Partial nephrectomy in solitary kidneys: comparison between open surgery and robotic-assisted laparoscopy on perioperative and functional outcomes (UroCCR-54 study).

Purpose: The management of solitary kidney tumors is a surgical challenge, requiring irreproachable results on both oncological and functional outcomes. The goal of our study was to compare the perioperative results of robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) to open surgery in this indication.

Methods: We led a multicentric study based on the prospectively maintained French national database UroCCR.

Clinical results after surgical resection of benign solitary schwannomas: A review of 150 cases.

Introduction: Peripheral nerve schwannomas are the most common nerve tumors. While they are efficiently treated with surgery, the risk of neurological complications, especially sensory deficits, remains debated.

Hypothesis: We postulate that rates of post-operative sensory deficits in peripheral schwannoma surgery are low and are not increased in schwannomas of the hand, in which preservation of discriminative tact is of prime functional importance.

Highly Specific Droplet-Digital PCR Detection of Universally Methylated Circulating Tumor DNA in Endometrial Carcinoma.

Background: No circulating biomarker is available for endometrial carcinoma (EC). We aimed to identify DNA positions universally hypermethylated in EC, and to develop a digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) assay for detection of hypermethylated circulating tumor DNA (meth-ctDNA) in plasma from patients with EC.

Methods: DNA positions hypermethylated in EC, and without unspecific hypermethylation in tissue/cell types releasing circulating cell-free DNA in plasma, were identified in silico from TCGA/Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) data.

Extraperitoneal Robot-Assisted Vesicourethral Reconstruction to Manage Anastomotic Stricture Following Radical Prostatectomy.

Objective: To demonstrate the feasibility of robot-assisted vesicourethral reconstruction. Vesicourethral anastomotic stricture following radical prostatectomy is a real challenge for reconstructive surgery when facing several endoscopic management failures.

Material And Methods: This is a case series of robot-assisted vesicourethral reconstruction for anastomotic stricture failing endoscopic management.

Urothelial Carcinoma in Bladder Diverticula: A Multicenter Analysis of Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes.

Background: Urothelial carcinoma arising in a bladder diverticulum (UCBD) is uncommon, and data on treatment and outcome are sparse.

Objective: To analyze clinicopathological characteristics of UCBD and to compare outcome after radical cystectomy (RC) and partial cystectomy (PC).

Design, Setting, And Participants: Data of 115 UCBD patients treated with RC (n=81) or PC (n=34) between 2000 and 2016 were collected from 11 institutional databases and were analyzed retrospectively.