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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2023 Jan 20

Medications mostly associated with hematuria: assessment of the EudraVigilance and Food and Drug Administration pharmacovigilance databases entries

Antonio CICIONE, Riccardo LOMBARDO, Giacomo GALLO, Alessio GUIDOTTI, Filippo ZAMMITTI, Nicola GHEZZO, Lorenzo M. ROVESTI, Antonio NACCHIA, Ferdinando DI GIACOMO, Giuseppe DISABATO, Carmen GRAVINA, Jordi STIRA, Elisa MANCINI, Giorgia TEMA, Antonio PASTORE, Antonio FRANCO, Andrea TUBARO, Cosimo DE NUNZIO *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2023 Jan 19

One-year outcomes after water vapor thermal therapy for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia in an unselected Italian multicenter cohort

Luca CINDOLO, Simone MORSELLI *, Davide CAMPOBASSO, Enrico CONTI, Giancarlo SEBASTIANI, Francesco FRANZOSO, Giuseppe GALLUCCIO, Daniele MARUZZI, Francesco VISALLI, Francesco VARVELLO, Marco LUCCI CHIARISSI, Lorenzo VIOLA, Francesco SESSA, Stefano TOSO, Salvatore MICALI, Giovanni FERRARI, Giampaolo SIENA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2023 Jan 13

Treatment of ureteral stones with LithoEVO device and Vapor Tunnel tool

Davide PERRI *, Lorenzo BERTI, Andrea PACCHETTI, Elena MORINI, Umberto BESANA, Paolo MARCANGELI, Matteo MALTAGLIATI, Maria Chiara SIGHINOLFI, Javier ROMERO-OTERO, Antonio L. PASTORE, Ali S. GÖZEN, Paolo BROGGINI, Bernardo ROCCO, Federica MAZZOLENI, Giorgio BOZZINI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2023 Jan 10

A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing target prostate biopsy alone approach vs. target plus standard in naïve patients with positive mpMRI

Francesco PORPIGLIA, Enrico CHECCUCCI *, Sabrina DE CILLIS, Federico PIRAMIDE, Daniele AMPARORE, Alberto PIANA, Gabriele VOLPI, Stefano GRANATO, Davide ZAMENGO, Ilaria STURA, Eugenio ALLADIO, Giuseppe MIGLIARETTI, Stefano DE LUCA, Enrico BOLLITO, Dario GNED, Michele DI DIO, Riccardo AUTORINO, Matteo MANFREDI, Cristian FIORI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Dec 23

Transurethral water vapor therapy for treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia: a cost-minimization and budget impact analysis from an Italian healthcare perspective

Rob. S. BLISSETT, Deirdre B. BLISSETT *, Martina OSELIN, Clementine DEMAIRE, Emily WOODWARD, Michele SICILIANO, Esperanza TORRES, Francesco FRANZOSO, Tiziana COMELLI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Dec 15

Sexual and urinary function in prostate cancer clinical studies and the Europa Uomo Patient Reported Outcome Study: does it match?

Sebastiaan REMMERS *, Lionne D. VENDERBOS, André DESCHAMPS, John DOWLING, Ernst-Günter CARL, Monique J. ROOBOL

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Dec 13

A novel immunotherapy prognostic score for patients with pretreated advanced urInary TrAct CArcinoma from the subgroup analysis of the SAUL study: the ITACA Score

Giuseppe FORNARINI, Sara E. REBUZZI, Sebastiano BUTI, Pasquale RESCIGNO *, Axel MERSEBURGER, Cora N. STERNBERG, Ugo de GIORGI, Umberto BASSO, Marco MARUZZO, Patrizia GIANNATEMPO, Marta PONZANO, Emilio F. GIUNTA, Fabio CATALANO, Veronica MURIANNI, Alessandra DAMASSI, Malvina CREMANTE, Annalice GANDINI, Silvia PUGLISI, Miguel A. LLAJA OBISPO, Alessio SIGNORI, Giuseppe L. BANNA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Nov 16

Searching the half-full glass of COVID-19 pandemic: basic hygienic measures positively impact on postoperative infections after major elective urological surgery: a single-center matched pair analysis

Paola I. ORNAGHI, Rossella ORLANDO, Marco SANDRI, Alessandro TAFURI, Katia ODORIZZI, Alessandra GOZZO, Riccardo RIZZETTO, Andrea PANUNZIO, Mario DE MICHELE, Alberto BIANCHI, Sebastian GALLINA, Alessandro PRINCIOTTA, Emanuele SERAFIN, Giovanni MAZZUCATO, Damiano D'AIETTI, Nicola DE MARIA, Francesco CIANFLONE, Sarah MALANDRA, Michela MONTAGNANI, Antonio B. PORCARO, Walter ARTIBANI, Maria A. CERRUTO, Alessandro ANTONELLI *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Nov 16

Impact of long-term indwelling JJ stent on renal volume and renal function

Nicolas BRANGER *, Vito LORUSSO, Andrea PACCHETTI, François LANNES, Davidson SYPRE, Franck ESPINOSA, Christophe MANCEAU, Stanislas RYBIKOWSKI, Serge BRUNELLE, Thomas MAUBON, Naji SALEM, Gwénaëlle GRAVIS, Géralidine PIGNOT, Jochen WALZ

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 26

Microwave versus cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation for small renal mass: a multicenter comparative analysis

Savio D. PANDOLFO *, Umberto CARBONARA, Alp T. BEKSAC, Ithaar DERWEESH, Antonio CELIA, Riccardo SCHIAVINA, Jeffrey ELBICH, Giuseppe BASILE, Lance J. HAMPTON, Clara CERRATO, Giovanni COSTA, Lorenzo BIANCHI, Giuseppe LUCARELLI, Vincenzo MIRONE, Ciro IMBIMBO, Fernando J. KIM, Francesco DEL GIUDICE, Umberto CAPITANIO, Jihad KAOUK, Riccardo AUTORINO

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Letter to the Editor  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 26

Abdominal-aortic atherosclerotic plaque index and perioperative outcomes in partial nephrectomy

Alessandro TAFURI *, Bogdan MARIS, Katia ODORIZZI, Emanuele SERAFIN, Alessandra GOZZO, Giacomo DI FILIPPO, Alberto BIANCHI, Andrea PANUNZIO, Martina BORZI, Giulia ZAMBONI, Giancarlo MANSUETO, Antonio B. PORCARO, Matteo BRUNELLI, Maria A. CERRUTO, Gianluigi ZAZA, Vincenzo PAGLIARULO, Paolo FIORINI, Alessandro ANTONELLI

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 26

Survey on prostate MRI reading and interpretation among urology residents in Italy, Brazil and the UK: a cry for help

Simona IPPOLITI *, Luca ORECCHIA, Francesco ESPERTO, Marcelo L. WROCLAWSKI, Guglielmo MANENTI, Tristan BARRETT, Christof KASTNER, Roberto MIANO

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Letter to the Editor  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 26

A gender perspective in contemporary academic urology

Angélica M. DÁVILA-RAIGOZA, Herney A. GARCÍA-PERDOMO *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 26

Ureteral stent encrustation: evaluation of available scores as predictors of a complex surgery

Antonio CICIONE, Jordi STIRA, Giorgia TEMA, Antonio FRANCO, Nicola GHEZZO, Carmen GRAVINA, Giacomo GALLO, Riccardo LOMBARDO, Pietro SPATAFORA, Lorenzo VERDELLI, Mauro GACCI, Yazan AL SALHI, Andrea FUSCHI, Francesco SOMMATINO, Alchiede SIMONATO, Antonio NACCHIA, Antonio L. PASTORE, Sergio SERNI, Antonio CARBONE, Andrea TUBARO, Cosimo DE NUNZIO *

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Short communication  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 26

A nomogram to predict pathologic T2 stage in candidates to robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with iT3 prostate cancer on preoperative multiparametric MRI: results from a multi-institutional collaboration

Carlo A. BRAVI *, Elio MAZZONE, Paolo DELL’OGLIO, Marcio COVAS MOSCHOVAS, Alberto MARTINI, Giuseppe ROSIELLO, Pietro PIAZZA, Angelo MOTTARAN, Marco PACIOTTI, Luca SARCHI, Stefano PULIATTI, Sophie KNIPPER, Ruben DE GROOTE, Riccardo SCHIAVINA, Bernando ROCCO, Antonio GALFANO, Alberto BRIGANTI, Francesco MONTORSI, Vipul PATEL, Alexandre MOTTRIE

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 26

MRI/real-time ultrasound image fusion guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU): a prospective comparative and functional analysis of different ablative techniques

Stefano DE LUCA, Enrico CHECCUCCI, Federico PIRAMIDE *, Filippo RUSSO, Paolo ALESSIO, Diletta GARROU, Dario PERETTI, Michele SICA, Gabriele VOLPI, Alberto PIANA, Sabrina DE CILLIS, Daniele AMPARORE, Matteo MANFREDI, Cristian FIORI, Francesco PORPIGLIA

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Letter to the Editor  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 25

Oncological outcomes of radical prostatectomy in very high-risk patients according to STAMPEDE criteria: does local treatment alone still have a place in the era of intensified systemic therapies?

Michael BABOUDJIAN *, Alae TOUZANI, Alberto MARTINI, Romain DIAMAND, Jean B. ROCHE, Vito LACETERA, Jean B. BEAUVAL, Bastien GONDRAN-TELLIER, Thierry ROUMEGUÈRE, Guiseppe SIMONE, Olivier WINDISCH, Daniel BENAMRAN, Alexandre FOURCADE, Gaelle FIARD, Roderick C. Van Den BERGH, Alexandre PELTIER, Guillaume PLOUSSARD

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 25

Preliminary evaluation of Infrared (IR) imaging for real-time graft reperfusion assessment during kidney transplant. An ESUT-YAUWP project

Domenico VENEZIANO, Giuseppe BASILE *, Daniele CIGNOLI, Pietro COZZUPOLI, Edoardo SGRÒ, Juan GOMEZ-RIVAS, Aurus DOURADO, Zhamshid OKHUNOV, Bhaskar K. SOMANI, Angelo TERRITO, Giovanni CACCIAMANI, Alberto BREDA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 05

Management of the incidental adrenal mass, continued surveillance versus surgical excision: analysis of US claims data on contemporary socio-demographic predictors and peri-operative outcomes

Francesco DEL GIUDICE *, Wansuk KIM, Shufeng LI, Ettore DE BERARDINIS, Alessandro SCIARRA, Stefano SALCICCIA, Matteo FERRO, Riccardo AUTORINO, Savio D. PANDOLFO, Felice CROCETTO, Antonio GALFANO, Paolo DELL’OGLIO, Giovanni E. CACCIAMANI, Benjamin PRADERE, Ekaterina LAUKHTINA, David D’ANDREA, Federico BELLADELLI, Wojciech KRAJEWSKI, Andrea MARI, Andrea MINERVINI, Andrea GALLIOLI, Daniele AMPARORE, Enrico CHECCUCCI, Cristian FIORI, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Luca MORGANTINI, Simone CRIVELLARO, Benjamin I. CHUNG

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 05

Accuracy of the European Association of Urology (EAU) NMIBC 2021 scoring model in predicting progression in a large cohort of HG T1 NMIBC patients treated with BCG

Roberto CONTIERI, Rodolfo HURLE, Marco PACIOTTI, Paolo CASALE, Alberto SAITA, Francesco PORPIGLIA, Cristian FIORI, Biagio BARONE, Felice CROCETTO, Giuseppe LUCARELLI, Gian Maria BUSETTO, Francesco DEL GIUDICE, Martina MAGGI, Francesco CANTIELLO, Rocco DAMIANO, Marco BORGHESI, Pierluigi BOVE, Riccardo BERTOLO, Rocco PAPALIA, Andrea MARI, Stefano LUZZAGO, Francesco A. MISTRETTA, Francesco SORIA, Paolo GONTERO, Michele MARCHIONI, Evelina LA CIVITA, Daniela TERRACCIANO, Giorgio I. RUSSO, Luigi SCHIPS, Sisto PERDONÀ, Vincenzo MIRONE, Octavian S. TATARU, Gennaro MUSI, Mihai D. VARTOLOMEI, Riccardo AUTORINO, Emanuele MONTANARI, Ottavio DE COBELLI, Matteo FERRO *

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Oct 05

Impact of early self-clean intermittent catheterization in orthotopic ileal neobladder: prospective randomized study to evaluate functional outcomes, continence status and urinary tract infections

Yazan AL SALHI, Andrea FUSCHI, Alessia MARTOCCIA, Cosimo DE NUNZIO, Giogrio BOZZINI, Alessandro SCIARRA, Martina MAGGI, Ester ILLIANO, Elisabetta COSTANTINI, Anastasios ASIMAKOPOULOS, Antonio CARBONE, Antonio L. PASTORE *

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Short communication  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Sep 12

Robot-assisted simple prostatectomy with the novel HUGO™ RAS System: feasibility, setting, and perioperative outcomes

Angelo MOTTARAN *, Marco PACIOTTI, Carlo A. BRAVI, Luca SARCHI, Luigi NOCERA, Adele PIRO, Rui FARINHA, Pieter DE BACKER, Pietro PIAZZA, Kim PAUWAERT, Manoe van HERWAARDEN, Ruben DE GROOTE, Alexandre MOTTRIE, Geert DE NAEYER

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Review  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Sep 12

Native nephrectomy and arterial embolization of native kidney in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients: indications, timing and postoperative outcomes. A systematic review

Thomas PRUDHOMME *, Romain BOISSIER, Vital HEVIA, Riccardo CAMPI, Alessio PECORARO, Alberto BREDA, Angelo TERRITO, for the EAU - Young Academic Urologist (YAU) group of Kidney Transplant

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Sep 12

Translation and validation of the Chinese version of Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life questionnaire in patients with kidney stones

Wen ZHONG, Jiandong XU, Giorgio MAZZON, Zexian ZHENG, Yafang MAOLEI, Zhifeng LI, Guohua ZENG *

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Review  

Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Sep 12

Management of renal cell carcinoma in transplant kidney: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fabio CROCEROSSA, Riccardo AUTORINO, Ithaar DERWEESH, Umberto CARBONARA, Francesco CANTIELLO, Rocco DAMIANO, Jose RUBIO-BRIONES, Morgan ROUPRET, Alberto BREDA, Alessandro VOLPE, M. Carmen MIR *, on behalf of European Section of Urologic-Oncology (ESOU) of European Association of Urology (EAU)

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 Jun 29

Comparison of prostate cancer detection rate at targeted biopsy of hub and spoke centers mpMRI: experience matters

Matteo DROGHETTI *, Lorenzo BIANCHI, Caterina GAUDIANO, Beniamino CORCIONI, Arianna RUSTICI, Pietro PIAZZA, Carlo BERETTA, Eleonora BALESTRAZZI, Francesco COSTA, Alberto FERUZZI, Marco SALVADOR, Francesca GIUNCHI, Michelangelo FIORENTINO, Rita GOLFIERI, Riccardo SCHIAVINA, Eugenio BRUNOCILLA

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Minerva Urology and Nephrology 2022 May 27

The Impact of Surgical Volume on Perioperative Safety After Urethroplasty: a population-based study

Giuseppe BASILE *, Pierre I. KARAKIEWICZ, Zhe TIAN, Radoš DJINOVIĆ, Francesco MONTORSI, Guido BARBAGLI, Pankaj JOSHI, Sanjay B. KULKARNI, Marco BANDINI

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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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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

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

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 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

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 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

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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