Category 2011

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Long-term results of the surgical treatment of Peyronie’s disease with Egydio’s technique: a European multicentre study Asian Journal of Andrology (2011) 13, 842–845   Abstract:The long-term outcomes of 157 patients affected by Peyronie’s disease (PD) who underwent penile straightening with Egydio’s technique between January 2004 and December 2008 are reported. Only patients with PD who […]

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Controversies in urethral reconstruction Minerva Urol Nefrol. 2011 Sep;63(3):251-60.   Abstract: Urethral strictures are a frequent source of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. Open urethroplasty is regarded as the gold-standard treatment for urethral stricture disease. The treatment for urethral strictures is a continually evolving process and there is renewed controversy over the best approach […]

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Ventral onlay oral mucosal graft bulbar urethroplasty BJU Int 2011; 108: 1218-1231.   The current surgical approach to the uncomplicated bulbar urethral stricture began in 1993 when El-Kasaby et al . described the repair of anterior urethral strictures using an oral mucosa graft, including eight patients who underwent bulbar urethroplasty. In 1996, Morey and McAninch […]

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Italian validation of the English PROM-USS-Q questionnaire in patients undergoing anterior urethroplasty Urologia 2011; 78: 98-107   Background: The aim of this study was to translate and validate in Italian the condition-specific patient-reported outcome measure for urethral stricture surgery (PROM-USS-Q) and evaluate its psychometric properties to determine whether it was suitable for routine use. Methods: […]

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Patient’s Reported Outcome and Reconstructive Urethral Surgery: A “First Toe in the Water” Eur Urol, 2011: 60, 69 – 71   Urethral strictures are a frequent source of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men, but a systematic analysis on patients’ quality of life (QoL) is rarely reported in the literature. The clinical history and […]

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Technika odběru štěpu ze sliznice dutiny ústní při rekonstrukci močové trubice: hodnocení pooperačních komplikací a spokojenosti pacientů. Urol List 2011; 9(1): 7-10. Sliznice dutiny ústní (OM) představuje pro uretroplastiku oblíbený materiál. Cílem této studie je popis operační techniky, hodnocení pooperační morbidity (v dutině ústní) a spokojenosti pacientů s výkonem v homogenní skupině 350 jedinců, kteří […]

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Histological evidence of urethral involvement in male patients with genital lichen sclerosus: A preliminary report. J Urol 2011; 185: 2171-2176. Purpose: Using pathological examination we evaluated the involvement of lichen sclerosus in urethral strictures in men. Materials and Methods: We performed an observational, descriptive, retrospective study of patients treated for genital lichen sclerosus who had […]

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Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and its death receptor (DR5) in Peyronie’s disease. A biomolecular study of apoptosis activation J Sex Med 2011; 8: 109-115. Introduction: Peyronie’s disease (PD) is a connective tissue disorder of tunica albuginea (TA), a thick fibrous sheath surrounding the corpora cavernosa of the penis. Relatively, little is known about […]

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