[The REVELA13 observatory to study new cases of bladder tumor among women living in Bouches-du-Rhône county].

Introduction: The REVELA13 observatory is a unique epidemiological tool listing the new cases of kidney tumors, bladder tumors and acute leukaemias in the Bouches-du-Rhône county (France). Aim was to exploit for the first time data from this observatory regarding new cases of bladder tumors≥T1 in women from 2012 to 2014.

Materials: This epidemiological study was observational and descriptive.

Seminal vesicle invasion: what is the best adjuvant treatment after radical prostatectomy?

Objective: • To evaluate the biochemical-failure free survival according to different adjuvant treatments in patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) with seminal vesicle invasion (SVI).

Patients And Methods: • Between 1994 and 2008, 4090 men underwent RP in nine centres. Of these, 310 men had a SVI.

[Complications of "Acucise" balloon endopyelotomy].

Objectives: Although the results of endopyelotomy for ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) stenosis are well known, our objective was to study the specific complications of treatment of UPJ stenoses by Acucise balloon.

Material And Methods: The specific complications of 50 patients (40 women, 10 men) treated consecutively by Acucise balloon endopyelotomy for UPJ stenosis from January 1994 to February 1999 were reviewed. The mean age was 47 years (range: 19-84 years).

[CT-guided percutaneous fine needle biopsy of solid tumors of the kidney].

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the reliability and the role of percutaneous needle biopsy in the diagnosis of renal masses.

Materials And Methods: 85 biopsies were performed in 74 patients (mean age: 62 +/- 14 years). The median tumour diameter was 4.