Sexual functioning of adult patients born with meningomyelocele. A pilot study.

Objectives: This pilot study was started to get an impression of the sexual activity and sexual difficulties of adult patients born with meningomyelocele in control at Utrecht University Hospital, and to find out whether these problems deserve more attention from the Spina Bifida Team.

Methods: Seventeen patients (9 men, 8 women; aged 19-44) were asked to participate; 11 (8 men, 3 women) decided to take part in this study. All these patients were interviewed by their physician about their present sexual life; 6 of them also completed the 'Questionnaire for screening Sexual Dysfunctions' (QSD).

[Iodine-125 implantation in localized prostate cancer; technique and results from 100 patients at the Academic Hospital, Utrecht].

Objective: To evaluate the preliminary results of perineal implantation of I-125 seeds in patients with cancer of the prostate.

Design: Prospective descriptive cohort study.

Setting: Utrecht University Hospital, the Netherlands.

[The use of lasers in the treatment of urolithiasis].

The treatment of calculi in the urinary tract has been subject to major changes over the last few years. Since extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the first choice of treatment, there appears to be little need for endoscopic and surgical techniques. In case ESWL treatment is unsuccessful or inadequate, laser lithotripsy is a good alternative.