The PRO-RCC study: a long-term PROspective Renal Cell Carcinoma cohort in the Netherlands, providing an infrastructure for 'Trial within Cohorts' study designs.

Background: Ongoing research in the field of both localized, locally advanced and metastatic renal cell carcinoma has resulted in the availability of multiple treatment options. Hence, many questions are still unanswered and await further research. A nationwide collaborative registry allows to collect corresponding data.

Urethral meatus deformities in girls as a factor in dysfunctional voiding.

Purpose: Girls with an anterior deflected urinary stream (ADUS) cannot void in the ideal toileting position, resulting in lower success rates of behavioral training programs. Purpose was to study prospectively the clinical effects of surgical meatus correction for ADUS in girls with dysfunctional voiding (DV).

Methods: A cohort of 171 DV patients aged 6-12 years was investigated.

An adjustable sling for the treatment of all degrees of male stress urinary incontinence: retrospective evaluation of efficacy and complications after a minimal followup of 14 months.

Purpose: In this retrospective study we evaluated the efficacy and complications of the Argus® adjustable sling for the treatment of various degrees of male stress urinary incontinence.

Materials And Methods: Retrospectively we evaluated continence and complications in 100 men with stress urinary incontinence consecutively treated with the Argus between April 2005 and October 2008. Incontinence was defined as mild (1 to 2 pads per 24 hours), moderate (3 to 5 pads per 24 hours) and severe (more than 5 pads per 24 hours).

Routine biopsies in pediatric circumcision: (non) sense?

Objective: At our institute we usually send the foreskin after circumcision for pathological examination. Does this make sense or is it merely medical overconsumption?

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis was carried out of all pediatric patients who underwent a circumcision, from August 2005 to January 2008, for persisting pathological phimosis after treatment with topical steroids. Religious circumcisions were excluded.