TVT-O for the treatment of pure urodynamic stress incontinence: efficacy, adverse effects, and prognostic factors at 5-year follow-up.

Background: Inside-out tension-free vaginal transobturator tape (TVT-O) is currently one of the most effective and popular procedures for the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI), but data reporting long-term outcomes are scarce.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TVT-O 5-yr implantation for management of pure SUI in women.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A prospective observational study was conducted in four tertiary reference centers.

Herbicide mitigation in microcosms simulating stormwater basins subject to polluted water inputs.

Non-point source pollution as a result of wine-growing activity is of high concern. Stormwater basins (SWB) found downstream of vineyard watersheds could show a potential for the mitigation of runoff water containing herbicides. In this study, mitigation of vinery-used herbicides was studied in microcosms with a very similar functioning to that recorded in SWB.

The artificial urinary sphincter after a quarter of a century: a critical systematic review of its use in male non-neurogenic incontinence.

Context: The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) has historically been considered the gold standard for the surgical management of non-neurogenic stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in men. As new surgical alternatives attempt to offer alternatives to treat male SUI, a contemporary assessment of the evidence supporting the use of AUS appears mandatory for clinical decision making.

Objective: To conduct a critical systematic review of long-term outcomes after AUS implantation in male patients with non-neurogenic SUI.

[Initial assessment, follow-up and treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia: guidelines of the LUTS committee of the French Urological Association].

Aim: To elaborate guidelines for the diagnosis, the follow-up, and the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Method: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to select more relevant publications. The level of evidence was evaluated.

Global diversity patterns and cross-taxa convergence in freshwater systems.

Whereas global patterns and predictors of species diversity are well known for numerous terrestrial taxa, our understanding of freshwater diversity patterns and their predictors is much more limited. Here, we examine spatial concordance in global diversity patterns for five freshwater taxa (i.e.

Prospective short-term evaluation of transurethral needle ablation procedure in an ambulatory setting.

Objective: To assess the results of transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) (Prostiva®, Medtronic, France) performed in an ambulatory setting in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)/benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Materials And Methods: A multicenter open-label study was conducted. Short-term success was defined by ability to leave the hospital on the evening of the intervention, and absence of rehospitalization due to complications during the first postoperative month.

The oncologic impact of a delay between diagnosis and radical nephroureterectomy due to diagnostic ureteroscopy in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinomas: results from a large collaborative database.

Objectives: According to the current upper urinary tract urothelial carcinomas (UTUC) guidelines, ureteroscopic evaluation (URS) is recommended to improve diagnostic accuracy and obtain a grade (by biopsy or cytology). However, URS may delay radical surgery [e.g.

[Salvage therapy with artificial urinary sphincter after Advance™ male sling failure for post-prostatectomy incontinence: a first clinical experience].

Objectives: To assess the clinical outcome following artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation after failure of Advance™ sub-urethral male sling for post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI).

Methods: A prospective evaluation was conducted about consecutive patients who received an AUS after failure of Advance™ therapy in one tertiary reference center. Evaluation included medical history, pad use and operative data (duration, cuff size, technical difficulties).

Patterns of local recurrence after radical cystectomy in a contemporary series of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Purpose: To describe the epidemiology, clinical features, and prognostic factors of local recurrence (LR) in a large case series of patients treated by radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 903 patients treated in a single tertiary reference center. All cases of LR were identified.

Refractory cardiac arrest in a rural area: mechanical chest compression during helicopter transport.

Background: Out-of-hospital refractory cardiac arrest patients can be transported to a hospital for extracorporeal life support (ECLS), which can be either therapeutic or performed for organ donation. Early initiation is of vital importance and the main limitation when considering ECLS. This explains that all reported series of cardiac arrest patients referred for ECLS were urban ones.

A contemporary assessment of nocturia: definition, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management--a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Context: Nocturia is a common urologic symptom that has been covered in a variety of reported studies in the literature but is not specifically covered in current guidelines.

Objective: To comprehensively review the literature pertaining to the definition, etiologies, and consequences of nocturia and assess the evidence supporting the use of conservative medical and interventional therapy.

Evidence Acquisition: A literature search was conducted using the keyword nocturia, restricted to articles in the English language, after 2000 and before April 2012, in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases.

Urine TMPRSS2:ERG fusion transcript integrated with PCA3 score, genotyping, and biological features are correlated to the results of prostatic biopsies in men at risk of prostate cancer.

Background: Detection of fusion gene TMPRSS2:ERG transcripts in urine have been recently described in order to refine urine-based detection of prostate cancer (PCa), but data its clinical impact remain scarce. We aimed at investigating the correlation of TMPRSS2:ERG, prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3), prostate specific antigen (PSA) density, genetic variants, and androgenic status with outcome and pathological findings at prostatic biopsy.

Methods: Between 2007 and 2011, 291 patients at risk of PCa because of PSA > 3.

Pelvic organ prolapse transvaginal repair by the Prolift system: evaluation of efficacy and complications after a 4.5 years follow up.

Objectives: The Prolift system is a polypropylene device designed for pelvic organ prolapse repair by a transvaginal approach. Numerous studies have reported on short-term outcomes of this procedure, but long-term studies are lacking.

Methods: A retrospective study of patients who underwent pelvic organ prolapse repair by Prolift between September 2005 and September 2008 was carried out in two tertiary reference centers by two experienced surgeons.

75NC007 device for noninvasive stress urinary incontinence management in women: a randomized controlled trial.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with intravaginal devices is an alternative to surgical management, but data of a high level of evidence remain scarce. Our goal was to assess efficacy, tolerance, and acceptability of the 75NC007 intravaginal device for SUI management.

Methods: A phase III, multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted.

Treatment of postprostatectomy male urinary incontinence with the transobturator retroluminal repositioning sling suspension: 3-year follow-up.

Background: The AdVance male sling (American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, MN, USA) has been shown to be an efficacious device in short-term studies for postprostatectomy incontinence (PPI), but long-term studies are lacking.

Objective: Examine the intermediate-term outcome with the AdVance sling for PPI management.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A multicentre prospective evaluation was conducted on consecutive patients treated for PPI in three European tertiary reference centres.

Photoselective vaporization of the prostate with GreenLight 120-W laser compared with monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: Evidence supporting the widespread use of GreenLight High Performance System (HPS) 120-W photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) is lacking.

Objective: To assess the noninferiority of PVP compared with transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) on urinary symptoms and the superiority of PVP over TURP on length of hospital stay.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted.

[Surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia by thermotherapy and other emerging techniques: A review of the literature by the LUTS committee of the French Urological Association].

Purpose: To perform an update on mini-invasive surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by thermotherapy and other emerging techniques.

Method: A systematic review of literature was performed in Pubmed database for the period running from 1980 to 2011. The level of evidence of each report was evaluated, and only recent publications of high level of evidence were included.

[Surgical management of BPH by laser therapies: A review of the literature by the LUTS committee of the French urological association].

Purpose: To perform an update on the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by laser.

Method: A systematic review of recent literature was performed. The level of evidence of each report was evaluated, and only recent publications of high level of evidence were included.