TETRAS Spirals and Handwriting Samples: Determination of Optimal Scoring Examples.

Background: Spiral drawings and handwriting tasks have long been used to assess the severity of essential tremor, but these motor tasks are somewhat less objective as the rules for scoring are not based on firm objective amplitude-based criteria. Publishing the best examples of each of the possible 0-4 ratings for these items could reduce scoring variance.

Methods: 21 members of the Tremor Research Group each rated 94 spirals and 64 handwriting samples using TETRAS scoring criteria.

Total penile glans amputation following circumcision: A case report of a dramatic complication.

Circumcision is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. As traditional ritual circumcisions are still practiced in the community, in Senegal the majority of circumcisions are performed in hospitals. We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who underwent a total amputation of the glans after a circumcision in a pharmacy by an unqualified agent.

Post-abortive vesicovaginal fistula associated with bladder lithiasis: About an observation.

Illegally induced abortions remain a significant public health issue in developing countries. We report a case that was complicated by a vesicovaginal fistula with intravesical calcification of the piece of wood used to perform the illegal abortion. A -vesical approach allowed extraction of the calcified foreign body and closure of the vesicovaginal fistula.

[Outcomes of radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer at the Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital].

The purpose of this study was to assess outcomes of radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer. We conducted a retrospective single-center study in the Department of Urology and Andrology at the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital in Dakar from June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2016. We collected data of 60 patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy associated with dissection of the iliac and obturator nodes.

[Results of two-level urethroplasty according to Bengt Johanson for complex urethral strictures in adults].

Aim: to evaluate the results of two-level urethroplasty in the treatment of complex urethral strictures in our clinical center.

Patients And Method: Thiswas a retrospective cross sectional study from January 2012 to September 2015 in our clinical center. Patients operated according to Bengt Johanson technique were included.