Ureteral duplication with an heterotopic ureteric implantation: a less common cause of adult urinary incontinence.

A 25-year-old woman with a history of frequent urinary tract infections and dribbling urinary incontinence since early childhood was referred to our urology clinic. An accurate investigation revealed a complete right ureteral duplication, with a dysplastic upper-pole renal moiety and an ectopic right ureter draining into the vagina. The patient underwent surgical exploration which confirmed the diagnosis.

Sexual Dysfunction and Satisfaction in Kidney Transplant Patients.

Introduction: 10% of the world's population suffers from chronic kidney disease. Kidney transplants provide an improvement in the quality of life of those patients. Sexual dysfunction is common after kidney transplantation, and its etiology is presumed to be multifactorial.

The management of bilateral cryptorchidism in the adult man: report of two cases.

Objective: Undescended testis or cryptorchidism is a pathology usually presenting in the newborn or during childhood, rarely diagnosed in the adult man. This article pretends to perform a review of its management in the adulthood.

Methods: We present two cases of man with bilateral congenital cryptorchidism diagnosed in the adult.

Bladder metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma. Report of 2 cases and bibliographic review.

Objective: Metastases to the urinary bladder are rare, representing less than 2% of bladder tumors. We report two cases of bladder involvement by primary gastric adenocarcinoma and perform a bibliographic review of the literature on this subject.

Methods: A search for published data was performed in the PubMed database using the key words "bladder", "secondary malignant tumors" and "metastatic gastric carcinoma".

Teaching laparoscopy to residents: how can we select good candidates?

Modern medicine incorporates minimally invasive approaches in virtually all areas of surgery, and its application will continue to expand. The laparoscopic approach to many complex procedures is accompanied by a long learning curve that is not easily overcome or bypassed. Current training methods involve box trainers, virtual reality simulators, and live animal models that all attempt to replicate laparoscopic scenarios with varying degrees of success.