GIOVANNI SCALA MARCHINI
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/55 - Laboratório de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/55 - Laboratório de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with spinal cord injury: should all these patients be automatically assigned a Guy's stone score of 4?(2021) TORRICELLI, Fabio C. M.; VICENTINI, Fabio C.; ZANETTI, Lucas; PERRELLA, Rodrigo; MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; DANILOVIC, Alexandre; BATAGELLO, Carlos A.; MURTA, Claudio B.; CLARO, Joaquim F. A.; SROUGI, Miguel; NAHAS, William C.; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoPurpose To assess the complication and stone-free rates of PCNL in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to evaluate whether this population should be assigned a Guy's stone score (GSS) of 4. Methods A case-control study was conducted, and electronic charts were reviewed to search for patients with SCI, bladder dysfunction, and kidney stones who had undergone PCNL. Control cases were randomly selected from among patients with complete staghorn calculus (GSS = 4). Results One hundred and seventeen patients were included. Patients with SCI had a significant shorter operative time (119 vs. 141 min;p = 0.018). There were no significant differences between the groups in terms of the patients' position, number of renal tracts, bleeding or transfusion rate; however, there was a significantly higher complication rate (23.1% vs. 7.8%;p = 0.009) and a longer hospital stay (5.8 vs. 3.1 days;p = 0.002) among patients with SCI. With regards to the stone-free rate in patients with different grades of GSS patients with SCI who had a GSS of 1 had a stone-free rate of 85.7%, while those with a GSS of 2, 3, or 4 had 50%, 50%, and 31.5%, respectively (p = 0.024). Only patients with a GSS of 4 in the SCI group had outcomes that were similar to those of control patients (31.5% vs. 31.6%). Conclusion Patients with SCI should not be automatically assigned GSS 4. Stone-free rate is related to stone burden in these patients, although they do show a higher complication rate and a longer hospital stay than non-neurological patients.
- Bilateral simultaneous percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus staged approach: a critical analysis of complications and renal function(2020) TORRICELLI, Fabio C. M.; CARVALHO, Regina S.; MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; DANILOVIC, Alexandre; VICENTINI, Fabio C.; BATAGELLO, Carlos A.; SROUGI, Miguel; NAHAS, William C.; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoINTRODUCTION: Patients with bilateral kidney stones and burdened by large stones are challenging cases for endourologists. Simultaneous bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy (sbPCNL) is an option; however, it may be accompanied by important morbidity. An alternative is a staged PCNL, operating one side each time. Herein, we compare the impact of sbPCNL and staged PCNL on complication rates and renal function. METHODS: Patients who underwent sbPCNL or staged bilateral PCNL with a frame time of 6 months were searched in our prospectively collected kidney stone database. Groups were compared for age, gender, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities (classification by the American Society of Anesthesiology - ASA), stone size, Guy's score, stone-free status, renal function, blood loss, blood transfusion rate, complication rate, and length of hospital stay. RESULTS: Twenty-six patients and 52 kidney units were enrolled. The mean operative time was 134.7 min. Only 11.3% of cases had complications, all of them minor (Clavien <= 2). Overall, the stone-free rate was 61.50%. Comparing the groups, there was a significantly longer operative time in the sbPCNL group (172.5 vs. 126.3 min; p=0.016), as well as a higher transfusion rate (12.5% vs. 5.6%; p=0.036). There was no statistically significant difference in creatinine levels between the groups. Regarding the stone-free rate, there was a significantly higher proportion of patients in the staged PCNL group (64.9% vs. 43.8%; p=0.012). CONCLUSION: sbPCNL is a safe procedure; however, when compared to staged procedures it has a higher transfusion and lower stonefree rate.
- Preoperative Planning with Noncontrast Computed Tomography in the Prone and Supine Position for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Practical Overview(2015) MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; BERTO, Fernanda Christina G.; VICENTINI, Fabio C.; SHAN, Chen Jen; SROUGI, Miguel; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoObjective: To evaluate kidney/adjacent organs positional changes in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) using noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT) in prone and supine positions. Methods: Patients scheduled PCNL were prospectively enrolled in the study and underwent NCCT in supine and in prone position (with boosters). Two imaginary lines for the posterior calyx of upper/mid/lower poles of both kidneys in prone and supine decubitus were considered and compared. Line I (LI): drawn horizontally in the coronal plane in contact with the posterior edge of the kidney. Line II (LII): drawn from the antero-lateral edge of the vertebra through the middle of the posterior calyx (ideal puncture line). Renal depth (d) was measured from LI to the anterior extremity of the vertebra. The maximum access angle (a) considered the window available in the axial plane to perform a secure approach to each calyx. Results: Thirty-seven patients were analyzed; 56.7% were female; mean BMI was 28.3 +/- 4.9 kg/m(2). For the right kidney, prone position was associated with more organs crossed by LI (54.1% vs 18.9%; p<0.01) and LII (56.8% vs 27%; p=0.03) in the upper calyx. For the left kidney, LII crossed more organs in prone in the upper calyx (54.1% vs 29.7%; p=0.03). Both kidneys showed a tendency to be deeper in the supine position, which provided a wider access angle. Conclusions: Supine NCCT is not accurate to plan PCNL access in prone position. Prone decubitus is associated with more potential organ injuries in the upper pole. In supine, the kidney situates deeper in the abdomen but the access angle is wider than in prone.
- Irreversible Renal Function Impairment Due to Silent Ureteral Stones(2016) MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; VICENTINI, Fabio Carvalho; MONGA, Manoj; TORRICELLI, Fabio Cesar; DANILOVIC, Alexandre; BRITO, Artur Henrique; CAMARA, Cesar; SROUGI, Miguel; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoOBJECTIVE To evaluate if renal function loss and hydronephrosis due to a silent ureteral stone might be reversed. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively selected patients with silent ureteral stones between January 2006 and January 2014. A silent case was considered if there were no specific or subjective symptoms related to the ureteral stone. Patient, stone, and kidney characteristics were evaluated preoperatively, 3 and 12 months postoperatively. Renal function was accessed in the same intervals with serum creatinine (SCr), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and Tc-99m-dimercaptosuccinic acid. Patients without complete pre-and postoperative evaluation were excluded. Primary end point was midterm progress of global and ipsilateral renal function. Secondary end points included the evaluation of renal and collecting system anatomy from diagnosis to 12 months after treatment. Analysis of variance with repeated measures and marginal homogeneity test were used to evaluate renal function and hydronephrosis progression. RESULTS Twenty-six patients met our inclusion criteria. Mean preoperative SCr and GFR were 1.24 mg/dL and 72.5 mL/min, respectively. At initial scintigraphy, mean renal function was 33.4%. Laser ureterolithotripsy was performed in 84.6% of cases and all patients were rendered stone free. Two patients (8%) developed ureteral stenosis. There was no difference regarding SCr (P =.89), GFR (P =.48), and renal function at scintigraphy (P =.19) during follow-up. Hydronephrosis significantly improved from preoperatively to 3 months postoperatively (P < .0001), but not from 3 to 12 months (P =.065). CONCLUSION Patients with silent ureteral stones present with significant impairment of ipsilateral renal function and hydronephrosis at diagnosis. On midterm follow-up evaluation, renal function of the affected unit remains stable whereas hydronephrosis improves after treatment. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc.
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with solitary kidney: a critical outcome analysis(2015) TORRICELLI, Fabio C. M.; PADOVANI, Guilherme P.; MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; VICENTINI, Fabio C.; DANILOVIC, Alexandre; REIS, Sabrina T.; SROUGI, Miguel; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoPurpose: To describe our experience with percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in patients with solitary kidneys and analyze factors that can impact on intra-operative bleeding and postoperative complications. Materials and Methods: We reviewed our stone database searching for patients with solitary kidney who underwent PCNL from Jan-05 through Oct-13. Demographic data, stone characteristics, and intra-and postoperative outcomes were recorded. Spearman correlation was performed to assess which variables could impact on bleeding and surgical complications. Linear and logistic regressions were also performed. Results: Twenty-seven patients were enrolled in this study. The mean age and BMI were 45.6 years and 28.8Kg/m(2), respectively; 45% of cases were classified as Guys 3 (partial staghorn or multiple stones) or 4 (complete staghorn) - complex cases. Stone-free rate was 67%. Eight (29.6%) patients had postoperative complications (five of them were Clavien 2 and three were Clavien 3). On univariate analysis only number of tracts was associated with increased bleeding (p=0.033) and only operative time was associated with a higher complication rate (p=0.044). Linear regression confirmed number of access tracts as significantly related to bleeding (6.3, 95% CI 2.2-10.4; p=0.005), whereas logistic regression showed no correlation between variables in study and complications. Conclusions: PCNL in solitary kidneys provides a good stone-free rate with a low rate of significant complications. Multiple access tracts are associated with increased bleeding.
- One week pre-operative oral antibiotics for percutaneous nephrolithotomy reduce risk of infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis(2023) DANILOVIC, Alexandre; TALIZIN, Thalita Bento; TORRICELLI, Fabio Cesar Miranda; MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; BATAGELLO, Carlos; VICENTINI, Fabio C.; NAHAS, Willaim C.; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoPurpose: The aim of this meta-analysis is to assess the efficacy of extended dose of preoperative antibiotics to reduce infectious risk in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).Materials and Methods: A literature search for prospective case-control studies or randomized controlled trials was done. PICO framework was used.Population: adult patients that underwent to PCNL; Intervention: extended dose preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis before PCNL; Control: short dose preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis befo-re PCNL; and Outcome: systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or sepsis, fe-ver after PCNL and positive intraoperative urine and stone culture. This meta-analysis was registered in PROSPERO database under the number: CRD42022359589.Results: Three RCT and two prospective studies (475 patients) were included. SIRS/ sepsis outcome was retrieved from all studies included. Seven days preoperative oral antibiotics for PCNL was a protective factor for developing SIRS/sepsis (OR 0.366, 95% CI 0.234 -0.527, p < 0.001). There was no statistical association between seven-day use of antibiotics and fever (OR 0.592, 95% CI 0.147 - 2.388, p = 0.462). Patients who received seven days preoperative antibiotics had lower positive intraoperative urine culture (OR 0.284, 95% CI 0.120 - 0.674, p = 0.004) and stone culture (OR 0.351, 95% CI 0.185 - 0.663, p = 0.001) than the control group.Conclusion: one week of prophylactic oral antibiotics based on local bacterial sensi-tivity pattern plus a dose of intravenous antibiotics at the time of surgery in patients undergoing PCNL reduces the risk of infection.
- Polymorphism in the PBX1 gene is related to cystinuria in Brazilian families(2019) REIS, Sabrina T.; LEITE, Katia R. M.; MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; GUIMARAES, Ronaldo M.; VIANA, Nayara I.; PIMENTA, Ruan C. A.; TORRICELLI, Fabio C.; DANILOVIC, Alexandre; VICENTINI, Fabio Carvalho; NAHAS, William Carlos; SROUGI, Miguel; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoThe aim of our study was to determine regions of loss of heterozygosity, copy number variation analysis, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Brazilian patients with cystinuria. A linkage study was performed using DNA samples from six patients with cystinuria and six healthy individuals. Genotyping was done with the Genome-Wide Human SNP 6.0 arrays (Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA). For validation, SNPs were genotyped using a TaqMan (R) SNP Genotyping Assay Kit. The homozygote polymorphic genotype of SNP rs17383719 in the gene PBX1 was more frequent (P = 0.015) in cystinuric patients. The presence of the polymorphic allele for this SNP increased the chance of cystinuria by 3.0-fold (P = 0.036). Pre-B-cell leukaemia transcription factor 1 (PBX1) was overexpressed 3.3-fold in patients with cystinuria. However, when we compared the gene expression findings with the genotyping, patients with a polymorphic homozygote genotype had underexpression of PBX1, while patients with a heterozygote or wild-type homozygote genotype had overexpression of PBX1. There is a 3-fold increase in the risk of the development of cystinuria among individuals with this particular SNP in the PBX1 gene. We postulate that the presence of this SNP alters the expression of PBX1, thus affecting the renal absorption of cystine and other amino acids, predisposing to nephrolithiasis.
- Marchini et al.: Silent Ureteral Stones: Effect on Kidney Function-Can Treatment of Silent Ureteral Stones Preserve Kidney Function? (Urology 2012; 79: 304-308) Reply(2012) MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; VICENTINI, Fabio C.; MAZZUCCHI, Eduardo; BRITO, Arthur; EBAID, Gustavo; SROUGI, Miguel
- Effect of phyllanthus niruri on metabolic parameters of patients with kidney stone: a perspective for disease prevention(2018) PUCCI, Nidia D.; MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; MAZZUCCHI, Eduardo; REIS, Sabrina T.; SROUGI, Miguel; EVAZIAN, Denise; NAHAS, William C.Phyllanthus niruri (P.niruri) or stone breaker is a plant commonly used to reduce stone risk, however, clinical studies on this issue are lacking. Objective: To prospectively evaluate the effect of P. niruri on the urinary metabolic parameters of patients with urinary lithiasis. Materials and Methods: We studied 56 patients with kidney stones < 10mm. Clinical, metabolic, and ultrasonography assessment was conducted before (baseline) the use of P. niruri infusion for 12-weeks (P. niruri) and after a 12-week (wash out) Statistical analysis included ANOVA for repeated measures and Tukey's/McNemar's test for categorical variables. Significance was set at 5%. Results: Mean age was 44 +/- 9.2 and BMI was 27.2 +/- 4.4kg/m2. Thirty-six patients (64%) were women. There were no significant changes in all periods for anthropometric and several serum measurements, including total blood count, creatinine, uric acid, sodium, potassium, calcium, urine volume and pH; a significant increase in urinary potassium from 50.5 +/- 20.4 to 56.2 +/- 21.8 mg/24-hour (p=0.017); magnesium/creatinine ratio 58 +/- 22.5 to 69.1 +/- 28.6mg/gCr24-hour (p=0.013) and potassium/creatinine ratio 39.3 +/- 15.1 to 51.3 +/- 34.7mg/gCr24hour (p=0.008) from baseline to wash out. The kidney stones decreased from 3.2 +/- 2 to 2.0 +/- 2per patient (p<0.001). In hyperoxaluria patients, urinary oxalate reduced from 59.0 +/- 11.7 to 28.8 +/- 16.0mg/24-hour (p=0.0002), and in hyperuricosuria there was a decrease in urinary uric acid from 0.77 +/- 0.22 to 0.54 +/- 0.07mg/24-hour (p=0.0057). Conclusions: P. niruri intake is safe and does not cause significant adverse effects on serum metabolic parameters. It increases urinary excretion of magnesium and potassium caused a significant decrease in urinary oxalate and uric acid in patients with hyperoxaluria and hyperuricosuria. The consumption of P. niruri contributed to the elimination of urinary calculi.
- Understanding urologic scientific publication patterns and general public interests on stone disease: lessons learned from big data platforms(2021) MARCHINI, Giovanni S.; FARIA, Kauy V. M.; NETO, Felippe L.; TORRICELLI, Fabio Cesar Miranda; DANILOVIC, Alexandre; VICENTINI, Fabio Carvalho; BATAGELLO, Carlos A.; SROUGI, Miguel; NAHAS, William C.; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoPurpose To analyse patterns of stone disease online information-seeking behaviours in the United States and to correlate with urological literature publication aspects. Methods To compare Relative Search Volume (RSV) among different twelve preselected urologic keywords we chose ""United States"" as country and ""01/01/2009-31/12/2018"" as time range on Google Trends (GT). We defined ""ureteroscopy"" as a reference and compared RSV against it for each term. RSV was adjusted and normalized in a scale 0-100. Trend presence was evaluated by Mann-Kendall Test and magnitude by Sen's Slope Estimator (SS). Weather influence on RSV was also investigated by comparison of the ten hottest versus ten coldest states. Pearson correlation analysis was performed between number of Pubmed publications and RSV for each term over time. Results We found an upward tendency (p 0.01) for most terms. Higher temporal trends were seen for ""kidney stone"" (SS = 0.36), ""kidney pain"" (SS = 0.39) and ""tamsulosin"" (SS = 0.21). Technical treatment terms had little search volumes and no increasing trend. States with hotter weather showed higher mean RSV for ""kidney stone"" than colder ones. There was little correlation between GT and Pubmed for most terms, with the exception of ""kidney stone"" (R = 0.89; p 0.01), ""URS"" (R = 0.81; p 0.01), and ""laser lithotripsy"" (R = 0.74; p = 0.01). Conclusion There was a significant increase in online search for medical information related to stone disease. Citizens tend to look for generic terms related to symptoms or the disease itself. States with hotter weather show higher RSV than colder states. There is a discrepancy between public and medical community medical terms.