BACKGROUND The possibility of bladder preservation as well as the utility of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for invasive bladder cancer are controversial issues. The purpose of this study was the evaluation of neo-adjuvant M-VAC chemotherapy and bladder preservation in patients with locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eighty-seven consecutive evaluable...

To determine the clinical characteristics of grade 3 tumors with lamina propria invasion (pT I), we reviewed the data of 217 patients with superficial bladder cancer who had initially been treated by transurethral resection (193 patients) and fulguration (4), supravesical resection (13) or partial cystectomy (7). We classified the patients into four groups according to histological grade and st...

INTRODUCTION Endometriosis is a disease with causes still unclear, affecting approximately 15% of women of reproductive age, and in 1%-2% of whom it may involve the urinary tract. The bladder is the organ most frequently affected by endometriosis, observed around 85% of the cases. In such cases, the most effective treatment is partial cystectomy, especially via videolaparoscopy. Study Objective...

We developed a new three-dimensional (3D) head-mounted display (HMD) system (RoboSurgeon system) that combines a high-definition 3D organic electroluminescent HMD with a high-definition 3D endoscope and applies it to minimally invasive surgery. This system presents the surgeon with a higher quality of magnified 3D imagery in front of the eyes, regardless of head position. We report 5 cases of R...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Standard treatment for urachal adenocarcinomas is open partial cystectomy and urachal resection; however, minimally invasive surgical approaches including laparoscopic and recently described robotic assisted laparoscopic partial cystectomy and urachal resection is feasible with potential less morbidity. A case of robotic assisted partial cystectomy and urachal resecti...

Goal. To evaluate the effectiveness of proposed method cystectomy using electric welding on basis obtained clinical and biochemical parameters. Materials methods. Cystectomy was performed in 87 patients: 20 patients – 1 control group (classical surgical method), 28 2 groups (cystectomy laser technology) 39 main welding). Results. The use technology during allowed to reduce facilitate postoperat...

Between February 1988 and March 1993, 24 patients with locally advanced bladder cancer (stages T2-4N0-3M0) were included in this study. Combination chemotherapy consisting of methotrexate, vinblastine, epirubicin (doxorubicin) and cisplatin (M-VAC) was given to the patients in a neoadjuvant setting. The clinical stage was T2N0M0 in eight patients, T3aN0M0 in three, T3bN0M0 in seven, T4N0M0 in f...

Radical cystectomy represents nowadays the gold standard in the treatment of localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer and high risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. On the other hand, the rate of morbidity and mortality remains significant despite the advances in perioperative management and postoperative care in recent years [1]. This is even more expressed with the fact that firstly, we ta...

Background: Platinum-based pre-operative chemotherapy (POC) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) increases the complete pathological response rate at cystectomy and improves overall survival. However, 60% of MIBC patients still has muscle-invasive disease at cystectomy despite POC. Therefore, accurate prediction of response to POC is an important clinical need. We hypothesized that an elev...