Publications by authors named "A Castello-Porcar"

Objective: The treatment of the ectopic ureter in the pediatric patient must be individualized in each caseMETHOD: Description of clinical cases, therapeutic management and evolution of patients.

Results: We present four pediatric patients with ectopic ureters who underwent surgery. We describe a case of laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, one of laparoscopic uretero-ureterostomy, one of bilateral ureteral reimplantation and another of unilateral reimplantation.

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Introduction: OHVIRA syndrome is a rare entity characterized by renal and Mullerian anomalies. The objective of the video is, through a clinical case, to discuss the importance of diagnosis, management and treatment, to avoid the complications that this syndrome entails, and to improve the long-term prognosis.

Materials And Methods: We report the case of a 10-year-old girl who consulted for abdominal pain, being diagnosed with OHVIRA syndrome.

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Introduction: We sought to investigate three different antibiotic protocols in transurethral resection of a bladder tumour (TURBT), and the possible infectious risk factors of this surgery.

Methods: We conducted a non-randomized, prospective study, gathering cases of patients in whom TURBT had been performed. The sample was divided into three groups based on those who received antibiotics as: a single preoperative dose (Group A); a preoperative dose, plus a long protocol during the hospitalization (Group B); a preoperative dose, plus a long protocol during the hospitalization, plus five days at home (Group C).

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Erectile dysfunction and low sexual desire are multifactorial diseases. The decrease in testosterone levels is one of the causes, but the effect of estradiol is not well known. Moreover, study has shown that the testosterone/estradiol ratio has more influence over sexuality than does estradiol alone.

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Objective: The aim of this study is to determine which cancer and demographic criteria influence the indication for surgery (radical prostatectomy) or radiation therapy (external or brachytherapy) in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Material And Methods: An analysis of the 2714 patients of the 2010 National Prostate Cancer Registry treated with curative intent. The analysed variables were age, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostate volume, the number of biopsy cores, the percentage of positive cores, the stage, Gleason score, the type of pathologist, the presence of perineural invasion and the study centre.

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