Guido Barbagli

Center for Urethral & Genitalia Reconstructive Surgery, Italy

Guido Barbagli

Academic positions:
- Founder and Director of the Center for Reconstructive Urethral Surgery
- Chief of the Center for Urethral and Genitalia Reconstructive Surgery in Arezzo (Italy)
- Consultant on Reconstructive Urethral Surgery at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan
- Professor for Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery at the School of Urology at University "Vita-Salute"-San Raffaele, in Milan, and at the School of Urology at University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Italy.

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Clinical Research:
- Observational case control study on the risk factors for relapse after urethroplasty, with particular attention to smoke, body mass and comorbiditis.
- Prospective study on the quality analysis of the outcome after urethroplasty performed in hospitals with a large quantity of patients or in hospitals with a small quantity of patients. The study's goal is to evaluate the use of economic and human resources in the treatment of urethral pathology in relation to its outcome.
- Random study, a controlled evaluation of the continence analysis and of sexual potency after a bulbar urethroplasty with or without incisions of the bulbocavernosus muscles.

Basic Research Activity
- Evaluation of non-adrenergic non-cholinergic innervation of the urethra and its implications on stenosis processes.
- Project to obtain through epithelium engineering segments of autologous urethra to be transplanted in patients. Clinical results are expected in the next five years.

Any other information:
Dr Barbagli is a member of the following scientific societies: American Urological Association, European Association of Urology, Pan African Urological Association, Società Italiana di Urologia, Associazione Urologi Italiani, Société Internazionale d'Urologie.

Currently, Dr Barbagli is the official reviewer of the following journals: Journal of Urology, European Urology, International British Journal of Urology International, Brazilian Journal of Urology

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Urology > Benign Bladder & Urethral Disorders (since 14 November 2005)

Links

http://www.urethralcenter.org

All recent recommendations

• 3.2
  Lingual mucosal graft urethroplasty for anterior urethral reconstruction.
  Recommended by Kenneth Angermeier, Guido Barbagli with Massimo Lazzeri
  
• 6.0
  Lichen sclerosus: review of the literature and current recommendations for management.
  Recommended by Guido Barbagli with Massimo Lazzeri
  
• 6.0
  Urethral reconstruction for traumatic posterior urethral disruption: outcomes of a 25-year experience.
  Recommended by Guido Barbagli with Massimo Lazzeri MD, PhD
  
• 3.0
  Neuroanatomy of the male urethra and perineum.
  Recommended by Guido Barbagli
  
• 3.2
  Fibrin sealant as tissue glue: preliminary experience in complex genital reconstructive surgery.
  Recommended by Guido Barbagli, Reynaldo Gomez