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Comment On: A novel circumcision technique for adult phimosis combining three techniques: a retrospective comparative study
No full textThe penile prosthesis in the erectile dysfunction: seven years of experience.
No full textDuring the last years important changes in the management of the patients with erectile dysfunction have been verified. Psychologist, neuro-physiologist and bioengineers have given a valuable help in this field. Implant surgery represents, to our notice, the curative more acceptable choice for patient and the partner, since the results are excellent and the materials used extremely manageable. In each case the degree of satisfaction of the patient remains the only legitimate indicator currently for establish the effectiveness of the therapy
The penile prosthesis in the erectile dysfunction: seven years of experience
No full textDuring the last years important changes in the management of the patients with erectile dysfunction have been verified. Psychologist, neuro-physiologist and bioengineers have given a valuable help in this field. Implant surgery represents, to our notice, the curative more acceptable choice for patient and the partner, since the results are excellent and the materials used extremely manageable. In each case the degree of satisfaction of the patient remains the only legitimate indicator currently for establish the effectiveness of the therapy
Personification of the Republic in Genoa. Before and after Cesare Ripa's Iconologia
No full textIn the early modern age, the Republic of Genoa made use of many different images, drawing on the vast repertoire of objects and attributes that had come to be associated with the city, in order to represent itself (politically and symbolically),
both within and beyond the boundaries of its territories. During the sixteenth century, because of some distinctive, longstanding features of the Genoese political system – such as the weakness of central authority and the alternation of top government positions among the aristocratic families, in whose hands most of the power resided – the visual representation of civic pride focused primarily on selected episodes
from the city’s history or – more frequently – on the glorification of Genoa’s past heroes, such as Guglielmo Embriaco. Those subjects were common both in private and public decorative cycles, while the personifications of the city
appeared less often, and the iconography used in them was inconsistent in permanent art works until it found a new codification in Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia. By contrast, the representation
of Genoa as a female figure – with heterogeneous, non-standardised attributes – enjoyed a more prominent role in ephemeral triumphal arches built for important entries or
ceremonies, obviously with a political purpose
“Nested Type” Bladder Cancer: Myth or Reality?
No full text"nested Type" Bladder cancer: Myth or reality
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