Prog Urol
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Sexuality is a fundamental part of the life of the individual and the couple particularly sensitive to the crisis that is infertility. The objective of this review is to describe sexual disorders that may be involved in infertility as well as sexual dysfunctions that can appear during medically assisted reproduction. ⋯ In the treatment for infertility it is important to systematically open discussion on issues of sexuality, and to evaluate the significance and severity of sexual dysfunction. Finally, in some cases it is necessary to help patients rebuild their sexuality as a source of pleasure to the end of the period of assisted reproduction.
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The objective of the current article was to present a review concerning current concepts of perioperative analgesia in urology and to assess the potential influence of anesthesia on oncologic outcomes after surgery. ⋯ Current concepts of perioperative analgesia offer new perspectives to urologists in the management of pain. Current scientific literature advocates regional anesthesia, the fight against pain and stress, and decreased use of opioids. In addition, the use of a multimodal analgesia seems to be an option for an optimal oncologic management of urologic tumours.
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The aim of our work was to present a review of technical features and complications of general anesthesia during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP). ⋯ RALRP had deeply modified the anatomical landmarks of the surgical removal of prostate cancer. However, the perioperative environment has also been completely altered and the installation of RALRP in the daily routine of a service requires from the anesthesia team to adapt their behavior to this sophisticated surgical access.
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Cytoreductive nephrectomy is an established treatment option prior immunotherapy in well-selected patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. With the recent introduction of new targeted agents, the role of surgery has been source of controversy. This review examines the role of cytoreductive nephrectomy during the immunotherapy era, then in the new targeted therapies era. This review also summarizes the optimal timing of these treatments, the prognostic factors predicting outcome following cytoreductive nephrectomy, the role of metastasectomy, partial and laparoscopic cytoreductive nephrectomy.
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To review the definitions and classifications of chronic pelvic and perineal pain and to describe the concepts of chronic pelvic and perineal pain syndrome and the global diagnostic and aetiopathogenic approach. ⋯ The current definitions and classifications of chronic pelvic and perineal pain comprise the concepts of syndrome, functional disease and global approach and differ from the strict organ-based context and the classical medical approach (infectious, inflammatory, metabolic, endocrine) in order to focus pain syndromes on the pain itself and the associated symptoms.