Prevalence and risk factors for penile lesions/anomalies in a cohort of Brazilian men ≥ 40 years of ageFrederico R Romero
Hospital Policlínica Cascavel, Cascavel
Int Braz J Urol 39:55-62. 2013
..To report the prevalence and risk factors of penile lesions/anomalies in a Metropolitan Brazilian city...
The significance of biological, environmental, and social risk factors for prostate cancer in a cohort study in BrazilFrederico R Romero
Hospital Policlínica Cascavel, Faculdade Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
Int Braz J Urol 38:769-78. 2012
..To evaluate the significance of several risk factors for prostate cancer in a cohort of Brazilian men...
- The prevalence of prostate cancer in Brazil is higher in Black men than in White men: systematic review and meta-analysis
Frederico R Romero
Hospital de Clinicas da Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Int Braz J Urol 38:440-7. 2012
..In Brazil, most studies reported a similar prevalence of prostate cancer between Blacks and Whites as a result of the high race mixture of the population...
- Metastatic primitive neuroectodermal tumor to the kidney
Frederico R Romero
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287 8915, USA
Urol Int 78:286-8. 2007
..Although several cases have been identified as primary renal tumors, this is the first report of metastatic spread of a primitive neuroectodermal tumor to the kidney...
- Hemothorax after percutaneous cryoablation of the kidney: part 2
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287-8915, USA
Eur Urol 51:1134-5. 2007
- Laparoscopic heminephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in cross-fused ectopic kidney
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 8915, USA
Urology 69:779.e11-3. 2007
..Postoperative three-dimensional computed tomography showed normal perfusion of the remaining part of the kidney, with good excretion of contrast from both units of the cross-fused kidney...
- Reasons why patients reject digital rectal examination when screening for prostate cancer
Frederico R Romero
Instituto Curitiba de Saúde ICS, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Arch Esp Urol 61:759-65. 2008
..To evaluate the reasons why patients reject digital rectal examination (DRE) when screening for prostate cancer...
- Patients' perceptions of pain and discomfort during digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening
Frederico Ramalho Romero
Instituto Curitiba de Saúde ICS, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Arch Esp Urol 61:850-4. 2008
..To evaluate patients' perception of pain and discomfort during DRE, the impact of discomfort on potential future screening compliance, and if emptying the bladder immediately before DRE reduces patient discomfort...
- Ipsilateral testicular necrosis and atrophy after 1,080-degree torsion of the spermatic cord in rats
Frederico Ramalho Romero
UFPR, Curitiba PR, Brazil
Acta Cir Bras 24:118-23. 2009
..To assess the incidence of testicular necrosis/atrophy immediately after 1 to 4 hours of 1,080-degree torsion of the spermatic cord, and 60 days after detorsion of the spermatic cord...
- [Combined risk factors leading to well-leg compartment syndrome after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy]
Frederico R Romero
Department of Urology, Hospital São Vicente, Curitiba, Brasil
Actas Urol Esp 33:920-4. 2009
..The pathogenesis of this serious complication is discussed and preventive measures are highlighted...
- Patient positioning during digital rectal examination of the prostate: preferences, tolerability, and results
Frederico R Romero
Hospital de Clinicas da Universidade Federal do Parana, PR, Brazil
Int Braz J Urol 37:371-7; discussion 377-9. 2011
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- Total laparoscopic gastrocystoplasty: experimental technique in a porcine model
Frederico R Romero
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Int Braz J Urol 33:94-9; discussion 99. 2007
..Describe a unique simplified experimental technique for total laparoscopic gastrocystoplasty in a porcine model...
- Primary carcinoid tumors of the kidney
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Urol 176:2359-66. 2006
..We describe in detail the features of carcinoid tumors of the kidney. We evaluated possible prognostic factors...
- Laparoscopic-assisted nephroureterectomy after radical cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma
Frederico R Romero
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 8915, USA
Int Braz J Urol 32:631-8; discussion 638-9. 2006
..To report our experience with laparoscopic-assisted nephroureterectomy for upper tract transitional cell carcinomas after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion...
- Hemothorax after percutaneous cryoablation of the kidney
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287 8915, USA
Eur Urol 51:841-3. 2007
..The occurrence of pleural effusions is frequently related to technical aspects of the procedure. The pathogenesis of this serious complication is discussed and preventive measures are highlighted...
- Incidence of local recurrence and port site metastasis after laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy
Michael Muntener
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 2101, USA
Urology 70:864-8. 2007
..To address the incidence of local recurrence and port site metastasis in patients who underwent laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC)...
- Long-term oncologic outcome after laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract transitional cell carcinoma
Michael Muntener
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287 2101, USA
Eur Urol 51:1639-44. 2007
..To assess the long-term oncologic efficacy of laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy (RNU)...
- Oncologic outcomes of extravesical stapling of distal ureter in laparoscopic nephroureterectomy
Frederico R Romero
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Endourol 21:1025-7. 2007
..To evaluate the safety and oncologic efficacy of extravesical laparoscopic stapling of the distal ureter and bladder cuff during nephroureterectomy for pelvicaliceal transitional-cell carcinoma (TCC)...
- Laparoscopic treatment of simultaneous tumors in the liver and kidney
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Urol Int 79:142-4. 2007
..To report our experience with laparoscopic treatment of liver tumors during right-sided transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy...
- Laparoscopic versus open partial nephrectomy for the treatment of pathological T1N0M0 renal cell carcinoma: a 5-year survival rate
Sompol Permpongkosol
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Urol 176:1984-8; discussion 1988-9. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is an alternative technique with mid-range oncological results comparable to open partial nephrectomy in patients with localized pathological stage T1N0M0 renal cell carcinoma...
- Pure laparoscopic radical nephrectomy with level II vena caval thrombectomy
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Urology 68:1112-4. 2006
..We present the case of a patient with a primary renal tumor extending into the vena cava that was completely managed with a laparoscopic approach...
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in obese and non-obese patients: comparison with open surgery
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Urology 71:806-9. 2008
..The aim of this study was to compare the perioperative outcomes of open (OPN) and laparoscopic (LPN) partial nephrectomy in obese and non-obese patients...
- Trends in the operative management of renal tumors over a 14-year period
Sompol Permpongkosol
Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
BJU Int 98:751-5. 2006
..At a university hospital in which there are physicians with a specific interest in minimally invasive surgery and ablative treatments, minimally invasive approaches have become the standard treatment...
- Intraoperative conversion of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
Soroush Rais-Bahrami
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-8915, USA
J Endourol 20:205-8. 2006
..Other variables, including sex, side of affected kidney, clinical stage, ASA score, comorbidity with hypertension or diabetes mellitus, and surgeon were not significant in predicting conversion...
- Renal subcapular saline injection during percutanoues renal cryoablation to prevent bowel injury
Sompol Permpongkosol
Department of Urology, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Med Assoc Thai 92:22-6. 2009
..To evaluate the feasibility of percutaneous injection of saline in the renal subcapsular space to prevent bowel injury and histopathologic effects of bowel cryolesion during renal cryoablation in a porcine model...
- Reinstatement of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis after transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy
Soroush Rais-Bahrami
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-8915, USA
Urology 68:715-7. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study have shown that CAPD can be reinstated within 2 weeks of laparoscopic transperitoneal radical nephrectomy without short-term complications...
- Complications of 2,775 urological laparoscopic procedures: 1993 to 2005
Sompol Permpongkosol
Department of Urology, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Urol 177:580-5. 2007
..We assessed the complications associated with urological laparoscopic surgery at a single high volume center during a 12-year period...
- Laparoscopic treatment of anterior sacral meningocele
Claudemir Trapp
Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Surg Neurol 68:443-8; discussion 448. 2007
..Anterior sacral meningocele is a rare congenital malformation, whose open surgical treatment is well accepted. We present a laparoscopic approach as an adjunctive approach...
- Transmesenteric laparoscopic pyeloplasty
Frederico R Romero
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Urol 176:2526-9. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: In a select group of patients transmesenteric pyeloplasty may represent a more rapid alternative to the transperitoneal retrocolic approach and speed convalescence with similar success rates...
- Refining the laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 8915, USA
Int Braz J Urol 32:196-201. 2006
..Herein, we describe the current technique employed at our institution, along with illustrations of all surgical steps, and delineate the refinements of the technique over time...
- Leiomyomas of the kidney: emphasis on conservative diagnosis and treatment
Frederico R Romero
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 8915, USA
Urology 66:1319. 2005
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- Elective laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in patients with tumors >4 cm
Soroush Rais-Bahrami
Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Long Island, New York 11030, USA
Urology 72:580-3. 2008
..To assess the perioperative outcomes of elective laparoscopic partial nephrectomy to treat renal tumors in patients with tumor burdens > 4 cm compared with those with tumor burdens of < or = 4 cm...
- Rebuttal from authors re: Peter Albers. Quality criteria of laparoscopic nephroureterectomy. Eur Urol. 2007;51:1481-2
Michael Muntener
Eur Urol 51:1482-4. 2007
- Coexistence of prostate neoplasia in patients undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy due to vesical neoplasia
Frederico R Romero
Section of Urology, School of Medical Sciences, Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Int Braz J Urol 30:296-301. 2004
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