Thermo-expandable intraprostatic nitinol stents in the treatment of bladder outlet obstruction: a consecutive case series.

Objective: In high-risk patients, prostatic stents may alleviate obstruction at the prostate level. Since 2020 we have used thermo-expandable intraprostatic nitinol stents. Here we document outcomes through the first years with the procedure.

Testicular biopsies in men with testicular microlithiasis and additional risk factors for cancer: A case series.

Background: Testicular microlithiasis is the presence of small calcifications in the testicular parenchyma. The association between testicular microlithiasis and germ cell neoplasia in situ, a precursor to testicular cancer, is still unclear.

Objectives: To determine the incidence of germ cell neoplasia in situ in men with testicular microlithiasis and evaluate the indication for testicular biopsy according to risk factors in the form of male infertility/reduced semen quality, testicular atrophy, and history of cryptorchidism.

Laparoscopic and robotic nephroureterectomy: does lymphadenectomy have an impact on the clinical outcome?

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of lymphadenectomy (LND) in conjunction with nephroureterectomy on cancer-specific mortality (CSM) and overall survival (OS) for patients with muscle-invasive UTUC.

Methods: A retrospective, multicenter study of patients with UTUC, clinical stage N0M0, who underwent nephroureterectomy between January 2008 and December 2014 was conducted. Outcome measures were OS and CSM.

Recurrence and survival after neck dissections in cutaneous head and neck melanoma.

Introduction: An important prognostic factor in head and neck melanoma is the status of the regional lymph nodes since the presence of metastatic disease in the nodes greatly aggravates the prognosis. There is no consensus on the surgical treatment algorithm for this group. Our aim was to study if there is a difference in nodal recurrence and survival after radical, modified or selective neck dissection.

[Scintigraphy showing bladder in the scrotum by coincidence].

Inguinoscrotal bladder herniation (ISBH) is rare and often asymptomatic, but complications such as renal failure can occur. We present a case of a 70-year-old man with hydrocele. A bone scan showed tracer accumulation in the left scrotum, and a SPECT/CT while urinating revealed that most of the bladder was in the scrotum.