[Evaluation of the consultants to a urology service at hospital level].

Objective: The main objectives of this study were to value the quality of the contained information, the characteristics of the consultants (IC) and as well as to know the performance carried out by the service of Urology in our hospital.

Material And Methods: It was carried out an observational descriptive study where the documents of IC picked up by the service of Urology during 8 months were analyzed. Previously defined approaches of quality were used by Irazábal et al (changed) and Batista Miranda JE et al.

[Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy as treatment of lithiasis in horseshoe kidney].

Objectives: Horseshoe kidney is the most frequent renal congenital anomaly, with an estimated general population prevalence of 1/400-500. This entity may be asymptomatic for the entire lifetime, or produce symptoms from associated complications such as lithiasis, hydronephrosis, or recurrent infections. The incidence of lithiasis varies between 20% and 80% of the patients.

[Post-traumatic renal arteriovenous fistula. Conservative treatment with superselective embolization].

Objective: Renal arterial-venous fistula is a low incidence clinical entity generally secondary to processes invasive to such organ. We report a new case with a bibliographic review, and evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic approach.

Methods/results: We report the case of a patient who suffered a left flank knife wound and developed an arterial-venous fistula presenting with hematuria that was solved by selective embolization.