Evaluation of Benefits and Harms of Surgical Treatments for Post-radical Prostatectomy Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Context: No meta-analysis has comprehensively addressed both benefits and harms, or the certainty of evidence of the implantable continence devices used in men to treat postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (PPI).

Objective: To evaluate the benefits and harms of surgical treatments for patients suffering from PPI and assess the certainty of evidence. The primary benefit was cure (one or fewer pad per day), and the primary harm was reoperations defined by surgical procedures following implantation.

Malignant solitary fibrous tumour of the kidney with an extensive thrombus: A case report and review of the literature.

Solitary fibrous tumours (SFTs) are neoplasms originating from mesenchymal cells, usually found in lung pleura. Extrapleuritic lesions are extremely rare, with about 60 cases of SFTs of the kidney available in the English literature. We report here the first case of a malignant SFT of the kidney presenting with an extensive vascular thrombus extending to the right atrium with associated pulmonary emboli.

Mid-term results of self-testing of the international normalized ratio in adults with a mechanical heart valve.

Background: Commonly the frequency of international normalized ratio (INR) monitoring with a conventional laboratory test in stable patients is once a month. When using a dedicated personal device for INR assessment, the frequency may be increased to two or more times a month.

Objective: To show that INR assessed by self-measurement at home is reliable and feasible in the mid-term and improves medical care.

Left atrium papillary fibroelastomas: a cause of cerebral emboli.

Papillary fibroelastomas are cardiac benign tumours. Among the benign cardiac tumor, papillary fibroelastomas are reported second after myxomas. Most often diagnosed incidentally, papillary fibroelastomas may embolize to cerebral circulation.