Publications & presentations

Tips and Tricks for Robotic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Testicular Cancer

Ortega DG, Ghoreifi A, Chevinsky M, Perez LC, Ashrafi A, Koh K, Yip W, Medina LG, Gill IS, Djaladat H

Videourology. 10.1089/vid.2022.0016. Online ahead of print.

An Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocol for robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomies utilizing a quadratus lumborum block

Yip W, Chen AB, Malekyan C, Widjaja W, Yan K, Stankey M, Sun X, Ashrafi AN, Graham JN, Dickerson SC, Eloustaz MH, Desai MM, Gill IS, Aron M, Kim MP

J Robot Surg. 2022 Feb 10. doi: 10.1007/s11701-022-01379-9. Online ahead of print.

Urachal adenocarcinoma following renal transplantation

David R, Chang S, Cohen P, Miller J, Ashrafi AN

Journal of Clinical Urology. 10.1177/20514158211041478. Online ahead of print.

Implementation of a multimodal opioid-sparing enhanced recovery pathway for robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy

Ashrafi AN, Yip W, Graham JN, Yu V, Titus M, Widjaja W, Dickerson S, Berger AK, Desai MM, Gill IS, Aron M, Kim MP

J Robot Surg. 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1007/s11701-021-01268-7. Online ahead of print.

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging facilitates reclassification during active surveillance for prostate cancer.BJU Int

Fujihara A, Iwata T, Shakir A, Tafuri A, Cacciamani GE, Gill K, Ashrafi A, Ukimura O, Desai M, Duddalwar V, Stern MS, Aron M, Palmer SL, Gill IS, Abreu AL

2021 Jun;127(6):712-721. doi: 10.1111/bju.15272. Epub 2020 Dec 10.

Tri-tubular penile fracture: A case of complete rupture of urethra and bilateral corpus cavernosa

Young E, Ashrafi AN, Kahokehr AA

IJU Case Rep. 2021 Feb 19;4(3):143-145. doi: 10.1002/iju5.12264.

A prospective case series of Fournier's gangrene at a tertiary centre involving adjacent organs

David R, Traeger L, Kahokehr A, Miller J, Ashrafi A

ANZ J Surg. 2021 Jun 14. doi: 10.1111/ans.17005. Online ahead of print.

Five-alpha reductase inhibitors in men undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer: impact on treatment and reclassification after 6 years follow-up

Ashrafi AN, Shin T, Marien A, Clifford T, Shoji S, Iwata T, Iwata A, Oishi M, Chopra S, Cai J, Ukimura O, Bahn D, Gill IS, Abreu AL

World J Urol. 2021 Mar 8. doi: 10.1007/s00345-021-03644-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33683411.

Timing, Patterns and Predictors of 90-days Readmission Rate after Robotic Radical Cystectomy

Cacciamani GE, Medina L, Lin-Brande M, Tafuri A, Lee RS, Ghodoussipour S, Ashrafi AN, Winter M, Ahmadi N, Rajarubendra N, Miranda G, De Castro Abreu A, Berger A, Aron M, Gill IS, Desai M

J Urol. 2021 Feb;205(2):491-499.

Minimally invasive radical nephrectomy: a contemporary review

Ashrafi AN, Gill IS

Transl Androl Urol. 2020; 9(6): 3112–3122.

Neoadjuvant Therapy in High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Ashrafi AN, Yip W, Aron M

Indian J Urol. 2020; 36(4): 251–261.

Outcomes of Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Clinical T3a Renal Masses: A Multicenter Analysis.Eur Urol Focus

Yim K, Aron M, Rha KH, Simone G, Minervini A, Challacombe B, Schips L, Berardinelli F, Quarto G, Mehrazin R, Patel D, Patel S, Bindayi A, Ashrafi AN, Desai M, Alqahtani A, Gallucci M, Sulek J, Mari A, De Luyk N, Anele U, Autorino R, Porpiglia F, Sundaram CP, Gill IS, Perdona S, Derweesh IH

2020 Nov 25:S2405-4569(20)30295-9. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2020.10.011. Online ahead of print.

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Hemigland Ablation for Prostate Cancer: Initial Outcomes of a United States Series

Abreu AL, Peretsman S, Iwata A, Shakir A, Iwata T, Brooks J, Tafuri A, Ashrafi A, Park D, Cacciamani GE, Kaneko M, Duddalwar V, Aron M, Palmer S, Gill IS

Urol. 2020;204(4):741-747.

Durable biochemical response following adrenal metastasectomy for oligometastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer

Ashrafi AN, Fay C, Yip W, de Freitas DM, Nabhani J, Aron M

Urol Case Rep. 2020;32:101229.

Retained Bullet in the Prostate Causing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Asanad K, Nabhani J, Nassiri N, Ashrafi AN

Urology 2020;141:e27.

Colovesical Fistula

Ashrafi AN, Sotelo R

New England Journal of Medicine 2019; 380:e51

One-Stop MRI and MRI/transrectal ultrasound fusion-guided biopsy: an expedited pathway for prostate cancer diagnosis

Tafuri A, Ashrafi AN*, Palmer S, Shakir A, Cacciamani GE, Iwata A, Iwata T, Cai J, Sali A, Gupta C, Medina LG, Stern MC, Duddalwar V, Aron M, Gill IS, Abreu A

World J Urol. 2020;38(4):949-956. (*co-first author)

Robotic Partial Nephrectomy versus Minimally Invasive Radical Nephrectomy for Clinical T2a Renal Mass: A Propensity Score Matched Comparison from the ROSULA (Robotic Surgery for Large Renal Mass) Collaborative Group

Bradshaw AW, Autorino R, Simone G, Yang B, Uzzo RG, Porpiglia F, Capitanio U, Porter J, Bertolo R, Minervini A, Lau C, Jacobsohn K, Ashrafi A, Eun D, Mottrie A, White WM, Schips L, Challacombe BJ, De Cobelli O, Mir CM, Veccia A, Larcher A, Kutikov A, Aron M, Dasgupta P, Montorsi F, Gill IS, Sundaram CP, Kaouk J, Derweesh IH

BJU Int. 2020;126(1):114-123.

Upstaging to pT3a disease in patients undergoing robotic partial nephrectomy for cT1 kidney cancer: Outcomes and predictors from a multi-institutional dataset

Veccia A, Antonelli A, Minervini A, Mottrie A, Dell'Oglio P, Ashrafi AN, Larcher A, Eun D, Bradshaw A, Amparore D, Brassetti A, Hampton LJ, Simeone C, Mari A, Carini M, De Naeyer G, Yang K, Capitanio U, Simone G, Porpiglia F, Derweesh I, Aron M, Autorino R

Urol Oncol 202038(4):286-292.

Robotic Renal Artery Aneurysm Repair

Abreu AL, Medina LG, Chopra S, Gill K, Cacciamani GE, Azhar RA, Ashrafi A, Winter M, Fay C, Weaver F, Duddalwar V, Desai M, Sotelo R, Gill IS

Eur Urol 2020;78(1):87-96.

Radical cystectomy pentafecta: A proposal for standardization of outcomes reporting following robot assisted radical cystectomy

Cacciamani GE, Winter M, Medina LG, Ashrafi AN, Miranda G, Tafuri A, Landsberger H, Lin-Brande M, Rajarubendra N, De Castro Abreu A, Berger A, Aron M, Gill IS, Desai MM

BJU Int 2020;125(1):64-72.

Predictors of Device-Related Complications After Exchange of the Pressure Regulating Balloon in Men with an Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Loh-Doyle JC, Nazemi A, Ashrafi A, Doumanian LR, Ginsberg DA, Boyd SD

Urology 2020;135:154-158.

High-grade T1 Urothelial Carcinoma: Where Do We Stand? Curr Urol Rep

Yip W, Ashrafi A, Daneshmand S

2019;20(12):79.

Assessing the Impact of Time to Cystectomy for Variant Histology of Urothelial Bladder Cancer

Lin-Brande M, Pearce SM, Ashrafi AN, Nazemi A, Burg ML, Ghodoussipour S, Miranda G, Djaladat H, Schuckman A, Daneshmand S

Urology 2019;133:157-163.

Reply by Authors

Oishi M, Gill IS, Tafuri A, Shakir A, Cacciamani GE, Iwata T, Iwata A, Ashrafi A, Park D, Cai J, Desai M, Ukimura O, Bahn DK, Abreu AL

J Urol. 2019;202(6):1198.

Hemigland Cryoablation for Localized Low-, Intermediate- and High-Risk Prostate Cancer: Oncologic and Functional Outcomes at 5 years

Oishi M, Gill IS, Tafuri A, Shakir A, Cacciamani GE, Iwata T, Iwata A, Ashrafi A, Park D, Cai J, Desai M, Ukimura O, Bahn DK, Abreu AL

J Urol. 2019;202(6):1188-1198.

Use of Indocyanine Green to Minimize Uretero-Enteric Strictures After Robotic Radical Cystectomy

Ahmadi N, Ashrafi AN, Hartman N, Cacciamani G, Shakir A, Freitas D, Fay C, Berger A, Desai M, Gill IS, Aron M

BJUI. 2019; 124(2):302-307.

Robotic versus Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy: A Large Multi-Institutional Analysis (ROSULA Collaborative Group)

Anele UA, Marchioni M, Yang B, Simone G, Uzzo RG, Lau C, Mir MC, Capitanio U, Porter J, Jacobsohn K, de Luyk N, Mari A, Chang K, Fiori C, Sulek J, Mottrie A, White W, Perdona S, Quarto G, Bindayi A, Ashrafi A, Schips L, Berardinelli F, Zhang C, Gallucci M, Ramirez-Backhaus M, Larcher A, Kilday P, Liao M, Langenstroer P, Dasgupta P, Challacombe B, Kutikov A, Minervini A, Rha KH, Sundaram CP, Hampton LJ, Porpiglia F, Aron M, Derweesh I, Autorino R

World Journal of Urology 2019;37(11):2439-2450.

Multiple stones in neobladder: Case report and literature review

Tafuri A, Porcaro AB, Ashrafi AN, Cerruto MA, Amigoni N, Mariotto A, Sebben M, Marcer A, Bassi S, Medina LG, Cacciamani GE, Baccaglini W, Winter M, Verratti V, Monaco C, Migliorini F, Siracusano S, Artibani W

Urologia 2019;86(4):216-219.

Extended hospital stay after radical cystectomy with enhanced recovery protocol

Thaker H, Ghodoussipour S, Saffarian M, Ashrafi A, Miranda G, Cai J, Schuckman AK, Aron M, Desai M, Gill IS, Daneshmand S, Djaladat H

Can J Urol. 2019;26(1):9654-9659

Robotic intracorporeal ileal conduit: Technical aspects

Medina LG, Baccaglini W, Hernández A, Rajarubendra N, Winter M, Ashrafi AN, Tafuri A, Cacciamani GE, Sotelo R

Arch Esp Urol. 2019;72(3):299-308.

Dual Prosthetic Implantation After Radical Cystoprostatectomy and Neobladder: Outcomes of the Inflatable Penile Prosthesis and Artificial Urinary Sphincter in Bladder Cancer Survivors

Loh-Doyle JC, Ashrafi A, Nazemi A, Ghodoussipour S, Thompson E, Wayne K, Boyd SD

Urology. 2019;127:127-132.

Assessing Trends in Urinary Diversion after Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer in the United States

Lin-Brande M, Nazemi A, Pearce SM, Thompson ER, Ashrafi AN, Djaladat H, Schuckman A, Daneshmand S

Urol Oncol. 2019;37(3):180.e1-180.e9.

Primary Whole-gland Cryoablation for Prostate Cancer: Biochemical Failure and Clinical Recurrence at 5.6 Years of Follow-up

Oishi M, Gill IS, Ashrafi AN, Lin-Brande M, Nassiri N, Shin T, Bove A, Cacciamani GE, Ukimura O, Bahn DK, Abreu ALC

Eur Urol. 2019;75(2):208-214

Which Patients with Negative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Can Safely Avoid Biopsy for Prostate Cancer? J Urol

Oishi M, Shin T, Ohe C, Nassiri N, Palmer SL, Aron M, Ashrafi AN, Cacciamani GE, Chen F, Duddalwar V, Stern MC, Ukimura O, Gill IS, Abreu ALC

2019;201(2):268-27

Robotic uterine-sparing vesicovaginal fistula repair

Medina LG, Hernandez A, Sevilla C, Cacciamani GE, Winter M, Ashrafi A, Gill I, Sotelo R

Int Urogynecol J. 2018;29(12):1845-1847.

Robotic Management of Rectourethral Fistulas After Focal Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Medina LG, Cacciamani GE, Hernandez A, Landsberger H, Doumanian L, Ashrafi AN, Winter M, Gill I, Sotelo R

Urology. 2018;118:241.

Focal therapy for prostate cancer: concepts and future directions

Ashrafi AN, Tafuri A, Cacciamani GE, Park D, de Castro Abreu AL, Gill IS

Curr Opin Urol. 2018;28(6):536-43.

Contrast-Enhanced Transrectal Ultrasound in Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Ashrafi AN, Nassiri N, Gill IS, Gulati M, Park D, de Castro Abreu AL

Curr Urol Rep. 2018;19(10):87.

Aquablation therapy for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: a single-centre experience in 47 patients

Desai MM, Singh A, Abhishek S, Laddha A, Pandya H, Ashrafi AN, Ganpule AP, Roehrborn CG, Thomas AJ, Desai M, Sabnis RB

BJU Int. 2018;121(6):945-51.

Journal of Ultrasound Medicine

de Castro Abreu AL, Ashrafi AN, Gill IS, Oishi M, Winter MW, Park D, et al. Contrast-Enhanced Transrectal Ultrasound for Follow-up After Focal HIFU Ablation for Prostate Cancer

2018.

Impact of Host Factors on Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Outcomes: Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Cacciamani GE, Gill T, Medina L, Ashrafi A, Winter M, Sotelo R, Gill IS

J Urol. 2018;200(4):716-30.

Robotic Management of Rectourethral Fistulas After Focal Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Medina LG, Cacciamani GE, Hernandez A, Landsberger H, Doumanian L, Ashrafi AN, Winter M, Gill I, Sotelo R

Urology. 2018;118:241.

Transvesical robotic simple prostatectomy with 360° circumferential reconstruction: step-by-step technique

Cacciamani GE, Medina LG, Ashrafi AN, Landsberger H, Winter M, Aron M, Desai MM, Berger AK

BJU Int. 2018;122(2):344-8.

Arterio-ureteric fistula: a rare but important cause of haematuria

Ashrafi AN, Lodh SP, Lee DP

ANZ J Surg. 2018;88(3):E224-E5.

Robotic parastomal hernia repair with biologic mesh

Mekhail P, Ashrafi A, Mekhail M, Hatcher D, Aron M

Urology. 2017;110:262.

Lower urinary tract symptoms: thinking beyond the urinary tract

Ashrafi A, Winkle D

BMJ Case Rep 2014.

Causes of elective surgery cancellation and theatre throughput efficiency in an Australian urology unit

Keller A, Ashrafi A, Ali A

F1000Research 2014;3:197.

Assessment of the role of a student-led surgical interest group in surgical education

Li R, Buxey K, Ashrafi A, Drummond KJ

J Surg Educ 2013;70:55-8.

Education and Imaging

Niewiadomski O, Ashrafi A, Stella DL, Hebbard G

Gastrointestinal: Gastric perforation from long-term ventriculo-peritoneal shunt after insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013;28(1):204.

Terson syndrome: the need for fundoscopy in subarachnoid haemorrhage

Ashrafi AN, Chakrabarti R, Laidlaw J

Med J Aust 2012; 97:152.

Rectal hyposensitivity is uncommon in patients with obstructed defaecation and high-grade internal rectal prolapse

Wijffels N, Angelucci G, Ashrafi A, Jones O, Cunningham C, Lindsey I

Neurogasteroenterology and Motility 2011; 23:151-154.

Current Practice Patterns in Echocardiography: A Prospective Survey of Clinical Echocardiography around New Zealand (SCANZ)

Bridgman P, Ashrafi AN, Mann S, Whalley GA

NZ Med J 2008; 121:34-44

‘Nil By Mouth’ post gastrointestinal surgery: is there any evidence? NZ Med J 2006; 119(1243):U2271.

Ashrafi AN, Pochin R

Endoscopic inguinal lymph node dissection for penile cancer

Akbar Ashrafi, Rene Sotelo

February 2019, Edmondson Faculty Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Robotic-Assisted Intracorporeal Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion: Avoiding Pitfalls and Improving Efficiency

Akbar Ashrafi, Luis Medina, Rutveej Patel, Rene Sotelo, Inderbir Gill, Monish Aron, Mihir Desai

2019 North American Robotic Urological Symposium (NARUS), Las Vegas, USA

Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Tips and Tricks for Challenging Scenarios

Akbar Ashrafi, Rutveej Patel, Mihir Desai

2019 NARUS meeting, Las Vegas, USA

Super Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection: Pearls/Pitfalls

Rutveej Patel, Akbar Ashrafi, Mihir Desai

2019 NARUS meeting, Las Vegas, USA

Robotic-assised inferior vena cava tumor thrombectomy with intracaval balloon occlusion: A Step-by-Step technique

Ashrafi A, Rajarubendra N, Nguyen H, Brandina R, Hwang D, Duddalwar V, Gill, I

2018 American Urological Association (AUA) annual meeting, San Francisco, USA

Robot-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for advanced testicular cancer

Ashrafi A, Thaker H, Gill I, Djaladat H

2018 AUA annual meeting, San Francisco, USA

Robotic renal aneurysm repair: USC Experience

Medina L, Cacciamani G, Abreu A, Ashrafi A, Winters M, Chopra S, Gill I

2018 AUA annual meeting, San Francisco, USA

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Repair of a Rectovesical Fistula After Reversal of Hartmann’s Procedure

Rene Sotelo, Luis Medina, Akbar Ashrafi, David Hatcher, Giovanni Cacciamani, Fatima Husain, Angelica Hernandez, Inderbir Gill

2018 North American Robotic Urological Symposium (NARUS) meeting, Las Vegas, USA

Robotic Renal Aneurysm Repair: USC Experience

Luis Medina, Giovanni Cacciamani, Akbar Ashrafi, Andre Abreu, Sameer Chopra, Carlos Fay, Hannah Landsberger, Rene Sotelo, Inderbir Gill

2018 NARUS meeting, Las Vegas, USA

Management of Recto-Urethral Fistulas After Focal Treatment For Prostate Cancer

Luis Medina, Giovanni Cacciamani, Akbar Ashrafi, Angelica Hernandez, Leo Doumanian, Hannah Landsberger, Fatima Husain, Inderbir Gill, Rene Sotelo

2018 NARUS meeting, Las Vegas, USA