Society of Urodynamics (SIUD). Part 1 - Female population

Andrea BRAGA *, Enrico FINAZZI AGRÒ, Ester ILLIANO, Francesca MANASSERO, Martina MILANESI, Franca NATALE, Marco TORELLA, Donatella PISTOLESI, Cosimo DE NUNZIO, Marco SOLIGO, Maurizio SERATI

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):66-71

Prostate-specific antigen levels and proportion of biopsy positive cores are independent predictors of upgrading patterns in low-risk prostate cancer

Antonio B. PORCARO *, Davide INVERARDI, Paolo CORSI, Marco SEBBEN, Giovanni CACCIAMANI, Alessandro TAFURI, Tania PROCESSALI, Marco PIROZZI, Daniele MATTEVI, Davide DE MARCHI, Nelia AMIGONI, Riccardo RIZZETTO, Maria A. CERRUTO, Matteo BRUNELLI, Salvatore SIRACUSANO, Walter ARTIBANI

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):72-81

Open approach, extended pelvic lymph node dissection, and seminal vesicle invasion are independent predictors of hospital readmission after prostate cancer surgery: a large retrospective study

Marco SEBBEN, Alessandro TAFURI, Marco PIROZZI, Tania PROCESSALI, Riccardo RIZZETTO, Nelia AMIGONI, Aliasger SHAKIR, Mario DE MICHELE, Andrea PANUNZIO, Clara CERRATO, Leone TISO, Giovanni NOVELLA, Matteo BRUNELLI, Filippo MIGLIORINI, Vincenzo DE MARCO, Salvatore SIRACUSANO, Walter ARTIBANI, Antonio B. PORCARO *

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):82-90

Surgical quality, cancer control and functional preservation: introducing a novel trifecta for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy

Aldo BRASSETTI *, Umberto ANCESCHI, Riccardo BERTOLO, Mariaconsiglia FERRIERO, Gabriele TUDERTI, Umberto CAPITANIO, Alessandro LARCHER, Juan GARISTO, Alessandro ANTONELLI, Alexander MOTTIRE, Andrea MINERVINI, Paolo DELL’OGLIO, Alessandro VECCIA, Daniele AMPARORE, Rocco S. FLAMMIA, Andrea MARI, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Francesco MONTORSI, Jihad KAOUK, Riccardo AUTORINO, Marco CARINI, Michele GALLUCCI, Giuseppe SIMONE

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):91-8

Absolok® versus Hem-o-Lok® clips for renorrhaphy during partial nephrectomy for parenchymal renal tumors

Marta ROSSANESE, Alessandro CRESTANI, Gianluca GIANNARINI, Mattia CALANDRIELLO, Giuseppe ALARIO, Alchiede SIMONATO, Vincenzo FICARRA *

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):99-108

Robotic partial nephrectomy versus radical nephrectomy in elderly patients with large renal masses

Alessandro VECCIA, Paolo DELL’OGLIO, Alessandro ANTONELLI, Andrea MINERVINI, Giuseppe SIMONE, Benjamin CHALLACOMBE, Sisto PERDONÀ, James PORTER, Chao ZHANG, Umberto CAPITANIO, Chandru P. SUNDARAM, Giovanni CACCIAMANI, Monish ARON, Uzoma ANELE, Lance J. HAMPTON, Claudio SIMEONE, Geert DE NAEYER, Aaron BRADSHAWH, Andrea MARI, Riccardo CAMPI, Marco CARINI, Cristian FIORI, Michele GALLUCCI, Ken JACOBSOHN, Daniel EUN, Clayton LAU, Jihad KAOUK, Ithaar DERWEESH, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Alexandre MOTTRIE, Riccardo AUTORINO *

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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2020 February;72(1):109-13

Ex-vivo confocal fluorescence microscopy for rapid evaluation of renal core biopsy

M. Carmen MIR *, Bernardo BANCALARI, Ana CALATRAVA, Juan CASANOVA, Jose-Luis DOMINGUEZ ESCRIG, Miguel RAMIREZ-BACKHAUS, Alvaro GOMEZ-FERRER, Argimiro COLLADO, Augusto WONG, Immaculada IBORRA, Onofre SANMARTI, Jose RUBIO-BRIONES

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