Browsing by Author "Pietropaolo, Amelia"
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The best treatment approach for lower calyceal stones ≤20 mm in maximal diameter: mini percutaneous nephrolithotripsy, retrograde intrarenal surgery or shock wave lithotripsy A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature conducted by the European Section of Uro-Technology and Young Academic Urologists
Kallidonis, Panagiotis; Adamou, Constantinos; Ntasiotis, Pantelis; Pietropaolo, Amelia; Somani, Bhaskar Kumar; Özsoy, Mehmet; Liourdi, Despoina; Sarıca, Kemal; Liatsikos, Evangelos; Tailly, Thomas (Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2022)INTRODUCTION: The highest in quality data in the literature which compared mini percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (mPCNL), retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) for the management of lower pole ... -
Do Hounsfeld Units have any signifcance in predicting intra and postoperative outcomes in retrograde intrarenal surgery using Holmium and Thulium fber laser? Results from the FLEXible ureteroscopy outcomes registry (FLEXOR)
Keat, William Ong Lay; Somani, Bhaskar Kumar; Pietropaolo, Amelia; Chew, Ben Hall; Chai, Chu Ann; Inoue, Takaaki; Ragoori, Deepak; Biligere, Sarvajit; Galosi, Andrea Benedetto; Pavia, Maria Pia; Milanese, Giulio; Ahn, Thomas; More, Sumit; Sarıca, Kemal; Traxer, Olivier; Teoh, Jeremy Yuen-Chun; Gauhar, Vineet; Castellani, Daniele (SpringerLink, 2023)Abstract Purpose: To evaluate outcomes of flexible ureteroscopy for renal stones by comparing hard versus soft stones based on their attenuation on computed tomography (Hounsfield Units-HU). Methods: Patients were divided ... -
Emergency upper urinary tract decompression: double‑J stent or nephrostomy? A european YAU/ESUT/EULIS/BSIR survey among urologists and radiologists
Pietropaolo, Amelia; Seoane, Lucia Mosquera; Abadia, Amad Abu‑Suboh; Geraghty, Robert; Kallidonis, Panagiotis; Tailly, Thomas; Modi, Sachin; Tzelves, Lazaros; Sarıca, Kemal; Gözen, Ali; Emiliani, Esteban; Şener, Emre; Rai, Bhavan Prasad; Hameed, B. M. Zeeshan; Liatsikos, Evangelos; Rivas, Juan Gomes; Skolarikos, Andreas; Somani, Bhaskar Kumar (Springer Nature, 2022)Abstract Purpose To evaluate the decompression of the pelvicalyceal system between urologists and radiologists. Methods A survey was distributed to urologists and to radiologists comparing double-J stent (DJS), percutaneous ... -
International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) Guideline on percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Zeng, Guohua; Zhong, Wen; Mazzon, Giorgio; Choong, Simon; Pearle, Margaret; Agrawal, Madhu; Scoffone, Cesare; Fiori, Cristian; Gökçe, Mehmet İlker; Lam, Wayne; Petkova, Kremena; Sabuncu, Kubilay; Gadzhiev, Nariman; Pietropaolo, Amelia; Emiliani, Esteban; Sarıca, Kemal (Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2022)The International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) would like to release the latest guideline on percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and to provide a clinical framework for surgeons performing PCNLs. These recommendations ... -
International alliance of urolithiasis guideline on retrograde intrarenal surgery
Zeng, Guohua; Traxer, Olivier; Zhong, Wen; Osther, Palle J.; Pearle, Margaret S.; Preminger, Glenn M.; Mazzon, Giorgio; Seitz, Christian; Geavlete, Petrisor; Fiori, Cristian; Ghani, Khurshid R.; Chew, Ben H.; Git, Kah Ann; Vicentini, Fabio Carvalho; Papatsoris, Athanasios; Brehmer, Marianne; Martinez, Juan Lopez; Cheng, Jiwen; Cheng, Fan; Gao, Xiaofeng; Gadzhiev, Nariman; Pietropaolo, Amelia; Proietti, Silvia; Ye, Zhangqun; Sarıca, Kemal (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022)Objectives To set out the second in a series of guidelines on the treatment of urolithiasis by the International Alliance of Urolithiasis that concerns retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS), with the aim of providing a ... -
Predictors and strategies to avoid mortality following ureteroscopy for stone disease: A systematic review from european association of urologists sections of urolithiasis (EULIS) and uro-technology (ESUT)
Bhanot, Radhika; Pietropaolo, Amelia; Tokas, Theodoros; Kallidonis, Panagiotis; Skolarikos, Andreas; Keller, Etienne Xavier; Coninck, Vincent De; Traxer, Olivier; Gözen, Ali; Sarıca, Kemal; Whitehurst,Lily; Somani, Bhaskar Kumar (Elsevier, 2022)Context: While kidney stone disease is common and ureteroscopy (URS) is perceived as minimally invasive, there is mortality associated with treatment. Objective: The aim of this review was to ascertain the number of ... -
Predictors of urinary infections and urosepsis after ureteroscopy for stone disease: A systematic review from EAU section of urolithiasis (EULIS)
Chugh, Shreya; Pietropaolo, Amelia; Montanari, Emanuele; Sarıca, Kemal; Soman, Bhaskar K. (Springer, 29.04.2020)Purpose of Review To present the latest evidence related to the predictors of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and urosepsis after ureteroscopy (URS) for stone disease. Recent Findings Our review suggests that almost half ... -
Role of complementary medicine (music, acupuncture, acupressure, TENS and audio-visual distraction) in shockwave lithotripsy (SWL): A systematic review from EAU sections of urolithiasis (EULIS) and uro-technology (ESUT)
Saraogi, Mohit; Geraghty, Robert; Hameed, B. M. Zeeshan; Rob, Shazna; Pietropaolo, Amelia; Sarıca, Kemal; Gezen, Ali Serdar; Liatsikos, Evangelos; Somani, Bhaskar Kumar (Société Internationale d' Urologie, 11.2020)We performed a systematic review to look at the role of alternative or complementary medicine such as music, acupressure, acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and audiovisual distractions to ...
