[The conservative treatment of early-stage benign prostatic hypertrophy].

After outlining the methods currently used in benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) treatment, data defining some etiological aspects of the disease are briefly analyzed. Initial experience had with the treatment of early stage BPH using Permixon--a drug exerting effect on alpha-2 reductase--is described. The results in a series of twenty-seven patients presenting BPH are encouraging.

[The diagnosis and treatment of closed bladder injuries].

Blunt bladder injuries occupy a particular place among the problems of modern emergency urology. Regardless of their rarity, recognition of this type of traumatic injury is of exceptional importance for the urologist in his efforts to establish precise diagnosis and undertake rational treatment. Comprehensive knowledge is necessary both of the nature of the trauma and of its duration and the changes occurring in the damaged tissues in the different stages of treatment.