Ricardo Autorino

..Further phase III studies are necessary to better evaluate the efficacy of the different regimens...

..Since the first description of the concept of NOTES, >2000 clinical cases, irrespective of specialty, have been reported. NOTES remains a field of intense clinical and experimental research in various surgical specialities...

..It has been postulated that robotic technology could be applied to LESS to overcome the current constraints...

..With more information about the safety and reproducibility of LESS and NOTES, and with improved educational efforts, patients and physicians alike may feel more comfortable in widespread application of scarless surgery...

..We analyzed the incidence of and risk factors for complications and conversions in a large contemporary series of patients treated with urological laparoendoscopic single site surgery...

..Our goal was to assess the rate and time-course of peer-reviewed publication of abstracts presented at the European Association of Urology (EAU) Annual Meeting and to identify factors predictive of publication...

..There is growing interest among urologists on the need for decreasing pain during transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy...

..This selective alpha-blocker should therefore be included in the pharmacological regimen of patients when a conservative approach is considered in the treatment of ureteral lithiasis...

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..We evaluated whether there is an increase in NE differentiation during the course of NHT and whether the tumor relapse after radical surgery correlates with the extent of NE differentiation...

..NE differentiation in clinically localized prostate cancer can be associated with failure after definitive surgical treatment, even if no conclusions can be drawn regarding its value as an independent prognostic factor...

..A follow-up MRI scan at 6 months showed almost complete involution of the orbital metastatic process. However the disease subsequently progressed and the patient died 22 months after diagnosis...

..No data have been published on the midterm efficacy of bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)...

..Further development of instrumentation and platforms is necessary for both techniques to become more widely adopted throughout the urological community...

..In this update article, recent advances in the management options for gynecomastia/breast pain caused by hormonal manipulation are reviewed and critically analyzed...

..However, radical nephrectomy, including removal of the ipsilateral adrenal gland, should be performed in patients with large, high risk tumors...

..Encrustation constitutes a serious complication of ureteral stent use and can result in difficult stent removal. We report the case of a patient with a retained ureteral stent for 3 years following a radical cystectomy...

..To assess the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) presented in abstract form at the annual World Congress of Endourology (WCE) and evaluate their course of subsequent publication...

..To compare health related quality of life (HRQOL) between patients with two different types of urinary diversion, ileal conduit and orthotopic neobladder, and between them and an age-matched population of healthy subjects...

..We describe a case of retrocaval ureter treated with laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS)...

..Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) have been developed to benefit patients by enabling surgeons to perform scarless surgery...

..However, based on the data from the literature, there is a strong belief that such an approach will lead to an earlier recovery of EF than without rehabilitative treatment...

..Further study in this area will help to understand whether anti c-kit drugs could become an effective complement to the armamentarium of prostate cancer therapies...

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..7%) and 16 were in the group B (9%). The data suggest that systematic examination of the prostatic specimens should be performed in order to approach the real prevalence of silent PCa in adult population...

..This eight-biopsy scheme, including sampling in PZ and TZ toward the base, should be considered in an initial biopsy scheme to maintain a similar detection rate of an extensive biopsy scheme reducing the number of biopsies...

..We report our initial experience with a relatively new technique, the so-called "dynamic sentinel node biopsy", in patients with penile cancer...

..Vaccine therapy offers an active immunological approach for combating malignancy in a targeted manner...

..To prospectively evaluate the outcome of radical retropubic prostatectomy using three different techniques of vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA), with a different number of sutures used during this surgical step...

..The current study investigated the combination of docetaxel, vinorelbine, and zoledronic acid as a first-line treatment for HRPC...

..To assess the efficacy and safety of a transportable extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) machine, the Modulith SLX-F2(TM) (Storz Medical Italia, Rome, Italy), in the management of solitary urinary calculi...

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..To compare operative time, safety, and effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the supine versus prone position in a prospective randomized trial...

..We conducted a randomized study to evaluate the effect of tamsulosin in improving symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in patients with indwelling double-pigtail ureteral stents, using both generic and specific questionnaires...

..In this paper we compare the clinical efficacy and features of these two ballistic lithotripters in the ureteroscopic treatment of ureteral stones...

..The authors evaluated their long-term experience with combined-modality, conservative treatment in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer...

..This is a phase I study investigating the toxicity and the potential efficacy of thalidomide and oral cyclophosphamide in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC), previously treated with docetaxel-based regimens...

..To evaluate the effect of stent diameter on patients' symptoms and quality of life (QoL) by using dedicated questionnaires...

..Thus, metastatic RCC should be included in the differential diagnosis of all enlarging cutaneous nodules, wherever they develop...

..We aimed to compare tamoxifen with radiotherapy for prevention and treatment of gynaecomastia, breast pain, or both during bicalutamide monotherapy for prostate cancer...

..The current study investigated the clinical benefit, the impact on biochemical and objective response and tolerability of weekly docetaxel with vinorelbine (VIN-DOX) in symptomatic patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC)...

..We conducted a study to assess the need for routine ureteral stenting after ureteroscopic stone removal using Lithoclast pneumatic intracorporeal lithotripsy...

..Finally, clinical trials are in progress in prostate cancer patients to test novel agents that selectively interfere with HER-2/neu activity...

..An access sheath is now available and it facilitates ureteroscopy of the upper ureter. To answer the question whether its application could be expanded to the distal ureter is the aim of our paper...

..However, in selected patients with large high-risk tumors, radical nephrectomy, including removal of the ipsilateral adrenal gland, should be performed...

..In this article, recent advances in the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer using chemotherapeutic regimens are critically reviewed...

..Also, we evaluated their effects on patient hormonal status, quality of life (QOL), sexual function and prostate specific antigen relapse-free survival...

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..The aim of the study is to investigate NeuroD1 expression and compare it with chromogranin-A, synaptophysin, and CD56 staining in human prostate cell lines and surgical specimens...

..Even if the best pharmacologic expulsive regimen remains to be established, the use of the selective alpha-blocker tamsulosin is recommended in this setting...

..In this review, management options for gynaecomastia caused by hormonal manipulation in patients with prostate cancer are discussed...

..To compare bipolar plasmakinetic (PK) with standard monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)...

..Patient refused standard systemic chemotherapy/immunotherapy and was treated with sunitinib. At 6 months disease progression was observed...

..We investigated EGFR and c-erbB-2 expression in primary androgen-dependent and in advanced androgen-independent prostate cancer and their potential role as markers of disease progression...

..Minimal side effects were experienced and QoL improved as shown by the results of the specific questionnaire...

..To describe a single-center experience in the emergency ureteroscopic management of ureteral stones...

..Clinical and pathological features of this non-Hodgkin lymphoma are described and discussed...

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..We conducted a study using FOLFOX-4 (oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, folinic acid) in pre-treated advanced bladder cancer patients...

..To analyze the early and late complications of indwelling ureteral stents in a series of 146 patients with nephroureteral lithiasis...