Urologia polskaPub Date : 2022-01-22DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2022.l1
Ş. Kumsar
{"title":"Re: Kupski T, Małek M, Mor I. The association of a risk group with positive margin in the intraoperative and final pathology examination after robotic radical prostatectomy. Cent European J Urol. 2021; 74: 491-495","authors":"Ş. Kumsar","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2022.l1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2022.l1","url":null,"abstract":"I read with great interest the article by Kupski discussing the risk of a positive margin in the intraoperative and final pathology depending on the risk group for biochemical recurrence in biopsy specimens after nerve-sparing (NS) robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RaRP) [1]. After reading the article, I propose some considerations for which clarification would be helpful. It seems that NS RaRP was applied to patients in the low, intermediate and high-risk groups of localised prostate cancer, but it was not clearly stated in the study which criteria were used when making the decision to undergo NS surgery. How was the risk of extraprostatic spread evaluated? Was the NS decision made with preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) findings or by using a preoperative nomogram? This is an important factor and should be noted. There are many studies showing that additional surgical excision reduces the positive surgical margin in the final pathology in patients with a positive intraoperative frozen result of the neurovascular bundle [2, 3, 4]. There were 18 patients with positive surgical margins in the intraoperative frozen examination in your study, but it was stated that only 8 patients had additional surgical excision. Why was the additional surgical excision not performed in the remaining 10 patients with positive margins?","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"75 1","pages":"110 - 110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47046761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2022-01-20DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2022.0273
D. Sudoł, D. Widz, P. Mitura, P. Płaza, Michał Godzisz, Iga Kuliniec, Andriy Yadlos, Michał Cabanek, M. Bar, K. Bar
{"title":"Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of overall survival and cancer advancement in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer","authors":"D. Sudoł, D. Widz, P. Mitura, P. Płaza, Michał Godzisz, Iga Kuliniec, Andriy Yadlos, Michał Cabanek, M. Bar, K. Bar","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2022.0273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2022.0273","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has proven to be promising as a prognostic factor in many malignancies. We investigated the prognostic significance of NLR in patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer (BC). Material and methods We retrospectively evaluated the data of 134 consecutive patients with BC who underwent RC between 2011 and 2017 at a single center. Overall survival (OS) was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared between NLR subpopulations using the log-rank test. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify the variables affecting OS. Results At a median follow-up of 2.2 years, high NLR (>2.7) correlated with worse a survival outcome (p = 0.0345 in log-rank test), higher tumor stage (p = 0.0047), and higher frequency of positive lymph nodes (p = 0.0285). The univariate model showed that a high NLR (p = 0.038528), advanced pathological tumor stage (p = 0.000763), lymph node involvement (p = 0.013384), a high grade of cancer (p = 0.015611), lymphovascular invasion (LVI) (p = 0.001530), positive margins (p = 0.000890) and ureterocutaneostomy as urinary diversion (p = 0.038854) had a negative impact on OS. Tumor extending beyond the submucosa (>pT1) (hazard ratio 2.161, confidence interval 1058–4411, p = 0.0345) and lymphatic infiltration (hazard ratio 1.599, confidence interval 1028–2482, p = 0.037) have been recognized as independent risk factors of poor prognosis in multivariate Cox regression analysis. Conclusions In our cohort, an elevated NLR is associated with worse OS and adverse histopathological findings. Consequently, the NLR is an easily acquired biomarker, which may be useful in pretreatment patient risk stratification.","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"75 1","pages":"41 - 46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45603278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2022-01-12DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2021.0256
G. Di Lascio, A. Sciarra, F. del Giudice, S. Salciccia, G. Busetto, E. Berardinis, G. P. Ricciuti, D. Castellani, G. Pirola, M. Maggi, A. Gentilucci, S. Cattarino, G. Mariotti, P. Casale, G. D. Di Pierro
{"title":"Which factors can influence post-operative renal function preservation after nephron-sparing surgery for kidney cancer: a critical review","authors":"G. Di Lascio, A. Sciarra, F. del Giudice, S. Salciccia, G. Busetto, E. Berardinis, G. P. Ricciuti, D. Castellani, G. Pirola, M. Maggi, A. Gentilucci, S. Cattarino, G. Mariotti, P. Casale, G. D. Di Pierro","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2021.0256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2021.0256","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction The aim of this article was to compare different surgical approaches to perform nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) in terms of preservation of renal function. Material and methods We critically reviewed the literature from January 2000 to December 2020 including studies comparing different surgical techniques. Results A total of 51 studies met the inclusion criteria. Functional outcomes were evalutated in terms of percentual change of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and impaired renal function (IRF) on scintigraphy. In cases with a mean age <60 years, the mean decrease in eGFR after NSS was 11.7% and that of IRF 10.0%, whereas higher changes were found in cases with a mean age ≥60 years. For open NSS, the mean eGFR and IRF changes were 15.3% and 21.1%, respectively; using the laparoscopic approach, the mean percentual eGFR and IRF changes were 13.9% and 11.1%, respectively; in robotic cases, the mean eGFR and IRF changes were 10.8% and 13.1%, respectively. In cases performed with global ischemia, the mean eGFR and IRF changes were 12.7% and 15.1%, respectively. Similar results were found distinguishing ischemia time ≤20 and >20 minutes, whereas using the off-clamp technique the mean decreases in eGFR and IRF were only 4.2% and 6%, respectively. Conclusions Patients’ age, tumor size, off-clamp technique, and robot-assisted approach were significant independent predictive factors able to influence renal function changes after NSS. A lower reduction of eGFR and IRF after NSS was reported in patients aged <60 years, submitted to a robot-assisted procedure, and using selective and cold ischemia <20 minutes or an off-clamp technique.","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"75 1","pages":"14 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41676177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2021.0217
Ola Christiansen, O. Bratt, Ø. Kirkevold, J. Benth, P. Manoharan, A. Selnes, E. Haug, M. Slaaen
{"title":"Predictors of upgrading from low-grade cancer at prostatectomy in men with biparametric magnetic resonance imaging","authors":"Ola Christiansen, O. Bratt, Ø. Kirkevold, J. Benth, P. Manoharan, A. Selnes, E. Haug, M. Slaaen","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2021.0217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2021.0217","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density has previously been identified as a predictor of histological upgrading at radical prostatectomy, but how information from pre-treatment biparametric magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI) contributes needs further clarification. The objective of this register-based study was to identify predictors of upgrading at prostatectomy in men with Grade group (GG) 1 and pre-treatment bpMRI. Material and methods This single-center study included men with GG 1 cancer on prediagnostic biopsy, who underwent bpMRI and robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) between March 2014 and September 2019. We estimated logistic regression models to explore predictors for upgrading. The explored potential predictors were age, PSA density, tumor stage and Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) score (dichotomised 1–3 versus 4–5). Results Upgrading was observed in 56% (73/130) of the men. PSA density was the only significant predictor for upgrading (unadjusted OR = 1.7, 95% CI 1.2; 2.4 adjusted OR = 1.7, 95% CI 1.2; 2.5). The probability of upgrading was lower for men with a PIRADS 1–3 than for PIRADS 4–5, but the difference was not statistically significant (adjusted OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2; 1.1, p = 0.082). Among men with PI-RADS 1–3, the probability increased with increasing PSA density (p = 0.036). With PI-RADS 4–5 the probability of upgrading was high over the entire PSA density range. Conclusions PSA density is a clinically important factor to predict upgrading from GG1 when bpMRI shows PI-RADS 1–3. In men with PI-RADS 4–5 on bpMRI, the probability of an undetected GG 2–5 cancer is high regardless of the PSA density.","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"75 1","pages":"35 - 40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70778277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-03-24DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2022.0277
Oktay Özman, Hacı Murat Akgül, Cem Başataç, Eyüp Burak Sancak, Önder Çınar, Hakan Çakır, Cenk Murat Yazıcı, Haluk Akpınar, Bülent Önal
{"title":"Recent scoring systems predicting stone-free status after retrograde intrarenal surgery; a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Oktay Özman, Hacı Murat Akgül, Cem Başataç, Eyüp Burak Sancak, Önder Çınar, Hakan Çakır, Cenk Murat Yazıcı, Haluk Akpınar, Bülent Önal","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2022.0277","DOIUrl":"10.5173/ceju.2022.0277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Several scoring systems and nomograms have been developed to predict the success of retrograde intrarenal surgery. But no meta-analysis for the performance of scoring systems has yet been performed. The aim of this study was to compare predictive ability of recent scoring systems for stone-free rate of retrograde intrarenal surgery.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>PubMed and Web of Science databases were searched systematically between April and May 2021. The scoring systems which were validated externally or studied at least by two different researcher groups were selected for further analysis. Of 59 records, 14 studies met the inclusion criteria (n = 4137). Area under curve (AUC) values of selected scoring systems were pooled in random or fixed effects. The I<sup>2</sup> test was used to quantify heterogeneity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight, 5, 8, 4 and 3 studies included in meta-analyses for the modified Seoul National University Renal Stone Complexity Score (S-ReSC), R.I.R.S., Resorlu-Unsal Score (RUS), S.T.O.N.E., and Ito's Nomogram, respectively. We found pooled AUC values 0.709 (95% CI 0.670-0.748), 0.704 (95% CI 0.668-0.739), 0.669 (95% CI 0.646 to 0.692), and 0.771 (95% CI 0.724 to 0.818), for first four of them, respectively. Heterogeneity was very high to pool AUC values for Ito's nomogram.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although S.T.O.N.E. score showed higer pooled AUC value, this systematic review and meta-analysis has not revealed superiority of any scoring system. High heterogeneity between studies and dependencies between scoring systems make it difficult to design a comparative statistical model to generalize the findings. Also, limitations aside, neither scoring system has demonstrated good predictive/discriminative performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"75 1","pages":"72-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9074068/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42321973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-01-13DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2021.291
Fabio Crocerossa, William Visser, Umberto Carbonara, Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Davide Loizzo, Ciro Imbimbo, Adam P Klausner, Francesco Porpiglia, Rocco Damiano, Francesco Cantiello, Riccardo Autorino
{"title":"The impact the COVID-19 pandemic on urology literature: a bibliometric analysis.","authors":"Fabio Crocerossa, William Visser, Umberto Carbonara, Ugo Giovanni Falagario, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Davide Loizzo, Ciro Imbimbo, Adam P Klausner, Francesco Porpiglia, Rocco Damiano, Francesco Cantiello, Riccardo Autorino","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2021.291","DOIUrl":"10.5173/ceju.2021.291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has caused wide-reaching change to many aspects of life on a worldwide scale. The impact of these changes on peer-reviewed research journals, including those dedicated to urology, is still unknown.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The Web of Science database was queried to retrieve all COVID-19 urological articles written in English language and published between January 1<sup>st</sup>, 2020 and December 10<sup>th</sup>, 2021. Only original and review articles were considered. A bibliometric analysis of the total number of papers, citations, institutions and publishing journals was performed. Non-COVID-19 publications were also retrieved to compare the duration of publication stages.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 428 COVID-19 articles and 14,874 non-COVID-19 articles were collected. Significant differences in the duration of all the publication stages were found between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 articles (all p <0.001). The most productive countries were the USA (100 articles), Italy (59 articles) and the United Kingdom (55 articles). The published literature has focused on four topics: COVID-19 genitourinary manifestations, management of urological diseases during the pandemic, repercussions on quality of life and impact on healthcare providers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A significant reduction in peer review time for COVID-19 articles might raise concerns regarding the quality of peer review itself. USA, Italy and UK published the highest number of COVID-19 related articles. Restrictive measures taken by governments to reduce the spread of infection had a strong impact on mental stress and anxiety of patients and healthcare professionals. A coerced deferral of diagnosis and treatment of emergencies and uro-oncological cases represented the most challenging task from a clinical standpoint.</p>","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"75 1","pages":"102-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9074064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48544807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-01-13DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2022.0292
Taras Hladun, Jakub Ratajczak, Maciej Salagierski
{"title":"Can we lower the rates of cystectomy complications by modifying risk factors? A review of the literature.","authors":"Taras Hladun, Jakub Ratajczak, Maciej Salagierski","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2022.0292","DOIUrl":"10.5173/ceju.2022.0292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Radical cystectomy (RC), beyond its therapeutic effect, is associated with significant rates of complications, hospital readmissions and mortality. In recent years much research has been made in order to clarify the main reasons of these events. This article, based on a literature review, presents the impact of risk factors on RC complications and highlights possible modifications of these factors to reach better RC outcome.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar databases were searched using key-words to identify studies about risk factors and RC complications between 2010 and 2021. A total of 96 articles were retrieved and studied as full-text versions. The most significant data was targeted, analysed and categorized according to the article's design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All the most valuable risk factors of RC complications were grouped in patient-related, treatment-related risk factors and subgrouped in nonmodifiable, modifiable and potentially modifiable categories. All the modifiable and potentially modifiable risk factors were found to have considerable value, as their adjustment lowers the rates of morbidity and mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Proper identification and adjustment of the risk factors present the possibility of better RC results. Although, in advanced disease and highly morbid cases, complications are not fully omit-table. Management of bladder cancer (BC) in high-volume centres using new technologies offers lower rates of complications. To sum up, rigorous interdisciplinary presurgical patient preparation should be implemented in BC management.</p>","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"75 1","pages":"28-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9074066/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47899171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2021.1abs
{"title":"13C and 15N natural isotope abundance in urothelium and bladder cancer ti – preliminary study","authors":"","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2021.1abs","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2021.1abs","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70777927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2019-09-16DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2019.1885
P. Valente, H. Castro, Inês A. C. Pereira, F. Vila, Paulo Barros Araújo, C. Vivas, Ana Silva, A. Oliveira, J. Lindoro
{"title":"Metabolic syndrome and the composition of urinary calculi: is there any relation?","authors":"P. Valente, H. Castro, Inês A. C. Pereira, F. Vila, Paulo Barros Araújo, C. Vivas, Ana Silva, A. Oliveira, J. Lindoro","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2019.1885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2019.1885","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Epidemiologic studies demonstrate that obesity and diabetes increase the prevalence of urinary lithiasis. Most of these studies did not stratify the chemical composition of calculi and the physiological mechanisms responsible for this increased risk are not well understood. This study aims to investigate the relation between the metabolic syndrome and the composition of the urinary calculi. Material and methods Observational and retrospective study of all urinary calculi analysis performed at the Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Portugal – from January 2009 to September 2015. Calculi were analyzed by infrared spectroscopy. Results 302 analyses of urinary calculi were identified. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed in 20.5% of patients. A total of 7 different mineral compounds were identified: 51.6% (N = 156) contained calcium oxalate, 41% (N = 124) calcium phosphate, 37.7% (N = 114) uric acid, 22.1% (N = 67) ammonium urate, 9.6% (N = 29) ammonium magnesium phosphate, 6.3% (N = 19) sodium urate and 1.3% (N = 4) contained cystine. Patients with metabolic syndrome presented a higher proportion of uric acid calculi (66.1% vs. 0%, p <0.001) and ammonium urate calculi (38.7% vs. 17%, p = 0.001). Patients without metabolic syndrome had a higher proportion of calcium oxalate calculi (58.8% vs. 24.2%, p <0.001) and calcium phosphate (46.7% vs. 19.4%, p <0.001). Conclusions There is a statistically significant relation between metabolic syndrome and uric acid and ammonium urate calculi. Metabolic syndrome may be considered risk factor for this calculi and the diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome must be considered for urolithiasis prevention. Further studies are needed to better the understanding of physiological mechanisms underlying this relationship to improve our strategy of prevention of urinary lithiasis.","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"72 1","pages":"276 - 279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42550982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urologia polskaPub Date : 2019-09-16DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2019.1962
J. Salvadó, J. Cabello, S. Moreno, R. Cabello, R. Olivares, A. Velasco
{"title":"Endoscopic treatment of lower pole stones: is a disposable ureteroscope preferable? Results of a prospective case-control study","authors":"J. Salvadó, J. Cabello, S. Moreno, R. Cabello, R. Olivares, A. Velasco","doi":"10.5173/ceju.2019.1962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2019.1962","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction The best option for lower pole stone management is still under debate. With the recent incorporation of disposable ureteroscopes, discussion on this topic has been renewed. The aim of the present study was to compare the results obtained with flexible disposable ureteroscopes with those obtained using reusable ureteroscopes in the treatment of inferior calyx stones. Material and methods A case-control study was carried out using data registered prospectively in a database at our center. The clinical results obtained in two groups of patients were analyzed. In the first group of patients, a reusable flexible fiber-optic ureteroscope (Cobra®, Richard Wolf) was used, and in the second group, a disposable flexible ureteroscope was used (Uscope 3022®, Pusen Medical). The variables analyzed included: operative time, fluoroscopy time, need for postprocedure ureteral catheter, stone-free rate (fragments <1 millimeter) and complications. The results were evaluated using a Student's t test, a Mann-Whitney test and a Fisher's test. Results There were 31 cases with disposable ureteroscopes and 30 cases with a reusable ureteroscope. Both groups were comparable in their demographic and clinical variables. The characteristics regarding length, width and angle of the infundibulum (measured by retrograde ureteropyelography) were also comparable. There were no differences in the clinical findings with respect to the stone-free rate, need for a ureteral catheter, complications or hospital stay. Significant differences were found in the average surgery time (56.1 vs. 77 minutes; P = 0.01) and in the fluoroscopy time (66.1 vs. 83.4 seconds; P = 0.02), both favoring the use of single use ureteroscopes. Conclusions In this study, disposable flexible ureteroscopes have been validated as an option that is in the least equivalent to reusable ureteroscopes based on clinical results. The shorter surgical and fluoroscopy durations are possible advantages considering the high costs associated with time spent in the operating room and the need to reduce ionizing radiation.","PeriodicalId":86295,"journal":{"name":"Urologia polska","volume":"72 1","pages":"280 - 284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49064021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}