[Use of Eductyl(®) suppository for rectal preparation before prostate biopsy: an observational survey].

Background: Local preparation of rectum governs the possibly survenue of complications during transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies of prostate.

Objective: To determine the efficacy and acceptability of rectal preparation (Eductyl(®) suppository) in patients undergoing a transrectal prostate biopsy.

Patients And Methods: From May to August 2005, eight urologists (Bel-Air Urological Center, Bordeaux) included 137 patients (mean age 66.

[Long-term prognosis of kidney cancer with vena cava thrombus. Report of 30 cases].

The authors present a retrospective analysis of 30 cases of renal cancer with vena cava thrombus with a sufficient follow-up to allow analysis of the long-term prognosis. Only three patients are still alive with a follow-up of 12, 34 and 57 months. The actuarial survival for the overall population was 55%, 37% and 22% at 1, 2 and 3 years respectively.

[Percutaneous colpocystopexy under endoscopic control in the treatment of female urinary incontinence: results in 33 cases].

33 female patients with urinary incontinence underwent simplified percutaneous bladder neck suspension: 21 (67%) presented with stress incontinence, had had. The mean follow-up was 13.2 months (6 to 24 months).

[Mesenteric and portal vein thrombosis following splenectomy in hematologic diseases. Apropos of 3 cases].

Mesenterico-portal venous thrombosis following hematological splenectomy is infrequent. We report about three cases successfully treated with heparin. A review of the literature allows identifying three factors acting in the etiopathogenesis of such thrombosis: alteration of blood composition, blood stasis and injuries to the vascular walls.