Salvatore Marco Recupero

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart | UNICATT · Faculty of Medicine and Surgery

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investi-gate the association between the urinary metabolic milieu and kidney stone recurrence with a validated papillary evaluation score (PPLA). Materials and methods: We prospectively enrolled 30 stone for-mers who underwent retrograde intrarenal surgery procedures. Visual inspection of the accessible re...

Objective Radical cystectomy with permanent urinary diversion is the gold standard treatment for invasive muscle bladder cancer. Hydronephrosis is common in these patients, but Ultrasound (US) or Computed Tomography Urography (CTU) scan are unable to discriminate obstructive from non-obstructive hydronephrosis. We used Diuresis Renography (DR) with...

Introduction: In 1978, O'Reilly introduced the diuretic renogram using the F + 20 method. Initially, the patient was examined in the seated position. A dose of 40 mg furosemide was injected intravenously 20 min following tracer injection and dynamic acquisition was prolonged for 15-20 min. In 1992, the guidelines suggested to study patients in the...

Introduction and objectives We aimed to evaluate how the corona virus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak influenced emergency department (ED) admissions for urolithiasis, hospitalizations and clinical management of the hospitalized Patients. Patients and methods We conducted a multicentric retrospective analysis of ED admissions in three high vol...

Resumen Introducción Y Objetivos: Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar el impacto de la enfermedad del coronavirus de 2019 (COVID-19)* en los ingresos en los servicios de urgencias (SU)**, las hospitalizaciones y el manejo clínico de los pacientes con urolitiasis. Pacientes Y Métodos: Realizamos un análisis retrospectivo multicéntrico de las admisiones en...

Background and Aims Nephrolithiasis is a medical condition characterized by high prevalence among the general population both in Europe and in the U.S. and it is responsible for high costs reaching up to $10 billion per year. It is associated with specific comorbidities such as obesity, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome a...

BACKGROUND: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) represent a prerequisite for the formation of metastases. The aim of the study was to identify the role of CTCs as a biological marker of aggressiveness of prostate cancer and verify the expression of molecular markers predictive of response to different therapeutic approaches. METHODS: Prospective, single...

Objective: To evaluate prospectively midterm outcomes of a new titanium-coated fixed polypropylene sling for male stress urinary incontinence. Materials and methods: From 01/2013 to 06/2016, 44 consecutive patients with incontinence caused by radical prostatectomy (39) or TURP (5) underwent transobturator two-arm titanium-coated sling (TiLOOP Ma...

Mitomycin C (MMC) as an intravesical chemotherapeutic agent is a well-known option for treatment of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) recurrence; it is probably the most commonly used agent given its low rate of side effects and its efficacy. Both the American Urologic Association (AUA) and European Association of Urology (EAU) consider MMC...

Scopo Riportare i risultati a medio termine su efficacia e sicurezza di una nuova sling per l'incontinenza da sforzo post-chirurgica maschile. Materiali e metodi: Studio prospettico monocentrico. Dal 11/2012 al 12/2014, 25 pazienti affetti da incontinenza urinaria da sforzo dopo prostatectomia radicale (21) o dopo TURP (4) sono stati sottoposti a...

Hypothesis - Aim of study. To evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy on urinary continence and quality-of-life of a new titanized sling for male post-surgical stress incontinence Study design, materials and methods: Interventional single-armed prospective study. From 11/2012 to 12/2014, 25 patients with stress urinary incontinence after radical...

Materials and methods: The study was conducted from December 2011 to December 2012 on 95 patients between the ages of 20 and 65 years: 44 of which had been undergoing dialysis for over a year and 51 of whom had undergone kidney transplants more than 6 months before. Comorbidities were carefully recorded, erectile function was evaluated the with II...

Aim. To evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy on urinary continence and quality-of-life of a new titanized sling for male post-surgical stress incontinence. Matherials and methods: Interventional single-armed prospective study. From 11/2012 to 10/2014, 23 patients with stress urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy (19) or TURP (4) u...

Aim. To evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy on urinary continence and quality-of-life of a new titanized sling for male post-surgical stress incontinence. Matherials and methods: Interventional single-armed prospective study. From 11/2012 to 10/2014, 23 patients with stress urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy (19) or TURP (4) un...

The ongoing research on pioneering drug candidates for the overactive bladder (OAB) aimed to overcome the limitations of currently licensed pharmacotherapies, such as antimuscarinics, β3-adrenergic agents, and botulinum neurotoxin, has been reviewed performing a systematic literature review and web search. The review covers the exploratory agents a...

Antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) is used to minimize infectious complications resulting from interventions. Due to high rates of development of bacterial resistance and side effects, the use of antibiotics must be weighed on the basis of high levels of evidence. The main endpoints of urology AP are the prevention of symptomatic urogenital infections, ur...

Male stress urinary incontinence, which has radical prostatectomy as the main aetiology, affects about 39% of the adult male population and is one of the complications of radical prostatectomy with the greatest impact on the quality of life of patients. There are a wide range of treatments for stress urinary incontinence available to the urologist,...

Positive surgical margins in nephron sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma Nephron sparing surgery (NSS) with a minimal tumor-free margin is considered the cornerstone in the contemporary management of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) stage T1. The aim of this study is to review incidence, predictive risk factors, clinical significance and oncologic...

Radical orchiectomy is the standard treatment of testicular neoplasia causing androgen insufficiency, infertility and psychological stress. Focal surgery allows the preservation of fertility, endocrine function and integrity of the genital anatomy, with preservation of the image of the male body. The EAU guidelines suggest focal surgery in case of...

<_14_ARTICLE_ABSTRACT>Brachytherapy (BT), using either a low-dose-rate (LDR) or mostly high-dose-rate (HDR) technique, is the device able to deliver the highest dose-rate in the most conformal way. It is used as monotherapy or in combination with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). LDR-BT is mostly used as monotherapy; HDR-BT is combined with EBRT +...