OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and the oncological and functional efficacy of a prospective series of extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (ELRP). PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective study included 171 consecutive patients (mean age 62.9 years, SD 6.5) who underwent ELRP by one surgeon between January 2008 and December 2009. The variables analysed were operative duration, bloo...

INTRODUCTION Radical orchiectomy (RO) is still considered the standard of care for malignant germ cell tumours, which represent the vast majority of the palpable testicular masses. In those patients diagnosed with small testicular masses (STMs), testis-sparing surgery (TSS) could be an alternative treatment to RO. The aim of this updated review is to evaluate the current indications for TSS, an...

INTRODUCTION Single-port laparoscopic surgery (SPLS) for colonic disease has been widely described, whereas data for SPLS rectal resection are sparse. This review aimed to evaluate the feasibility, safety and complication profile of SPLS for rectal diseases. METHODS A systematic literature search of PubMed and Embase was performed in September 2013 according to the PRISMA guidelines. Original...

Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG) is theoretically a superior choice of minimally-invasive surgery and function-preserving surgery for the treatment of proximal early gastric cancer (EGC) over procedures such as laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG), open total gastrectomy (OTG) and open proximal gastrectomy (OPG). However, LPG and OPG are not popular surgical options due to three main con...

PURPOSE The place of oncological cases of upper urinary system in the laparoscopic learning curve was investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 139 patients from two different centers underwent laparoscopic operations and were included in this retrospective study. RESULTS Mean operative times for oncological, and non-oncological cases were 101.3 (range 60-450), and 102.7 (45-490) minut...

BACKGROUND To evaluate quality of life, functional and oncological outcome after infravesical desobstruction and HIFU treatment for localized prostate cancer. METHODS One hundred thirty-one patients, treated with TURP and HIFU in a single institution were followed up for oncological and functional outcome. Oncological outcome was quantified by biochemical recurrence free survival using the St...

Invasive bladder cancer (BC) is a lethal disease and a significant number of patients present with advanced disease at time of definitive treatment. Radical cystectomy (RC) and pelvic lympadenectomy remains the gold standard treatment for invasive BC [1–5]. However, the morbidity and the long term consequences associated with RC on the quality of life cannot be denied. Erectile dysfunction and ...

Study Type - Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The resection of the distal ureter and its orifice is an oncological principle during radical nephroureterectomy which is based on the fact that it represents a part of the urinary tract exposed to a considerable risk of recurrence. After removal of the proximal part it is hardly pos...

OBJECTIVE To report combined oncological and functional outcome in a series of patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for clinically localised prostate cancer in a single European centre after 5-year minimum follow-up according to survival, continence and potency (SCP) outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS We extracted from our prostate cancer database all consecutive pat...