Women in urology: what is their current situation in Spain?

Objective: To analyze the current state of women in urology in Spain.

Material And Methods: Descriptive study based on the results of an online survey sent between February and April 2020 through the database of the Residents and Young Urologists group (RAEU) of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU). Characteristics of the survey and its results were analyzed.

The use of one-piece U-shaped mesh and barbed sutures in laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy.

Introduction: Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LS) is considered a safe and effective surgery for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), but it requires expertise in laparoscopic surgery. The complexity of the intervention is due to the requirements of intracorporeal sutures and the manipulation of the mesh inside the cavity, which may be cumbersome. The barbed sutures (BS) simplify intracorporeal suturing and do not require knotting.

[Influence of learning curve in the diagnosis of prostate cancer by ultrasound guided biopsy].

Objective: To analyze if there is a learning curve to get to perform high quality ultrasound guided prostate biopsies that enable to effectively perform the diagnosis of prostate cancer, taking the pathological result of the samples into consideration.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data from 790 ultrasound-guided biopsies performed consecutively in our center between May 2009 and December 2012 by four surgeons. We reviewed the following data: Surgeon, date of intervention, patient age, PSA, rectal digital examination (DRE), ultrasound, prostate volume, number of cores obtained, pathology result of the biopsy.

Intrarenal pseudoaneurysm after percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Renal angiography and selective embolization.

Objective: We present a case of intrarrenal pseudoaneuysm after percutaneous nephrolithotomy. The treatment was selective embolization of the pseudoaneurysm. We discuss the role of computerized angiotomography and angiography in these cases.

Hutch bladder diverticula: a very uncommon entity in adults.

Objective: We present the case of an adult patient diagnosed with Hutch diverticula after examination. Indications were of a type of congenital bladder diverticula very rare in children and unusual in adults, as very few cases in adults are addressed in the literature.

Methods: Intravenous Urography and Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG) were realized

Results: The intravenous urography revealed ureterohydronephrosis in the excretory phase that did not have repletion defects suggesting lithiasis at distal urethra.