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Antonio Cicione

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

2022

Background: Stent Encrustation is an uncommon event (13%) with a significant impact in patients' management. Aim of our study was to evaluate the available grading systems for encrusted stents. Methods: A retrospective analysis of encrusted stents was performed in four Italian centers between 2006 and 2020. Encrusted stents were classified according to four classifications: the Forgotten Encrusted Calcificated (FECal) score, the Kidney Ureter Bladder (KUB) score, the Visual Grading for Ureteral Encrusted Stent Classification and the Encrustation Burden Score (EBS). Classifications were evaluated to predict complex surgery defined as: long operative time (>60min); need of more than one su…

ureteral; stent; encrustationureteralencrustationUrolithiasisNephrologyUrologyUreteral stentstentEBSKUBFECalComplex surgery
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Retropubic, laparoscopic and mini-laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a prospective assessment of patient scar satisfaction

2014

Published online: 26 October 2014

NephrologyMalemedicine.medical_specialtymini-laparoscopyProstatectomiaLaparoscopic radical prostatectomyScar assessmentmedicine.medical_treatmentUrology030232 urology & nephrologyPOSASSurgical scarsurgical scarSettore MED/24 - UrologiaLaparoscopia03 medical and health sciencesProstate cancerCicatrix0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineHumansProspective StudiesSurgical scarAgedProstatectomyProcedimentos Cirúrgicos Urológicosbusiness.industryProstatectomyMini-laparoscopyProstatic NeoplasmsPerioperativeMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseRadical prostatectomyradical prostatectomy3. Good healthSurgeryProspective StudieTreatment OutcomePatient Satisfaction030220 oncology & carcinogenesisSurgical Wound ClosureProstatic NeoplasmLaparoscopybusinessHuman
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