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List of works by Patrizio Rigatti

11C-choline positron emission tomography/computerized tomography for preoperative lymph-node staging in intermediate-risk and high-risk prostate cancer: comparison with clinical staging nomograms

scientific article published on 18 April 2008

A Competing-Risks Analysis of Survival After Alternative Treatment Modalities for Prostate Cancer Patients: 1988–2006

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

A comparative review of apomorphine formulations for erectile dysfunction : recommendations for use in the elderly

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A nomogram for staging of exclusive nonobturator lymph node metastases in men with localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 14 June 2006

A nomogram is more accurate than a regression tree in predicting lymph node invasion in prostate cancer

scientific article published on 13 November 2007

A novel tool to assess the risk of urinary incontinence after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

A prospective study comparing paroxetine alone versus paroxetine plus sildenafil in patients with premature ejaculation

scientific article published in December 2002

A reappraisal of the role of vesicourethral anastomosis biopsy in patient candidates for salvage radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 21 December 2006

Acceptance of and discontinuation rate from erectile dysfunction oral treatment in patients following bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 20 August 2007

Age-adjusted validation of the most stringent criteria for active surveillance in low-risk prostate cancer patients.

scientific article published on 12 July 2011

Anatomical radical retropubic prostatectomy in patients with a preexisting three-piece inflatable prosthesis: a series of case reports

scientific article published in February 2009

Are infertile men less healthy than fertile men? Results of a prospective case-control survey

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

Assessing the risk of lymph node invasion in patients with intermediate risk prostate cancer treated with extended pelvic lymph node dissection. A novel prediction tool

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Association between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease. Role of coronary clinical presentation and extent of coronary vessels involvement: the COBRA trial

scientific article published on 19 July 2006

Atypical small acinar proliferation (ASAP) on extended prostatic biopsies: predictive factors of cancer detection on repeat biopsies

scientific article published on March 2005

Baseline potency in candidates for bilateral nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy

scientific article published on 4 January 2006

Can phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors cure erectile dysfunction?

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Chocolate and women's sexual health: An intriguing correlation

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Choosing the best candidates for penile rehabilitation after bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Circulating estradiol, but not testosterone, is a significant predictor of high-grade prostate cancer in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 14 April 2011

Circulating sex steroids and prostate cancer: introducing the time-dependency theory

scientific article published on 03 January 2013

Clinical factors predicting late severe urinary toxicity after postoperative radiotherapy for prostate carcinoma: a single-institute analysis of 742 patients

scientific article published on 23 November 2010

Clinical reliability of the 2004 WHO histological classification system compared with the 1973 WHO system for Ta primary bladder tumors

scientific article published on 22 October 2011

Clinical update on phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction

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Combination of adjuvant hormonal and radiation therapy significantly prolongs survival of patients with pT2-4 pN+ prostate cancer: results of a matched analysis

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Comparison of the effect of sildenafil and apomorphine SL on nocturnal erections in healthy volunteers: a placebo-controlled study

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Complications and other surgical outcomes associated with extended pelvic lymphadenectomy in men with localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 31 August 2006

Corrigendum re "Neoadjuvant Short-term Intensive Intravesical Mitomycin C Regimen Compared with Weekly Schedule for Low-grade Recurrent Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Preliminary Results of a Randomised Phase 2 Study" [Eur Urol 2012;62:797-802]

scientific article published on 05 November 2018

Critical assessment of ideal nodal yield at pelvic lymphadenectomy to accurately diagnose prostate cancer nodal metastasis in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Critical assessment of the European Association of Urology guideline indications for pelvic lymph node dissection at radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Current and future strategies for preventing and managing erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on February 2004

Decreasing Rate and Extent of Lymph Node Staging in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy May Undermine the Rate of Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastases in Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on 28 September 2010

Delay in seeking medical help in patients with new-onset erectile dysfunction remained high over and despite the PDE5 era--an ecological study

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Development and external validation of an extended 10-core biopsy nomogram

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Development and external validation of an extended repeat biopsy nomogram

scientific article published on February 2007

Development and split-sample validation of a nomogram predicting the probability of seminal vesicle invasion at radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 22 January 2007

Differences in the rate of lymph node invasion in men with clinically localized prostate cancer might be related to the continent of origin

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Drug Insight: oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction

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Effect of number and location of distant metastases on renal cell carcinoma mortality in candidates for cytoreductive nephrectomy: implications for multimodal therapy

scientific article published on 19 November 2012

Emerging oral drugs for erectile dysfunction

scientific article published on May 2004

Erectile dysfunction prevalence, time of onset and association with risk factors in 300 consecutive patients with acute chest pain and angiographically documented coronary artery disease

scientific article published on September 2003

Erectile function outcome after bilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy: which patients may be left untreated?

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

Extended pelvic lymph node dissection does not affect erectile function recovery in patients treated with bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

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Head-to-head comparison of lymph node density and number of positive lymph nodes in stratifying the outcome of patients with lymph node-positive prostate cancer submitted to radical prostatectomy and extended lymph node dissection

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Health-insurance status is a determinant of the stage at presentation and of cancer control in European men treated with radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 08 April 2007

Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and holmium laser ablation of the prostate: indications and outcome

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Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate versus open prostatectomy for prostates >70 g: 24-month follow-up

scientific article published on 2 May 2006

Holmium laser enucleation versus transurethral resection of the prostate: results from a 2-center prospective randomized trial in patients with obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia

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Holmium laser enucleation versus transurethral resection of the prostate: results from a 2-center, prospective, randomized trial in patients with obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia

scientific article published in November 2004

Impact of surgical volume on the rate of lymph node metastases in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection for clinically localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 21 May 2008

Impact of the introduction of a robotic training programme on prostate cancer stage migration at a single tertiary referral centre

scientific article published on 13 November 2012

Impact on sexual function of holmium laser enucleation versus transurethral resection of the prostate: results of a prospective, 2-center, randomized trial

scientific article published in May 2006

Improving the preservation of the urethral sphincter and neurovascular bundles during open radical retropubic prostatectomy

scientific article published on 27 September 2005

Indications for pelvic nodal treatment in prostate cancer should change. Validation of the Roach formula in a large extended nodal dissection series

scientific article published on 16 November 2011

Intraoperative use of tranexamic acid to reduce transfusion rate in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy: double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Is erectile dysfunction a reliable proxy of general male health status? The case for the International Index of Erectile Function-Erectile Function domain

scientific article published on 15 August 2012

Is node-positive prostate cancer always a systemic disease?

scientific article published on 22 May 2008

Is sperm banking of interest to patients with nongerm cell urological cancer before potentially fertility damaging treatments?

scientific article published on 18 July 2009

Kidney-pancreas transplantation is associated with near-normal sexual function in uremic type 1 diabetic patients

scientific article published in October 2011

Long-term follow-up of patients with prostate cancer and nodal metastases treated by pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical prostatectomy: the positive impact of adjuvant radiotherapy

scientific article published on 04 February 2009

Lymphatic spread of nodal metastases in high-risk prostate cancer: The ascending pathway from the pelvis to the retroperitoneum.

scientific article published on 2 May 2011

Management of erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy in 2007.

scientific article published on 6 March 2007

Menstrual cycle-related changes in plasma oxytocin are relevant to normal sexual function in healthy women

scientific article published on 9 December 2004

National Comprehensive Cancer Network practice guidelines 2011: Need for more accurate recommendations for pelvic lymph node dissection in prostate cancer

scientific article published on 13 June 2012

Need for high radiation dose (>or=70 gy) in early postoperative irradiation after radical prostatectomy: a single-institution analysis of 334 high-risk, node-negative patients

scientific article published on 18 July 2009

Neoadjuvant short-term intensive intravesical mitomycin C regimen compared with weekly schedule for low-grade recurrent non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: preliminary results of a randomised phase 2 study

scientific article published on 18 May 2012

Nerve-sparing approach during radical prostatectomy is strongly associated with the rate of postoperative urinary continence recovery

scientific article published on 21 June 2012

Nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy in patients previously submitted to holmium laser enucleation of the prostate for bladder outlet obstruction due to benign prostatic enlargement

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Obesity does not increase the risk of lymph node metastases in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection

scientific article published on 08 July 2009

Obesity does not predispose to more aggressive prostate cancer either at biopsy or radical prostatectomy in European men

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Oncologic results of laparoscopic renal cryoablation for clinical T1a tumors: 8 years of experience in a single institution.

scientific article published on 25 June 2010

Optimizing postoperative sexual function after radical prostatectomy

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Pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction

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Pelvic/retroperitoneal salvage lymph node dissection for patients treated with radical prostatectomy with biochemical recurrence and nodal recurrence detected by [11C]choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography

scientific article published on 3 August 2011

Penile implants in the era of oral drug treatment for erectile dysfunction

scientific article published in September 2004

Percentage of positive biopsy cores can improve the ability to predict lymph node invasion in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection

scientific article published on 06 February 2007

Performance characteristics of computed tomography in detecting lymph node metastases in contemporary patients with prostate cancer treated with extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

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Perioperative and Oncologic Outcomes of Nephrectomy and Caval Thrombectomy Using Extracorporeal Circulation and Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Renal Cell Carcinoma Invading the Supradiaphragmatic Inferior Vena Cava and/or Right Atrium.

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Peyronie's disease: a review

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Postoperative orgasmic function increases over time in patients undergoing nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 30 September 2009

Postoperative phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor administration increases the rate of urinary continence recovery after bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy.

scientific article published on 12 September 2012

Predicting erectile function recovery after bilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy: a proposal of a novel preoperative risk stratification

scientific article published on 4 May 2010

Prediction of functional outcomes after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: results of conditional survival analyses

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

Prediction of sexual function after radical prostatectomy.

scientific article published on July 2009

Predictors of prostate cancer after initial diagnosis of atypical small acinar proliferation at 10 to 12 core biopsies

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Preoperative circulating sex hormones are not predictors of positive surgical margins at open radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Preoperative erectile function represents a significant predictor of postoperative urinary continence recovery in patients treated with bilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

Preoperative hypogonadism is not an independent predictor of high-risk disease in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published in March 2011

Preoperative pelvic floor muscle exercise for early continence after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled study

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Preoperative prostate-specific antigen isoform p2PSA and its derivatives, %p2PSA and prostate health index, predict pathologic outcomes in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 04 November 2011

Preoperative sex steroids are significant predictors of early biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 24 March 2012

Presence of positive surgical margin in patients with organ-confined prostate cancer equals to extracapsular extension negative surgical margin. A plea for TNM staging system reclassification

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Preserved postoperative penile size correlates well with maintained erectile function after bilateral nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy

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Prognostic value of lymph node dissection in patients with muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract

scientific article published on 15 January 2008

Prostate volume and adverse prostate cancer features: fact not artifact

scientific article published on 8 November 2007

Prostate-specific antigen improves the ability of clinical stage and biopsy Gleason sum to predict the pathologic stage at radical prostatectomy in the new millennium

scientific article published on 20 March 2007

Quantitative sensory testing of peripheral thresholds in patients with lifelong premature ejaculation: a case-controlled study.

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Radical Prostatectomy in Men with Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Results of a Single-institution Series with Long-term Follow-up

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Radical prostatectomy for incidental (stage T1a-T1b) prostate cancer: analysis of predictors for residual disease and biochemical recurrence

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Radical prostatectomy represents an effective treatment in patients with specimen-confined high pathological Gleason score prostate cancer.

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

Re: Orgasm associated incontinence (climacturia) following radical pelvic surgery: rates of occurrence and predictors. J. M. Choi, C. J. Nelson, J. Stasi and J. P. Mulhall. J Urol 2007; 177: 2223-2226

scientific article published on 18 July 2008

Reliability of classification of erectile function domain of the international index of erectile function in patients affected by localized prostate cancer who are candidates for radical prostatectomy

scientific article published in November 2005

Remembered International Index of Erectile Function domain scores are not accurate in assessing preoperative potency in candidates for bilateral nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy

scientific article published on 10 January 2008

Reply to Manish Garg, Apul Goel and Jai Prakash's letter to the editor re: Renzo Colombo, Lorenzo Rocchini, Nazareno Suardi, et al. Neoadjuvant short-term intensive intravesical mitomycin C regimen compared with weekly schedule for low-grade recurre

scientific article published on 23 September 2012

Safety and tolerability of oral erectile dysfunction treatments in the elderly

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Selecting the optimal candidate for adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a long-term survival analysis

scientific article published on 26 October 2012

Serum index test %[-2]proPSA and Prostate Health Index are more accurate than prostate specific antigen and %fPSA in predicting a positive repeat prostate biopsy

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Serum sex steroids depict a nonlinear u-shaped association with high-risk prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy

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Sex hormone-binding globulin is a significant predictor of extracapsular extension in men undergoing radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 30 September 2010

Sex hormone-binding globulin: a novel marker for nodal metastases prediction in prostate cancer patients undergoing extended pelvic lymph node dissection

scientific article published on 26 November 2008

Sexual dysfunction is common in women with lower urinary tract symptoms and urinary incontinence: results of a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Sexual function and endocrine profile in fertile women with type 1 diabetes

scientific article published in February 2006

Significant reduction of acute toxicity following pelvic irradiation with helical tomotherapy in patients with localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 13 August 2007

Significant upgrading affects a third of men diagnosed with prostate cancer: predictive nomogram and internal validation

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

Simplifying patient positioning and port placement during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

scientific article published on 17 November 2009

Spatial distribution of positive cores improves the selection of patients with low-risk prostate cancer as candidates for active surveillance

scientific article published on 7 June 2013

Surgery and erectile dysfunction.

scientific article published on October 2010

Suspected Clinical T3 Prostate Cancer Is Associated with a High Rate of Negative Extended Biopsies: Clinical Implications

scientific article published on 22 May 2008

Systematic assessment of the ability of the number and percentage of positive biopsy cores to predict pathologic stage and biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 06 March 2007

Testing the most stringent criteria for selection of candidates for active surveillance in patients with low-risk prostate cancer

scientific article published on 13 November 2009

The ageing male and erectile dysfunction

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The artery size hypothesis: a macrovascular link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease

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The case for postoperative PDE-5 inhibitor drug treatment after radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

The extent of lymphadenectomy does affect cancer specific survival in pathologically confirmed T4 renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published in April 2012

The importance of the extent of pelvic-lymph-node dissection in the diagnosis of lymph-node metastases in prostate cancer

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The number of cores taken in patients diagnosed with a single microfocus at initial biopsy is a major predictor of insignificant prostate cancer

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

The relationship between continence and perineal body tone before and after radical prostatectomy: a pilot study

scientific article published on 06 March 2012

The role of the urologist in the management of female sexual dysfunctions

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The role of transrectal saturation biopsy in tumour localization: pathological correlation after retropubic radical prostatectomy and implication for focal ablative therapy

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

The use of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction

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There is no way to identify patients who will harbor small volume, unilateral prostate cancer at final pathology. implications for focal therapies

scientific article published on 30 September 2011

Topical prilocaine-lidocaine cream combined with peripheral nerve block improves pain control in prostatic biopsy: results from a prospective randomized trial

scientific article published on 18 September 2007

Trans-rectal versus trans-perineal saturation rebiopsy of the prostate: is there a difference in cancer detection rate?

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Two Positive Nodes Represent a Significant Cut-off Value for Cancer Specific Survival in Patients with Node Positive Prostate Cancer. A New Proposal Based on a Two-Institution Experience on 703 Consecutive N+ Patients Treated with Radical Prostatecto

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Unilateral positive biopsies in low risk prostate cancer patients diagnosed with extended transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy schemes do not predict unilateral prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy

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Unsuccessful investigation of preoperative sexual health issues in the prostate cancer "couple": results of a real-life psychometric survey at a major tertiary academic center

scientific article published on 14 September 2009

Updated nomogram predicting lymph node invasion in patients with prostate cancer undergoing extended pelvic lymph node dissection: the essential importance of percentage of positive cores

scientific article published on 07 November 2011

Urodynamics after TURP and HoLEP in urodynamically obstructed patients: are there any differences at 1 year of follow-up?

scientific article published in June 2006

Validation of a nomogram predicting the probability of lymph node invasion among patients undergoing radical prostatectomy and an extended pelvic lymphadenectomy

scientific article published on 17 February 2006

Validation of a nomogram predicting the probability of lymph node invasion based on the extent of pelvic lymphadenectomy in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 26 June 2006

Vardenafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction: a critical review of the literature based on personal clinical experience

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What is the definition of a satisfactory erectile function after bilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy?

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

When should we expect no residual tumor (pT0) once we submit incidental T1a-b prostate cancers to radical prostatectomy?

scientific article published on 30 December 2010

When to perform bone scan in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer: external validation of the currently available guidelines and proposal of a novel risk stratification tool

scientific article published on 18 December 2009

[11C]choline positron emission tomography/computerized tomography to restage prostate cancer cases with biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy and no disease evidence on conventional imaging

scientific article published on September 2010

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