Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6)

MINERVA OPINION EDITORIAL  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):649-52

DDR genes analysis and PARP-inhibitors therapy as tailored management in metastatic prostate cancer: achieved answers, open questions and future perspectives

Alessandro SCIARRA *, Cristian FIORI, Francesco DEL GIUDICE, Giovanni DI PIERRO, Giulio BEVILACQUA, Alessandro GENTILUCCI, Susanna CATTARINO, Gianna MARIOTTI, Stefano SALCICCIA

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GUIDELINES  Open access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):653-68

International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) Guideline on percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Guohua ZENG, Wen ZHONG, Giorgio MAZZON, Simon CHOONG, Margaret PEARLE, Madhu 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 2022 December;74(6):669-79

The learning curve for open and minimally-invasive kidney transplantation: a systematic review

Alessio PECORARO, Iulia ANDRAS, Romain BOISSIER, Vital HEVIA, Thomas PRUDHOMME, Sergio SERNI, Alberto BREDA, Riccardo CAMPI, Angelo TERRITO * EAU Young Academic Urologists (YAU) kidney transplantation working group

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REVIEW  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):680-94

Pelvic lymph node dissection in prostate and bladder cancers

Bernardo ROCCO, Ahmed EISSA *, Giorgia GAIA, Simone ASSUMMA, Luca SARCHI, Giorgio BOZZINI, Salvatore MICALI, Tommaso CALCAGNILE, Maria C. SIGHINOLFI

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REVIEW  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):695-702

Position-related anesthesiologic considerations and surgical outcomes of prone percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a review of the current literature

Arman TSATURYAN, Theofanis VRETTOS, Begoña BALLESTA MARTINEZ, Despoina LIOURDI, Marco LATTARULO,
Evangelos LIATSIKOS *, Panagiotis KALLIDONIS

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):703-13

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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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):714-21

Severe systemic disease of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ (ASA) physical status system classification associated with delayed length of hospital stay in 1329 consecutive patients treated with radical prostatectomy for clinical prostate cancer

Antonio B. PORCARO *, Clara CERRATO, Riccardo RIZZETTO, Alessandro TAFURI, Andrea PANUNZIO, Nelia AMIGONI, Alberto BIANCHI, Sebastian GALLINA, Rossella ORLANDO, Alessandra GOZZO, Giacomo DI FILIPPO, Filippo MIGLIORINI, Stefano ZECCHINI ANTONIOLLI, Carmelo MONACO, Vincenzo DE MARCO, Vincenzo PAGLIARULO, Matteo BRUNELLI, Maria A. CERRUTO, Enrico POLATI, Alessandro ANTONELLI

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):722-9

Long-term comparative outcomes of partial nephrectomy and cryoablation in patients with solitary kidneys: a single-center analysis

Alp T. BEKSAC, Dillon CORRIGAN, Mahmoud ABOU ZEINAB, Ethan FERGUSON, Aaron KAVIANI, Zeyad R. SCHWEN, Jihad H. KAOUK *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):730-7

Are nephrometry scores accurate for the prediction of outcomes in patients with renal angiomyolipoma treated with robot-assisted partial nephrectomy? A multi-institutional analysis

Alessandro ULERI *, Pietro DIANA, Giovanni LUGHEZZANI, Paolo CASALE, Alberto SAITA, Rodolfo HURLE, Massimo LAZZERI, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Cristian FIORI, Daniele AMPARORE, Paolo VERRI, Giuseppe ROSIELLO, Alex MOTTRIE, Geert DE NAEYER, Ruben DE GROOTE, James PORTER, Nicolomaria BUFFI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):738-46

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, Abdullatif AL-TERKI, Sanjay KHADGI, Abhay MAHAJAN, Deepak RAGOORI, Govindarajan RAMALINGAM, Vaddi C. MOHAN, Arvind P. GANPULE, Santosh KUMAR, Daniele CASTELLANI, Manoj MONGA, Cesare SCOFFONE, Fabio C. VINCENTINI, Olivier TRAXER, Bhaskar K. SOMANI, Vineet GAUHAR

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):747-54

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 2022 December;74(6):755-60

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, Yazan AL SALHI, 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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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):761-79

Adverse events related to antimuscarinics and beta-3-agonist: “real-life” data from the Eudra-Vigilance Database

Cosimo DE NUNZIO *, Antonio NACCHIA, Carmen GRAVINA, Beatrice TURCHI, Giacomo GALLO, Alberto TRUCCHI, Ferdinando DI GIACOMO, Giuseppe DISABATO, Antonio FRANCO, Lorenzo ROVESTI, Riccardo LOMBARDO, Antonio CICIONE, Andrea TUBARO

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):780-8

The efficacy and tolerability 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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EDITORIAL COMMENT  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):789-90

Guidelines on percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Christian SEITZ *

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EDITORIAL COMMENT  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):791-3

The current evidence on prognostic factors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with Radium-223

Martina MAGGI, Giorgio GANDAGLIA, Pawel RAJWA, Alberto MARTINI, Giancarlo MARRA * on behalf of the EAU-YAU Prostate Cancer Working Party

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EDITORIAL COMMENT  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):794-8

Cryoablation of small renal masses in patients with solitary kidneys: worth crossing the road for?

Riccardo BERTOLO *, Daniele AMPARORE, Pietro DIANA, Selcuk ERDEM, Laura MARANDINO, Umberto CARBONARA, Leonardo D. BORREGALES, Stijn MUSELAERS, Nicola PAVAN, Angela PECORARO, Eduard ROUSSEL, Alessio PECORARO, Michele MARCHIONI, Riccardo CAMPI on behalf of the EAU Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer working group

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EDITORIAL COMMENT  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):799-801

Comment on: “Are nephrometry scores accurate for the prediction of outcomes in patients with renal angiomyolipoma treated with robot-assisted partial nephrectomy? A multi-institutional analysis.” The point of view by J-ERUS/YAU Working Group on Robot-Assisted Surgery

Fabrizio DI MAIDA *, Carlo A. BRAVI, Federico PIRAMIDE, Paolo DELL’OGLIO, Ruben DE GROOTE, Iulia ANDRAS, Andrea MINERVINI, Alessandro LARCHER J-ERUS/Young Academic Urologists Working Group on Robot-Assisted Surgery

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EDITORIAL COMMENT  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):802-4

Urolithiasis in anomalous kidneys: RIRS or PCNL, this is the question. May ECIRS be the answer?

Francesco ESPERTO *, Patrick JULIEBØ-JONES, Etienne X. KELLER, Thomas TAILLY, Ioannis MYKONIATIS, Vincent DE CONINCK, Amelia PIETROPAOLO, Michele TALSO, Emre T. SENER, Senol TONYALI, Belthangady M. ZEESHAN HAMEED, Eugenio VENTIMIGLIA, Lazaros TZELVES, Arman TSATURYAN, Esteban EMILIANI, Rocco PAPALIA, Roberto M. SCARPA on behalf of YAU Urolithiasis and Endourology Working Group

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):805-6

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

Alberto PIANA *, Alberto BREDA, Alessio PECORARO, Thomas PRUDHOMME, Angelo TERRITO on behalf of EAU - Young Academic Urologist (YAU) Working Group on Kidney Transplantion

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):807-9

Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in high-risk prostate cancer: can it be as effective as the anterior approach in such a challenging setting?

Federico PIRAMIDE *, Carlo A. BRAVI, Filippo TURRI, Fabrizio DI MAIDA, Iulia ANDRAS, Edward LAMBERT, Christoph WUERNSCHIMMEL, Sophie KNIPPER, Ruben DE GROOTE, Alessandro LARCHER on behalf of the Junior ERUS/YA U Working Group on Robot-assisted Surgery of the European Association of Urology

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):810-2

Comment on “Artificial intelligence to predict oncological outcome directly from hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides in urology: a systematic review”

Inés RIVERO BELENCHÓN *, Enrico CHECCUCCI, Juan GÓMEZ RIVAS, Stefano PULIATTI, Mark TARATKIN, Karl-Friedrich KOWALEWSKI, Severin RODLER, Alessandro VECCIA, Rafael A. MEDINA LOPEZ, Giovanni CACCIAMANI 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 2022 December;74(6):813-5

Comment on “Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in patients undergoing nephroureterectomy for urothelial cancer: a multidisciplinary systematic review and critical analysis” on behalf of the Young Academic Urologists - Urothelial Cancer Working Group

Luca AFFERI *, Andrea GALLIOLI, Francesco DEL GIUDICE, Benjamin PRADERE, Francesco SORIA, Marco MOSCHINI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):816-8

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

Pawel RAJWA *, Martina MAGGI, Ignacio PUCHE-SANZ, Grzegorz REMPEGA, Shahrokh F. SHARIAT, Fabio ZATTONI on behalf of the EAU-Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Prostate Cancer Working Party

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):819-21

Comment on: “Improving the stratification of intermediate risk prostate cancer”

Giuseppe FALLARA, Christian D. FANKHAUSER, Alberto MARTINI * on behalf of the EAU YAU Prostate Cancer Working group

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):822-4

Optimizing postoperative follow-up in RCC patients: why does it always have to be black and white?

Stijn MUSELAERS *, Daniele AMPARORE, Riccardo BERTOLO, Pietro DIANA, Selçuk ERDEM, Laura MARANDINO, Umberto CARBONARA, Leonardo D. BORREGALES, Nicola PAVAN, Angela PECORARO, Eduard ROUSSEL, Alessio PECORARO, Riccardo CAMPI, Michele MARCHIONI

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  Free access

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 December;74(6):825-7

Robotic intracorporeal Padua ileal neobladder vs. Florin pouch: comparison of mid-term urodynamic and functional profiles

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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