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- A large 15-year database analysis on the influence of age, gender, race, obesity and income on hospitalization rates due to stone disease(2016) MELLO, Marcos F.; MARCHINI, Giovanni Scala; CAMARA, Cesar; DANILOVIC, Alexandre; LEVY, Renata; ELUF-NETO, Jose; SROUGI, Miguel; MAZZUCCHI, EduardoPurpose: To assess the public hospitalization rate due to stone disease in a large developing nation for a 15-year period and its association with socio-demographic data. Materials and Methods: A retrospective database analysis of hospitalization rates in the Brazilian public health system was performed, searching for records with a diagnosis code of renal/ureteral calculi at admission between 1998-2012. Patients managed in an outpatient basis or private care were excluded. Socio-demographic data was attained and a temporal trend analysis was performed. Results: The number of stone-related hospitalizations increased from 15.7%, although the population-adjusted hospitalization rate remained constant in 0.04%. Male: female proportion among hospitalized patients was stable (49.3%: 50.7% in 1998; 49.2%: 50.8% in 2012), though there was a significant reduction in the prevalence of male hospitalizations (-3.8%; p=0.041). In 2012, 38% of hospitalized patients due to stone disease had 40-59 years-old. The >= 80 years-old strata showed the most significant decrease (-43.44%; p=0.022), followed by the 20-39 (-23.17%; p<0.001) and 0-19 years-old cohorts (-16.73%; p=0.012). Overall, the lowest relative hospitalization rates were found for yellow and indigenous individuals. The number of overweight/obese individuals increased significantly (+20.6%), accompanied by a +43.6% augment in the per capita income. A significant correlation was found only between income and obesity (R=0.64; p=0.017). Conclusions: The prevalence of stone disease requiring hospitalization in Brazil remains stable, with a balanced proportion between males and females. There is trend for decreased hospitalization rates of male, <40 and >= 80 years-old individuals. Obesity and income have a more pronounced correlation with each other than with stone disease.
- Evaluating TIMP-2 and IGFBP-7 as a predictive tool for kidney injury in ureteropelvic junction obstruction(2022) MELLO, Marcos Figueiredo; BESSA JUNIOR, Jose de; REIS, Sabrina T.; KONDO, Enzo Yagi; YU, Luis; DENES, Francisco Tibor; LOPES, Roberto IglesiasA major challenge in the management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is the selection of patients who would benefit from surgical treatment. Tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) indicate renal cell stress and are associated with cell cycle arrest. The [TIMP-2] [IGFBP7] ratio (Nephrocheck (R)) has been recently applied in patients in intensive care units patients to predict the development of acute kidney injury. In this study, we evaluated the performance of these biomarkers performance to distinguishing obstructive hydronephrosis (HN) from non-obstructive HN. Materials and Methods: Consecutive patients with UPJO were enrolled in this study. Urinary [TIMP-2] [IGFBP7] and clinical characteristics (hydronephrosis grade, differential renal function, and drainage half-time) were measured in the following groups: 26 children with obstructive HN at initial diagnosis (group IA) and after six months of dismembered pyeloplasty (group 1B); 22 children with non-obstructive HN (group 2), and 26 children without any urinary tract condition, as the control group (group 3). Results: Comparing the initial samples, [TIMP-2] [IGFBP7] had higher levels in the HN groups and lower levels in the control group; however, no difference was observed between the HN groups (obstructive vs. non-obstructive). After six months of followup, patients who underwent dismembered pyeloplasty showed stability in the urinary concentration of [TIMP-2] [IGFBP7]. All patients with [TIMP-2] [IGFBP7] higher than 1.0 (ng/mL)(2)/1000 had diffuse cortical atrophy on ultrasonography. Conclusions: We showed that urinary levels of urinary [TIMP-2] [IGFBP7] are higher in children with HN than controls. Nephrocheck (R) is not reliable in predicting the need for surgical intervention for pediatric patients with UPJO.
- Urinary extracellular matrix proteins as predictors of the severity of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children(2021) MELLO, Marcos Figueiredo; REIS, Sabrina Thalita dos; KONDO, Enzo Yagi; BESSA JUNIOR, Jose de; DENES, Francisco Tibor; LOPES, Roberto IglesiasIntroduction Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) particu-larly represents a challenge in regard to manage-ment, as not all hydronephrosis (HN) represent a kidney-damaging state. Urinary biomarkers have been proposed as noninvasive tools. Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins are associated with tissue fibrosis in the setting of UPJO and is poorly explored. Objective To investigate whether urinary ECM proteins are useful to discriminate the severity of urinary obstruction on unilateral UPJO. Study design Children with unilateral UPJO were prospective enrolled. Urinary (u) matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1,-2,-9 and TIMP-1,-2) as well as clinical characteristics were measured in the following groups: 26 children with obstructive HN at initial diagnosis and after six months of dismembered pyeloplasty; 22 children with non-obstructive HN at diagnosis and after six months of observation; 26 children without any urinary tract condition, as the control group. Results were assessed statistically using for homogenous groups, a one-way analysis of variances (ANOVA) and for nonparametric groups, Mann-Whitney test or Kruskal-Wallis test was per -formed. ROC curves were performed. Results Baseline samples demonstrated a higher concentra-tion of uMMP-1/Cr, uMMP-2/Cr, u-TIMP-1/Cr and u-TIMP-2/Cr in obstructive HN group; uMMP-9/Cr levels were higher in non-obstructive HN group and all studied biomarkers had lower concentrations for the control group. On follow-up, for the obstructive HN group, urinary concentration of uTIMP-1/Cr and uTIMP-2/Cr decreased, and uMMP-1/Cr, uMMP-2/Cr and uMMP-9/Cr increased when comparing preop-erative to postoperative values. In the non-obstructive HN group, all proteins analyzed were stable after six months of observation. ROC curves analysis showed a promising diagnostic profile for the detection of obstructive HN for uTIMP-1/Cr (area under the curve-AUC-; of 0.692), uTIMP-2/Cr (AUC of 0.678) and for uMMP-2/Cr (AUC of 0.655). Discussion The severity of kidney obstruction could correlate with the urinary ECM proteins concentration in this study. This is concordant with prior studies demon-strating that a disruption of the balance of accu-mulation/degradation of the ECM proteins occur on obstructive uropathy. Limitations of our study include the older age of our patients and that these markers had no influence at all on the surgical decision. Conclusion We demonstrate that obstructive HN have signifi-cantly higher uMMP-2, uTIMP-1 and uTIMP-2 con-centrations. Particularly, uTIMP-2 levels were correlated to severity of obstruction and therefore, it might be a useful urinary biomarker to correctly allocate children with HN between surgical man-agement vs follow-up. After pyeloplasty, uTIMP-1 and uTIMP-2 presented a progressive decrease postoperatively, which is also highly desirable for urinary markers.
- Transperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children: does upper urinary tract anomalies affect surgical outcomes?(2018) BRUNHARA, Joao Arthur; MOSCARDI, Paulo Renato Marcelo; MELLO, Marcos Figueiredo; ANDRADE, Hiury Silva; CARVALHO, Paulo Afonso de; CEZARINO, Bruno Nicolino; DENES, Francisco Tibor; LOPES, Roberto IglesiasObjective: To assess the feasibility and outcomes of laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children with complex ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) and compare to children with iso-lated UPJO without associated urinary tract abnormalities. Material and Methods: Medical records of 82 consecutive children submitted to trans-peritoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty in a 12-year period were reviewed. Eleven cases were con-sidered complex, consisting of atypical anatomy including horseshoe kidneys in 6 patients, pelvic kidneys in 3 patients, and a duplex collecting system in 2 patients. Patients were di-vided into 2 groups: normal anatomy (group 1) and complex cases (group 2). Demographics, perioperative data, outcomes and complications were recorded and analyzed. Results: Mean age was 8.9 years (0.5-17.9) for group 1 and 5.9 years (0.5-17.2) for group 2, p=0.08. The median operative time was 200 minutes (180-230) for group 1 and 203 minutes (120-300) for group 2, p=0.15. Major complications (Clavien =3) were 4 (5.6%) in group 1 and 1 (6.3%) in group 2, p=0.52. No deaths or early postoperative complications such as: urinoma or urinary leakage or bleeding, occurred. The success rate for radiologic improvement and flank pain improvement was comparable between the two groups. Re-garding hydronephrosis, significant improvement was present in 62 patients (93.4%) of group 1 and 10 cases (90.9%) of group 2, p=0.99. The median hospital stay was 4 days (IQR 3-4) for group 1 and 4.8 days (IQR 3-6) for group 2, p=0.27. Conclusions: Transperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty is feasible and effective for the management of UPJO associated with renal or urinary tract anomalies.