Transperineal laser ablation of the prostate as a treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer: The results of a Delphi consensus project.

Journal: Asian journal of urology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) with Echolaser® (Echolaser® TPLA, Elesta S.p.A., Calenzano, Italy) as a treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa) using the Delphi consensus method.

Authors

  • Andrea Cocci
    Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Marta Pezzoli
    Urology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Fernando Bianco
    Urological Research Network, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Franco Blefari
    Urology Section, Prato Hospital, Prato, Italy.
  • Pierluigi Bove
    Torvergata Oncoscience Research Centre of Excellence, TOR, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
  • Francois Cornud
    Department of Radiology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
  • Gaetano De Rienzo
    Urology and Andrology Unit II, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
  • Paolo Destefanis
    Unit of Urology, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
  • Danilo Di Trapani
    Urology Unit, Buccheri La Ferla Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Palermo, Italy.
  • Alessandro Giacobbe
    Department of Urology, Humanitas Gradenigo Hospital, Turin, Italy.
  • Luca Giovanessi
    Urology Unit, Surgical Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy.
  • Antonino Laganà
    Departement of Urology, "S.Giovanni Evangelista" Hospital, Tivoli, Italy.
  • Giovanni Lughezzani
    Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Department of Urology, Rozzano, Italy.
  • Guglielmo Manenti
    Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Gianluca Muto
    Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Gianluigi Patelli
    Department of Interventional Radiology, Pesenti-Fenaroli Hospital-ASST Bergamo Est, Alzano Lombardo, Italy.
  • Novello Pinzi
    Department of Urology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
  • Stefano Regusci
    Swiss International Prostate Center, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Giorgio I Russo
    Department of Urology, University of Catania, Italy.
  • Juan I M Salamanca
    Department of Urology, Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
  • Matteo Salvi
    Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Luigi Silvestri
    Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Urology Unit ICOT, Latina, Italy.
  • Fabrizio Verweij
    Department of Urology, European Institute of Oncology (IEO) IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
  • Eric Walser
    Department of Radiology, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
  • Riccardo G Bertolo
    Department of Urology, San Carlo di Nancy Hospital, Rome, Italy.
  • Valerio Iacovelli
    Department of Urology, San Carlo di Nancy Hospital, Rome, Italy.
  • Alessandro Bertaccini
    Department of Urology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
  • Debora Marchiori
    Department of Urology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
  • Hugo Davila
    Florida Healthcare Specialist, Urology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Florida Cancer Specialist and Research Institute, Vero Beach, FL, USA.
  • Pasquale Ditonno
    Urology and Andrology Unit II, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
  • Paolo Gontero
    Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, University of Torino School of Medicine, Turin, Italy.
  • Gennaro Iapicca
    Urology Unit, Santa Rita Clinic, Avellino, Italy.
  • Theo M De Reijke
    Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Vito Ricapito
    Department of Urology, Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy.
  • Pierluca Pellegrini
    Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Urology Unit ICOT, Latina, Italy.
  • Andrea Minervini
    Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Sergio Serni
    Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Francesco Sessa
    Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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