Which Measure of Stone Burden is the Best Predictor of Interventional Outcomes in Urolithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by the YAU Urolithiasis Working Group and EAU Urolithiasis Guidelines Panel

Authors: Geraghty, Robert ^{a, b}, Pietropaolo, Amelia ^{c, d}, Tzelves, Lazaros ^{b, d, e}, Lombardo, Riccardo ^{b, f}, Jung, Helene ^{b, g}, Neisius, Andreas ^{b, h}, Petrik, Ales ^{b, i}, Somani, Bhaskar K. ^{b, c}, Davis, Niall F. ^{b, j, k}, Gambaro, Giovanni ^{b, l}, Boissier, Romain ^{d, m}, Skolarikos, Andreas ^{b, e, ⁎}, Tailly, Thomas ^{b, d, n}

Source: In European Urology Open Science January 2025 71:22-30

Current Perspectives on Endourological Ex Vivo Stone Interventions in Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review

Authors: Haberal, Hakan Bahadir, Tonyali, Senol, Piana, Alberto, Keller, Etienne Xavier, Sierra, Alba, Bañuelos Marco, Beatriz, Tzelves, Lazaros, Pecoraro, Alessio, Esperto, Francesco, López-Abad, Alicia, Prudhomme, Thomas, Campi, Riccardo, Boissier, Romain, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Breda, Alberto, Territo, Angelo

Source: In Urology September 2024 191:144-152

The Utility and Safety of Ureteral Access Sheath During Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery in Children

Authors: Tanidir, Yiloren, Sekerci, Cagri Akin, Bujons, Anna, Castellani, Daniele, Ferretti, Stefania, Gatti, Claudia, Campobasso, Davide, Quiroz, Yesica, Teoh, Jeremy Yuen-Chun, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Ragoori, Deepak, Bhatia, Tanuj Paul, Vaddi, Chandra Mohan, Shrestha, Anil, Lim, Ee Jean, Fong, Khi Yung, Sinha, Mriganka Mani, Griffin, Stephen, Sarica, Kemal, Somani, Bhaskar Kumar, Traxer, Olivier, Gauhar, Vineet

Source: In Urology May 2024 187:71-77

Gender Demographics in Urology in Europe: Trend Analysis over a 10-year Period

Authors: Sierra, Alba ^{a, b, ⁎}, Pagés, Rita ^b, Sinha, Mriganka ^c, Juliebø-Jones, Patrick ^{d, e}, Bosschieter, Judith ^f, Rassweiler, Marie-Claire ^g, Xavier Keller, Etienne ^h, Panthier, Frederic ^{i, j}, De Coninck Vincent ^k, Esperto, Francesco ^l, Hunziker, Manuela ^h, Beisland, Christian ^{d, e}, Zondervan, Patricia ^f, Nedbal, Carlotta ^{m, n}, Pignot, Geraldine ^o, Pietropaolo, Amelia ^c, Ribal, Maria ^b, Somani, Bhaskar K. ^c

Source: In European Urology Focus October 2024

Patient Perspectives on Kidney Stone Surgery: A Content Analysis of Instagram Posts by Patients Versus Surgeons

Authors: Juliebø-Jones, Patrick, Emiliani, Esteban, Sierra, Alba, Esperto, Francesco, Ventimiglia, Eugenio, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Tzelves, Lazaros, Beisland, Christian, Somani, Bhaskar K.

Source: In European Urology Open Science December 2023 58:82-86

Radiation protection measures during endourological therapies

Authors: Tzelves, Lazaros, Juliebø-Jones, Patrick, Manolitsis, Ioannis, Bellos, Themistoklis, Mykoniatis, Ioannis, Berdempes, Marinos, Markopoulos, Titos, Lardas, Michael, Zeeshan Hameed, Belthangady M., Angelopoulos, Panagiotis, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Somani, Bhaskar, Varkarakis, Ioannis, Skolarikos, Andreas

Source: In Asian Journal of Urology July 2023 10(3):215-225

Impact of Ureteral Stent Material on Stent-related Symptoms: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Authors: Boeykens, Matthias, Keller, Etienne X., Bosio, Andrea, Wiseman, Oliver J., Contreras, Pablo, Ventimiglia, Eugenio, Talso, Michele, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Tailly, Thomas, De Coninck, Vincent

Source: In European Urology Open Science November 2022 45:108-117

Economic Burden of Imaging and Interventions in Endourology: A Worldwide Cost Analysis from European Association of Urology Young Academic Urology Endourology and Urolithiasis Working Party.

Authors: Pietropaolo, Amelia¹ (AUTHOR) ameliapietr@gmail.com, Keller, Etienne Xavier² (AUTHOR), Sener, Tarik Emre³ (AUTHOR), Hamed, B.M. Zeeshan⁴ (AUTHOR), Tsaturyan, Arman⁵ (AUTHOR), Ventimiglia, Eugenio⁶ (AUTHOR), Juliebø-Jones, Patrick⁷ (AUTHOR), Beisland, Christian⁷ (AUTHOR), Mikoniatis, Ioannis⁸ (AUTHOR), Tzelves, Lazaros⁹ (AUTHOR), De Coninck, Vincent¹⁰ (AUTHOR), Panthier, Frederic¹¹ (AUTHOR), Chaloupka, Michael¹² (AUTHOR), Bres-Niewada, Ewa¹³ (AUTHOR), Sierra del Rio, Alba¹⁴ (AUTHOR), Dragos, Laurian¹⁵ (AUTHOR), Gadzhiev, Nariman¹⁶ (AUTHOR), Shrestha, Anil¹⁷ (AUTHOR), Tursunkulov, Azimdjon¹⁸ (AUTHOR), Ghani, Khurshid R.¹⁹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Endourology. Apr2025, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p389-398. 10p.

Subject Terms: *MEDICAL personnel, *SOCIOECONOMIC disparities in health, *HEALTH equity, *URINARY calculi, *KIDNEY stones

Classifying Renal Pyelocaliceal System: A Complete Literature Overview of All Existing Classification Approaches.

Authors: Talyshinskii, Ali, Juliebø-Jones, Patrick, Hameed, B.M. Zeeshan, Tzelves, Lazaros, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Somani, Bhaskar Kumar

Source: Journal of Endourology; Apr2025, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p405-417, 13p

Subject Terms: RESEARCH personnel, PELVIS, ANATOMY, PROGNOSIS, CLASSIFICATION

Relocation of big stone fragments with direct-in scope suction.

Authors: Tsaturyan, Arman, Ventimiglia, Eugenio, Musayelyan, Arkadya, Grigoryan, Hayk, Harutyunyan, Marat, Amirjanyan, Gagik, Muradyan, Armen, Khaskhazyan, Marine, Peteinaris, Angelis, Tatanis, Vasileios, Liatsikos, Evangelos, Kallidonis, Panagiotis, Esperto, Francesco, Juliebø-Jones, Patrick, Tzelves, Lazaros, Talyshinskii, Ali, Somani, Bhaskar, Pietropaolo, Amelia

Source: World Journal of Urology; 4/3/2025, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p

Subject Terms: CALCIUM oxalate, URETERS, DUST, KIDNEYS, DIAMETER

Emerging Role of Laser Lithotripsy for Bladder Stones: Real-World Outcomes from Two European Endourology Centers with a Systematic Review of Literature.

Authors: Cerrato, Clara, Frascheri, Maria Florencia, Fernandez, Shriya Napoleon, Emiliani, Esteban, Arena, Paola, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Somani, Bhaskar K.

Source: Journal of Endourology; Mar2025, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p285-291, 7p

Subject Terms: TRANSURETHRAL resection of bladder, URINARY tract infections, BLADDER stones, LENGTH of stay in hospitals, RETENTION of urine, LASER lithotripsy, TRANSURETHRAL prostatectomy

Mirabegron for the Treatment of Ureteral Stent-related Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors: Van Besien, Jeroen, Keller, Etienne Xavier, Somani, Bhaskar, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Claessens, Marc, Merckx, Luc, Tailly, Thomas, De Coninck, Vincent

Source: In European Urology Focus July 2022 8(4):1031-1041

Predictors and Strategies to Avoid Mortality Following Ureteroscopy for Stone Disease: A Systematic Review from European Association of Urologists Sections of Urolithiasis (EULIS) and Uro-technology (ESUT)

Authors: Bhanot, Radhika, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Tokas, Theodoros, Kallidonis, Panagiotis, Skolarikos, Andreas, Keller, Etienne Xavier, De Coninck, Vincent, Traxer, Olivier, Gozen, Ali, Sarica, Kemal, Whitehurst, Lily, Somani, Bhaskar K.

Source: In European Urology Focus March 2022 8(2):598-607

Current Status of Ureteric Stents on Extraction Strings and Other Non-cystoscopic Removal Methods in the Paediatric Setting: A Systematic Review on Behalf of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Young Academic Urology (YAU) Urolithiasis Group

Authors: Juliebø-Jones, Patrick, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Haugland, Julie Nøss, Mykoniatis, Ioannis, Somani, Bhaskar K.

Source: In Urology February 2022 160:10-16

Urinary Stones and Intervention Quality of Life (USIQoL): Development and Validation of a New Core Universal Patient-reported Outcome Measure for Urinary Calculi

Authors: Joshi, Hrishikesh B., Johnson, Hans, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Raja, Aditya, Joyce, Adrian D., Somani, Bhaskar, Philip, Joe, Biyani, Chandra Shekhar, Pickles, Tim

Source: In European Urology Focus January 2022 8(1):283-290

The latest in clinical trial results of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors in combination regimens for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Authors: Kapriniotis, Konstantinos, Manolitsis, Ioannis, Juliebo-Jones, Patrick, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Tsaturyan, Arman, Tonyali, Senol, Sener, Emre, Emiliani, Esteban, Talyshinskii, Ali, Karagiotis, Theodoros, Somani, Bhaskar, Tzelves, Lazaros

Source: Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy; Feb2025, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p301-311, 11p

Subject Terms: BENIGN prostatic hyperplasia, CONSERVATIVE treatment, REDUCTASE inhibitors, RISK retention, POPULATION aging

Does coiling of the proximal end of the ureteral stent affect stent-related symptoms?

Authors: Tsaturyan, Arman, Keller, Etienne Xavier, Sener, Tarik Emre, Kocharyan, Lusine, Fanarjyan, Sergey, Peteinaris, Angelis, Ventimiglia, Eugenio, Esperto, Francesco, Tailly, Thomas, De Coninck, Vincent, Juliebø-Jones, Patrick, Talso, Michele, Tzelves, Lazaros, Pietropaolo, Amelia

Source: World Journal of Urology; 1/3/2025, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: SURGICAL stents, URINARY urge incontinence, MEDICAL sciences, NOCTURIA, BLADDER

Embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic urology: the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) perspective.

Authors: Lammers, Rianne J.M.¹ (AUTHOR) j.m.lammers@umcg.nl, Pietropaolo, Amelia² (AUTHOR), Cacciamani, Giovanni³ (AUTHOR), Gomez Rivas, Juan⁴ (AUTHOR), Campi, Riccardo^5,6 (AUTHOR), Bañuelos Marco, Beatriz⁴ (AUTHOR), Fankhauser, Christian (AUTHOR), Giorgio, Gandaglia (AUTHOR), Hoen, Lisette't (AUTHOR), Larcher, Alessandro (AUTHOR), Moschini, Marco (AUTHOR), Przydacz, Mikolaj (AUTHOR), Russo, Giorgio I. (AUTHOR), Territo, Angelo (AUTHOR), Vallée, Maxime (AUTHOR), Vetterlein, Malte (AUTHOR)

Source: BJU International. Jan2025, Vol. 135 Issue 1, p9-12. 4p.

Subject Terms: *GENDER nonconformity, *CONSCIOUSNESS raising, *MEDICAL students, *IMPOSTOR phenomenon, *BENIGN prostatic hyperplasia

Foley catheter after ureteroscopy and JJ stent placement: a randomised prospective European Association of Urology Section of Urolithiasis‐Young Academic Urologists (EULIS‐YAU) endourology study.

Authors: Sener, Tarik Emre, Ozgur, Gunal, Cetin, Mehmet, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Tzelves, Lazaros, Esperto, Francesco, Somani, Bhaskar, Tanidir, Yiloren

Source: BJU International; Jan2025, Vol. 135 Issue 1, p95-102, 8p

Subject Terms: LEUKOCYTE count, URINARY catheters, VISUAL analog scale, SURGICAL complications, URETEROSCOPY

Safety and Efficacy of Day-case Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Systematic Review from European Society of Uro-technology

Authors: Jones, Patrick, Bennett, Grace, Dosis, Alexios, Pietropaolo, Amelia, Geraghty, Robert, Aboumarzouk, Omar, Skolarikos, Andreas, Somani, Bhaskar K. ^⁎

Source: In European Urology Focus November 2019 5(6):1127-1134