Derivazioni urinarie

Uretroplastica con innesto dorsale di mucosa buccale: è ancora il metodo di scelta nella stenosi uretrale a lungo termine? – P18.

INTRODUZIONE E OBIETTIVO DELLO STUDIO: Risultati a lungo termine dell'uretroplastica con innesto dorsale di mucosa buccale e fattori predittivi negativi della metodica. MATERIALI E METODI: Analisi retrospettiva di 27 pazienti sottoposti a uretroplastica con innesto di mucosa buccale (prelievo del graft della guancia di circa 4x2,5 cm) per stenosi uretrale nel periodo 2010-2015 (mediana 42 mesi). Flusso massimo (Qmax), residuo post-minzionale (RPM), ecografia del corpo spongioso uretrale, test IPSS (solo domanda su QoL) e percezione soggettiva allo svuotamento sono stati ottenuti prima e dopo l’intervento (un mese e dopo mediana di 3,5 anni). L’età media del campione era di 43,2 anni (range …

VISCERAL FAT TISSUE ACTIVITY DOES NOT CORRELATE TO HIGH GRADE PROSTATE CANCER RISK AT BIOPSY

Urethroplasty with dorsal buccal mucosa graft. Is it still the method of choice in long term urethral stenosis?

The aim of our work was to evaluate the long-term changes in symptoms (median 42 months) and to analyze data for any negative predictive factors for the application of the procedure, in patients who underwent to urethroplasty with dorsal buccal mucosa graft. During the period from 2010 to 2015 27 patients were examined. Than they underwent urethroplasty using dorsal buccal mucosa graft (graft of 4 x 2.5 cm). The evaluation of symptoms has been addressed through the application of the IPSS Quality of Life Questionnaire (International Prostatic Symptoms Score) and the evaluation of urinary flow has been carried out by a comparative analysis between the pre- and post-operative uroflowmetry. As…

IS VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX (VAI)RELATED TO PROSTATE CANCER DETECTED BY BIOPSY?

association between obesity and prostate cancer, yielding inconsistent results. Metabolic syndrome has been suggested to promote aggressive prostate tumors. In a previous study we failed to detect a relation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and prostate cancer Gleason score (1). BMI, although routinely adopted to measure obesity, has low sensitivity and specificity. A novel sex-specific obesity index, based on waist circumference (WC), BMI, triglycerides (TGs) and high density lipoproteins (HDL), the Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI), has been proposed to estimate the visceral adiposity dysfunction (2). The aim of our preliminary research was to correlate VAI and BMI with the presence of prostate…

Relation between Sexual Dysfunctions and Epilepsy, Type of Epilepsy, Type of Antiepileptic Drugs: A Prospective Study

Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of sexual dysfunctions in males with epilepsy, the type of epilepsy, the frequency of seizures, the type of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), the serum hormonal profile and the presence of psychiatric comorbidity. Methods Sixty-one patients focused on type of epilepsy, frequency of seizures, AEDs, hormonal profile and presence of mood disorders. We excluded all patients with severe neurologic and psychiatric impairment and patient who were not able to fill questionnaires. Mean age was 31.2 years (range 18-50 years); 31 patients (50.8%) had an idiopathic generalised epilepsy and 30 (49.2%) a focal epilepsy; among them, latter 18 (60%…

Peyronie’s disease: Cytokines genes expression in tunica albuginea

PLEOMORPHIC HYALINIZING ANGIOECTATIC TUMOR (PHAT) OF RENAL PARENCHYMA. FIRST CASE REPORTED IN LITERATURE