[Treatment of superficial tumors of the bladder with bacillus Calmette-Guérin].

In a prospective study 21 patients with superficial bladder tumors were treated with BCG and examined as to compatibility and effectiveness. The BCG treatment was according to Morales with 6 intravesical applications in weekly intervals, 120 mg BCG each, and skin scarification with 5 mg on the thigh at the same time. A BCG viable vaccine of the Pasteur Paris strain (immune BCG PasteurFR) was used.

[Open plasties of the urethra after internal urethrotomy by Sachse's procedure. Evaluation in 18 patients].

Eighteen patients required repeat surgery for urethral stenosis after internal urethrotomy. A single operation had been performed in 11 cases, 7 had had two operations and 1 patient had undergone 4 consecutive internal urethrotomies. Stenosis was iatrogenic in origin in 66% of cases (urethral catheter or endoscopy).

[Vesico-ureteral-renal reflux in adults: an overview].

From 1970 to 1980 forty-four ureters with vesico-ureteral-renal (VUR) reflux were treated surgically at the University Urologic Clinic, Inselspital, Berne. According to Hodson's classification, four patients were grade 1, 23 grade 2 and 17 grade 3. Distribution of the renal lesions by Smellie's classification was 4 without renal lesion, 24 with grades 1 and 2, and 16 in grade 3 and 4.

[Papillary mesothelioma of the left spermatic cord and tunica vaginalis].

The primary mesothelioma of the spermatic cord is a very rate tumor, histologically benign. Its evolution, because of the possibility of recurrence, is uncertain. We have found only six cases in the literature.