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Prognostic value of nuclear grading in patients with intracapsular (pT1-pT2) renal cell carcinoma. Long-term analysis in 213 patientsAndrea Minervini
Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, Ospedale S Chiara, Via Roma 67, 56122 Pisa, Italy
Cancer 94:2590-5. 2002..The objective of the current study was to evaluate the role of nuclear grading and its importance as a prognostic indicator in patients with intracapsular (T1-T2) RCC...
Morbidity of tumour enucleation for renal cell carcinoma (RCC): results of a single-centre prospective studyAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Italy
BJU Int 109:372-7; discussion 378. 2012..To evaluate the incidence and risk factors of adverse events (AEs) after tumour enucleation (TE)...- Simple enucleation versus radical nephrectomy in the treatment of pT1a and pT1b renal cell carcinomaAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Ann Surg Oncol 19:694-700. 2012..No study has compared oncologic outcomes after TE and radical nephrectomy (RN) for the treatment of pT1 renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The aim of the present study is to compare the oncologic outcomes after TE and RN in pT1 RCCs... - Intracapsular clear cell renal carcinoma: ploidy status improves the prognostic value of the 2002 TNM classificationAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy
J Urol 174:1203-7; discussion 1207. 2005..We report the long-term results of the new TNM scheme. We evaluated the impact of DNA content, S-phase and MIB-1 (Dako, Glostrup, Denmark) score... - Outcome of penile prosthesis implantation for treating erectile dysfunction: experience with 504 proceduresAndrea Minervini
St Peter s Hospital and The Institute of Urology, London, UK
BJU Int 97:129-33. 2006..To evaluate the outcome of penile prosthesis surgery for different types of prosthesis... - Review of the current status of tumor enucleation for renal cell carcinomaAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Arch Ital Urol Androl 81:65-71. 2009.... - Antegrade stenting in laparoscopic pyeloplasty: feasibility of the technique and time required for stent insertionAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Villa Monna Tessa, Viale Pieraccini 18, 50139, Florence, Italy
Surg Endosc 23:1831-4. 2009..This study aimed to evaluate the authors' initial experience with antegrade stenting. It focused on the success rate, time required for stent insertion, possible complications, and relative solutions in the first 44 procedures... - Prospective study comparing the bladeless optical access trocar versus Hasson open trocar for the establishment of pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic renal proceduresAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Arch Ital Urol Androl 80:95-8. 2008.... - Prognostic role of histological necrosis for nonmetastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma: correlation with pathological features and molecular markersAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
J Urol 180:1284-9. 2008..Also, we further investigated its pathogenesis by correlating this tumor feature with other pathological characteristics and molecular markers related to the von Hippel Lindau-hypoxia inducible factor pathway and to tumor proliferation... - Histopathologic analysis of peritumoral pseudocapsule and surgical margin status after tumor enucleation for renal cell carcinomaAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Eur Urol 55:1410-8. 2009..The oncologic safety of blunt tumor enucleation (TE) of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) depends on the presence of a continuous pseudocapsule (PS) around the tumor and on the possibility of obtaining negative surgical margins (SMs)... - Multiple ipsilateral renal tumors: retrospective analysis of surgical and oncological results of tumor enucleation vs radical nephrectomyA Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Eur J Surg Oncol 35:521-6. 2009..To evaluate the role of nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) compared to radical nephrectomy (RN) for treating multiple ipsilateral renal tumors... - Local recurrence after tumour enucleation for renal cell carcinoma with no ablation of the tumour bed: results of a prospective single-centre studyAndrea Minervini
Departments of Urology and Pathology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence Department of Experimental Medicine, La Sapienza University, ICOT, Rome, Italy
BJU Int 107:1394-9. 2011..To prospectively evaluate the risk of positive surgical margins and local recurrence after blunt tumour enucleation (TE) with no ablation of the tumour bed... - Simple enucleation is equivalent to traditional partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: results of a nonrandomized, retrospective, comparative studyAndrea Minervini
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
J Urol 185:1604-10. 2011..However, simple enucleation showed excellent results in some retrospective series. We compared the oncologic outcomes after standard partial nephrectomy and simple enucleation... - Retroperitoneal urinoma complicating Burch colposuspensionA Minervini
Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 82:85-6. 2003 - Corporeal herniation after Nesbit plication with partial thickness shaving for congenital penile curvatureA Minervini
Department of General Surgery, Urology Unit, University of Pisa, Italy
Int J Impot Res 15:465-7. 2003.... - Solitary floating vena caval thrombus as a late recurrence of renal cell carcinomaAndrea Minervini
Department of Surgery, Urology and Vascular Surgery Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Int J Urol 11:239-42. 2004..An early diagnosis of this rare recurrence can permit an easy removal of the thrombus with no caval resection and graft replacement, making this disease potentially curable by surgery... - Evaluation of renal function and upper urinary tract morphology in the ileal orthotopic neobladder with no antireflux mechanismAndrea Minervini
Department of Surgery, Nuclear Medicine Division, University of Pisa, Ospedale S Chiara, Via Roma 67, 56122 Pisa, Italy
J Urol 173:144-7. 2005.... - Effects on renal function of obstructive and nonobstructive dilatation of the upper urinary tract in ileal neobladders with refluxing ureteroenteric anastomosesR Minervini
Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Eur J Surg Oncol 36:287-91. 2010..To investigate the incidence and long-term effects on kidney function of obstructive and nonobstructive dilatation of the upper urinary tract in patients with ileal neobladder with refluxing ureterointestinal anastomoses... - Evaluation of the 1997 tumour, nodes and metastases classification of renal cell carcinoma: experience in 172 patientsR Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Pisa, and Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
BJU Int 86:199-202. 2000..To compare the prognostic relevance of the 1987 and 1997 tumour, nodes and metastases (TNM) systems for staging renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in predicting patient outcome... - p53 and Ki-67 expression in renal cell carcinomas of pregnant women and their correlation with prognosis: a pilot studyG Pomara
Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, S Chiara Hospital, Pisa, Italy
Int J Gynecol Cancer 18:132-5. 2008..Further study may (dis)prove this hypothesis... - Regional lymph node dissection in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma: is it useful in patients with no suspected adenopathy before or during surgery?A Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
BJU Int 88:169-72. 2001..To evaluate the role of regional lymph node dissection (LND) in a series of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with no suspicion of nodal metastases before or during surgery... - Glansectomy with split-thickness skin graft for the treatment of penile carcinomaG Morelli
Department of General Surgery, Urology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Int J Impot Res 21:311-4. 2009..Orgasm and ejaculation were preserved in all patients, although reduced glans sensitivity was reported by all patients. No local recurrences were reported... - Prosthetic replacement of the inferior vena cava and the iliofemoral vein for urologically related malignanciesG Caldarelli
Urology Unit and Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
BJU Int 90:368-74. 2002..The mean time to death for the present patients must be considered the limit for these aggressive operations... - Bladder involvement in systemic sclerosis: urodynamic and histological evaluation in 23 patientsR Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Pisa, Italy
Eur Urol 34:47-52. 1998..Urodynamic alterations were observed in only 3 cases. Urinary symptoms and urodynamic features were correlated neither with severity of vesical fibrosis nor with visceral involvement. Autonomic dysfunction was detected in 13 patients... - Nuclear expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha in clear cell renal cell carcinoma is involved in tumor progressionClaudio Di Cristofano
Department of Oncology, Division of Surgical, Molecular and Ultrastructural Pathology, University of Pisa and University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Am J Surg Pathol 31:1875-81. 2007..This study analyzes VHL/HIF-1alpha proteins in a large series of intracapsular cc-RCCs, correlating their expression and cellular localization with prognosis... - Re: Puppo P, Introini C, Calvi P, Naselli A. Long term results of excision of small renal cancer surrounded by a minimal layer of grossly normal parenchyma: review of 94 cases. Eur Urol 2004;46:477-81Marco Carini
Eur Urol 47:265-6; author reply 266. 2005 - Progression and long-term survival after simple enucleation for the elective treatment of renal cell carcinoma: experience in 107 patientsAlberto Lapini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
J Urol 174:57-60; discussion 60. 2005..It provides excellent long-term progression-free and cancer specific survival rates, and is not associated with an increased risk of local recurrence compared with partial nephrectomy... - Simple enucleation for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma between 4 and 7 cm in greatest dimension: progression and long-term survivalMarco Carini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
J Urol 175:2022-6; discussion 2026. 2006..We present our findings in a series of patients treated with simple enucleation for RCC 4 to 7 cm in greatest dimension. We specifically report the incidence of local and systemic recurrence, and the disease specific survival rate... - Simple enucleation for the treatment of PT1a renal cell carcinoma: our 20-year experienceMarco Carini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Eur Urol 50:1263-8; discussion 1269-71. 2006..To evaluate the safety and efficacy of simple enucleation as a conservative treatment for pT1a RCC, and to report on the incidence of major complications, local recurrence, and progression-free and disease-specific survival rates... - Physical activity of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome not satisfied with conventional treatments--could it represent a valid option? The physical activity and male pelvic pain trial: a double-blind, randomized studyGianluca Giubilei
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
J Urol 177:159-65. 2007..We performed a preliminary investigation of the role of physical activity and its effects on select patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome... - Oncological and functional results of antegrade radical retropubic prostatectomy for the treatment of clinically localised prostate cancerMarco Carini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Eur Urol 53:554-61. 2008..To present the oncological outcome of the antegrade radical prostatectomy in the whole series of consecutive patients treated over an 18-yr period, and to report the functional results and complications of the last 488 patients... - Re: Anders Lidgren, Ylva Hedberg, Kjell Grankvist, Torgny Rasmuson, Anders Bergh and Börje Ljungberg. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha expression in renal cell carcinoma analyzed by tissue microarray. Eur Urol 2006;50:1272-7Andrea Minervini
Eur Urol 51:1451-2; author reply 1452-3. 2007 - Re: Stancik I, Luftenegger W, Klimpfinger M, Muller MM, Hoeltl W. Effect of NIH-IV prostatitis on free and free-to-total PSA. Eur Urol 2004;46:760-4Andrea Minervini
Eur Urol 47:720-1; author reply 721-2. 2005 - Correlation of upper-tract cytology, retrograde pyelography, ureteroscopic appearance, and ureteroscopic biopsy with histologic examination of upper-tract transitional cell carcinomaSteve K Williams
The Bristol Urological Institute, Bristol, United Kingdom
J Endourol 22:71-6. 2008..To determine the accuracy of radiographic studies, ureteroscopy, biopsy, and cytology in predicting the histopathology of upper-tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC)... - Initial, long-term, and durable responses to terazosin, placebo, or other therapies for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndromeAndrea Minervini
Urology 66:231-2; author reply 232-3. 2005 - Antegrade versus retrograde endopyelotomy for pelvi-ureteric junction (PUJ) obstructionAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Eur Urol 49:536-42; discussion 542-3. 2006.... - Simple enucleation for the treatment of renal angiomyolipomaAndrea Minervini
Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
BJU Int 99:887-91. 2007..To report on the role of simple enucleation for treating renal angiomyolipoma (AML) in a series of patients treated in our department... - Nephron-sparing surgery: current developments and controversiesMarco Carini
Eur Urol 51:12-4. 2007 - Re: A comparison of the incidence and location of positive surgical margins in robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and open retropubic radical prostatectomy: J. A. Smith, Jr., R. C. Chan, S. S. Chang, S. D. Herrell, P. E. Clark, R. BaumgarLorenzo Masieri
J Urol 180:2257; author reply 2257. 2008