Simone Brardi

Preliminary results of a randomized crossover clinical trial comparing a new electromagnetic and vibrating device and alpha-blocker agents in patients affected by bladder outlet obstruction secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia

Simone Brardi, Giuseppe Romano, Gabriele Cevenini

To the Editor, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the main causes of patients seeking urological counselling in Western countries. It has been estimated that nearly 70 percent of United States men between the ages of 60 and 69 years, and …

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Possible Applications of Electromagnetic Fields in the Treatment of Symptoms Related to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Simone Brardi, Pasquale Biandolino, Vanni Giovannelli, Arben Belba et autres

Time changes of renal dimensions and variations of glomerular filtration rate in chronic kidney disease patients

Simone Brardi, Gabriele Cevenini

BACKGROUND: The aim of this longitudinal prospective study was to search if even in the absence of total or partial nephrectomy the kidney size can increase as the kidney function improves. METHODS: We randomly enrolled 80 adult patients with various degrees of …

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Low systolic blood pressure values, renal resistive index measurement and glomerular filtration rate in a non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease population

Simone Brardi, Gabriele Cevenini

OBJECTIVE: A longitudinal prospective case control study was organized to explore the relationships between glomerular filtration rate (GFR), renal resistive index (RRI) and blood pressure values in a non-dialysis dependent adult population affected by chronic kidney disease and exposed to low systolic …

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A new technique of ultrasound guided percutaneous renal biopsy by perforated probe and perpendicular needle trajectory

Simone Brardi, Gabriele Cevenini, Angelo Giovanni Bonadio

The percutaneous biopsy of native kidneys according to the classical methodology is performed under real time ultrasound guidance with the needle introduction along a trajectory of about 30°, aimed to the lower pole of the kidney. Recently, a variant of the classical …

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Longitudinal prospective observational type study about determinants of renal resistive index variations in chronic renal failure patients treated with conventional medical and dietetic therapy

Simone Brardi, Gabriele Cevenini, Vanni Giovannelli, Giuseppe Romano

OBJECTIVE: This longitudinal prospective observational type study was conceived with the aim to examine the impact on renal resistive index (RRI) of the variables that we can manipulate with therapeutic and or dietetic interventions in a chronic kidney disease population in order …

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[Nephrolithiasis associated with normocalcemic or hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism: focus on calciomimetics].

Simone Brardi, Roberto Ponchietti, Ennio Duranti

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a disease involving a broad range of alterations of calcium homeostasis, sustained by parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels that are clearly abnormal. The anomalies directly associated with hyperparathyroidism are nephrolithiasis and fibrocystic bone disease. Since PHPT resolves when abnormal …

[A variant of the classic technique of ultrasound guided percutaneous renal biopsy: the perpendicular entry by longitudinal viewing planes with a perforated probe].

Simone Brardi, Gabriele Cevenini, Angelo Giovanni Bonadio, Roberto Ponchietti et autres

The percutaneous biopsy of native kidneys according to the classic methodology, takes place with the introduction of the needle and its guide with ultrasound sagittal viewing planes, with a 30-degree angle, up to the lower pole of the kidney. Since the longitudinal …

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Renal extracapsular hypoechoic rim and kidney cortical thickness

Simone Brardi, Gabriele Cevenini, Roberto Ponchietti, Giuseppe Romano et autres

OBJECTIVES: A renal extracapsular hypoechoic rim was previously recognized and interpreted as a typical sonographic finding of renal failure. Subsequently it was hypothesized that the hypoechoic rim could be produced by a state of sodium retention and oedema caused by nephropathy but …

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Does Milk Intake Play a Specific Role in the Pathogenesis of Kidney Stones?

Simone Brardi

specifying the type).In addition, the variables collected for each patient and control provide demographic data (gender, age, height and weight) and information on the type of stones and the number of episodes of colic up to completion of the questionnaire (patients only) …

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Nephrolithiasis Associated with Normocalcemic or Hypercalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: An Update on Medical Management

Simone Brardi

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a disease involving a broad range of alterations of calcium homeostasis, sustained by parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels that are clearly abnormal.The anomalies directly associated with hyperparathyroidism are nephrolithiasis and fibrocystic bone disease.Since PHPT resolves when abnormal parathyroid tissue …

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Use of cinacalcet in nephrolithiasis associated with normocalcemic or hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism: results of a prospective randomized pilot study

Simone Brardi, Gabriele Cevenini, Tiziano Verdacchi, Giuseppe Romano et autres

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate, by means of a prospective randomized study, the efficacy of cinacalcet in the forms of nephrolithiasis associated with primary hyperparathyroidism in both the hypercalcemic and normocalcemic variant. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten patients suffering from active nephrolithiasis associated with primary …

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