Idiopathic recurrent ischemic priapism: a review of current literature and an algorithmic approach to evaluation and management.

Background: Stuttering priapism is characterized by recurrent, self-limited episodes of penile erection lasting from a few minutes to a maximum of three hours, often resolving spontaneously. These episodes can occur with or without sexual stimulation. If not treated promptly and effectively, stuttering priapism can severely impact a patient's quality of life, leading to significant psychological distress and anxiety related to sexual performance.

Cohort profile: COBLAnCE: a French prospective cohort to study prognostic and predictive factors in bladder cancer and to generate real-world data on treatment patterns, resource use and quality of life.

Purpose: Bladder cancer is a complex disease with a wide range of outcomes. Clinicopathological factors only partially explain the variability between patients in prognosis and treatment response. There is a need for large cohorts collecting extensive data and biological samples to: (1) investigate gene-environment interactions, pathological/molecular classification and biomarker discovery; and (2) describe treatment patterns, outcomes, resource use and quality of life in a real-world setting.

Rare paraneoplastic syndrome of prostatic cancer: limbic encephalitis: a case report.

Introduction: Limbic encephalitis is an autoimmune neurologic disorder, often of paraneoplastic origin, that seldom complicates prostatic tumors. The nonspecificity of symptoms makes the diagnosis sometimes difficult to establish. Prognosis is essentially determined by comorbidities and sensorineural and cognitive sequelae.

[Mirror survey of patients with urge urinary incontinence and healthcare professionals].

Background: This survey assessed how much of a taboo surrounds urge or mixed urinary incontinence (UI), through questions to affected patients and healthcare professionals using online questionnaires, with the objective to contrast the patients' perceptions with that of the doctors.

Methods: This quantitative study was preceded by a qualitative phase carried out with general practitioners, specialists, and UI patients. Following these phases, questionnaires were made available on the internet.

Available evidence on HIFU for focal treatment of prostate cancer: a systematic review.

Purpose: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common oncologic disease among men. Radical treatment with curative intent provides good oncological results for PCa survivors, although definitive therapy is associated with significant number of serious side-effects. In modern-era of medicine tissue-sparing techniques, such as focal HIFU, have been proposed for PCa patients in order to provide cancer control equivalent to the standard-of-care procedures while reducing morbidities and complications.

Large-cell neuroendocrine tumor of the prostate: a case report and review of the literature.

Background: Primitive neuroendocrine prostate neoplasms are rarely reported. This entity comprises carcinoïd tumors and poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumors, mainly those of the small-cell type. Large-cell-type primitive tumors are exceptional, and only nine cases are reported in the literature.

Corrigendum to "Testicular plasmocytoma as late relapse of multiple myeloma" [Urol Case Rep 31 (2020) 101181].

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Quality of life and functional outcomes after radical cystectomy with ileal orthotopic neobladder replacement for bladder cancer: a multicentre observational study.

Purpose: Ileal orthotopic neobladder (IONB) reconstruction is the preferred urinary diversion among selected patients who have undergone radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer (BCa). There is insufficient data regarding patients' quality of life (QoL), sexual and urinary outcomes. Our objectives were to assess QoL in a multicentre cohort study, and to identify related clinical, oncological and functional factors.

Evaluation of care given to patients suffering from erectile dysfunction by French urologists in 2018.

Erectile dysfunction varied by country, affecting between 20 to 40% of men aged 60 and 69 and more than 50% of men aged over 75. Our objective was to evaluate the habits of urologists in 2018 and also evaluate the need for additional, objective tools to aid physicians when providing care. A questionnaire was sent from the French Urology Association to 1158 physicians between November and December 2018.

Testicular plasmocytoma as an unsual late relapse of multiple myeloma.

Among extramedullary manifestations of multiple myeloma, testicular localization is exceptional. A scrotal mass in this context poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges given the aesthetic, psychological and reproductive impact of surgery. Authors report a case of testicular plasmocytoma seven years after remission from multiple myeloma.

[Non-surgical management of Peyronie's disease: State of current knowledge].

Background: Peyronie's disease is an inflammatory disorder of the penis, where scar tissue creates a plaque at the level of the albuginea, limits its extension, and leads to a bent and shorter penis during erections. There are no international standards for the evaluation and the treatment of the disease. The aim of this article is to review the current knowledge about the management of Peyronie's disease and to suggest an algorithm to help physicians evaluate and manage this condition.

[Orthotopic neobladder reconstruction for bladder cancer: robotic-assisted versus open-radical cystectomy for perioperative outcomes, functional results and quality of life].

Introduction: Open radical cystectomy (ORC) is the gold standard technique for carcinologic cystectomies. Robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) was introduced in 2003 and its development is booming.

Objective: To compare ORC and RARC with totally intracorporal (IC) orthotopic neobladder (ONB) reconstruction, in terms of perioperative outcomes, morbidity, functional results and quality of life (Qol).

Diagnosis and laparoscopic management of retrocaval ureter: A review of the literature and our case series.

Objectives: To expose the diagnosis and the different laparoscopic approaches for the surgical management of patients with retrocaval ureter (RCU) and to share our experience on two cases.

Methods: Updated literature review on Pubmed and debating personal experiences including ours (double j stent insertion before the surgery, use of 4 trocards, transperitoneal approach, pyelopyelostomy for the anastomosis…), concerning the laparoscopic treatment of the RCU.

Results: Laparoscopic treatment of RCU is a recommended management for many reasons: less blood loss during the surgery, a shorter hospital stay, less postoperative pain and superior esthetic results with excellent functional results.

A Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy of a Combination of Propolis and Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) (DUAB®) in Preventing Low Urinary Tract Infection Recurrence in Women Complaining of Recurrent Cystitis.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to compare the efficacy of a product containing cranberry and propolis (DUAB) to placebo for reducing frequency of cystitis in women with recurrent acute cystitis.

Method: A multicenter, placebo-controlled, randomized study of women aged >18 years with at least 4 episodes of cystitis in the previous 12 months was performed. The number of cystitis episodes over a 6-month follow-up was the primary end point.

Perioperative infectious risk in urology: Management of preoperative polymicrobial urine culture. A systematic review. By the infectious disease Committee of the French Association of urology.

Introduction: The aim was to assess the risk of postoperative infections in patients with preoperative polymicrobial urine culture and to provide the urologist with practices to minimise the risk of infection in these clinical situations.

Methods: A systematic literature review was carried. All national and international recommendations have been reviewed.

[Interest of a systematic assessment of the treatment of the lower urinary tract symptoms in the management of benign prostatic hypertrophy in general practice (1380 patients) - Study EVALURO].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a modification or initiation of treatment by a α-blocker in patients already medically treated for BPH-related LUTS, with persistent urinary symptoms.

Methods: This is a prospective observational study among general practitioners in France. Included patients were over 60 years of age with BPH-related LUTS who had been medically treated for at least 6 months.

[Short version of recommendations for enhanced recovery program (ERP) for cystectomy: Technical measures].

Introduction: The enhanced recovery program (ERP) is a management mode whose objective is to reduce the risk of complications and allow the patient to recover more quickly all its functional capacities and to reintegrate at most quickly and safely in his usual environment. This intentionally synthetic document aims to disseminate in the urological community the main points of the ERP recommendations for cystectomy. This work, coordinated by AFU, involves several other partners.

Juxta-adrenal schwannoma presenting as a giant adrenal tumor: A case report and a literature review.

Introduction: Retroperitoneal schwannomas (RS) are rare, benign tumors that originate in the neural sheath. Juxta-adrenal schwannomas may be misdiagnosed with giant adrenal tumors. This article reports the case of a RS that presented as an asymptomatic adrenal mass in a 50 Y.

The visual prostate symptom score is a simple tool to identify and follow up in general practice patients with lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (a study with 1359 patients).

Introduction: The IPSS (International Prostate Symptom Score), a structured self-administered questionnaire is the reference test for evaluation of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). A 5-pictogram score entitled Score Visuel Prostatique en Images (SVPI) was proposed in France and evaluated by urologists. We assessed the interest of the SVPI for the identification and monitoring of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)-related LUTS in general practice, and compared it with the IPSS.

[Validation of visual prostate symptom score, VPSS, in the evaluation of lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (550 patients)].

Objectives: Our objective was to validate the VPSS (visual prostatic symptom score) score in the French language for the identification and monitoring of BPH-related LUTS in urological practice.

Methods: A prospective observational survey was carried out between September the 15th 2014 and July the 30th 2015 in urology practices. The first 4 consecutive patients aged over 60 years, with BPH-related LUTS requiring prescription of an alpha-blocker, were enrolled.

Resistance and virulence potential of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients hospitalized in urology departments: a French prospective multicentre study.

We characterized antibiotic resistance and virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains isolated from urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients hospitalized in urology departments. A prospective multicentre study was initiated from March 2009 and lasted until February 2010 in French urology units. All patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU), acute cystitis, acute pyelonephritis or acute prostatitis in whom UPEC was detected were included.