Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Moroccan version of the Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 (GQL-15) questionnaire in patients with glaucoma.

Background: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world. In addition, visual impairment and psychological strain have been shown to have a significant impact on quality of life (QoL) in glaucoma patients. Maintaining the quality of life of glaucoma patients has become an important component of treatment.

Management of adnexal masses' torsion during pregnancy.

With the increased use and quality of ultrasound in pregnancy, adnexal masses are being encountered with greater frequency. Most of the time such masses are asymptomatic. It can be discovered in an emergency.

[Inflammatory pseudo-tumor of the bladder expelled through the urethral meatus in a girl].

Inflammatory pseudo-tumors of the bladder are rare benign tumors that mostly arise in the differential diagnosis of sarcomas in children. The authors report an unusual case of pedunculated inflammatory pseudo-tumor of the bladder that externalized by the urethral meatus in a 13-year-old girl. The treatment consisted of a ligation-resection of the pedicle, followed by resection of the tumor.

[Pathology of the processus vaginalis in urological practice].

Purpose: To describe the epidemiological, anatomico-clinical and therapeutic aspects of the patent vaginoperitoneal canal (PVPC) in urological practice and to compare our results with those of pediatric teams.

Patients And Methods: We performed a retrospective descriptive study of PVPC cases operated in a urology unit. The following parameters were studied: medical history, age, method of installation, the anatomo-clinical type, side and the results of the treatment.

[Scrotal calcinosis: clinical and therapeutic aspects in 5 cases].

Scrotal calcinosis is a rare pathology and etiology still discussed. We report five cases in patients without particular history of another disease. Clinical examination revealed scrotal wall with painless nodules of various sizes producing a whitish substance, pasty.

[Testicular bilharzioma by Schistosomia haematobium: about two cases].

Bilharzioma are inflammatory pseudotumors, which often pose the problem of differential diagnosis with neoplastic processes. Using the keywords "testicular" and "schistosomiasis", there are only 14 cases of testicular bilharzioma identified on PubMed. The authors report two new cases in a 6-year-old child and an adult of 38 years, collected over a period of 5 years.

[Post-hysterectomy vesicovaginal fistula].

Objective: Describe the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of vesicovaginal fistula (VVF).

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of all cases of VVF secondary to hysterectomy. The following parameters were studied: age, parity, indication for hysterectomy, risk factors, the consultation period, the anatomical type of VVF, the paraclinical, the surgical approach and results of the cure.

[Anderson-Hynes open pyeloplasty: which indications in the area of laparoscopic surgery?].

Objectives: To evaluate the results of Anderson-Hynes open pyeloplasty in our institution. And then to compare them to those of laparoscopic procedure and identify what can be considered now as the indications of the open procedure.

Patients And Methods: It was a retrospective study on 30 cases of ureteropelvic junction syndrome managed by Anderson-Hynes open procedure.

[Pyonephrosis: 44 cases in Senegal].

Purpose: To report epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical features of pyonephrosis and describe current management methods in Senegal.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study includes a series of patients admitted for pyonephrosis to the Urology Department of the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital in Dakar between 1995 and 2009. The following information was collected for each patient: age, sex, clinical manifestations, diagnostic findings, treatment modalities and outcomes.

[Adult renal cancer in Senegal: Current epidemiological, clinical features, profile's evolution over the two past decades].

Objective: To study current epidemiological and clinical features of adult renal cancer in Senegal and the evolution of these features over the two past decades.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective ten years study (2000-2009) that analyzed all the renal cell cancer in adult admitted in the urology department and the pathology department of the university teaching hospital Aristide-Le-Dantec (Dakar). The results of this study were compared with those of the previous decade.

[Acute priapism associated with sickle cell disease in Senegal: clinical, therapeutic features and risk factors for erectile dysfunction].

Unlabelled: To describe clinical and therapeutic features of ischemic priapism associated with sickle cell disease (SSD) in Senegalese men and to identify risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED).

Patients And Methods: The charts of all patients admitted to the Urology Department of Aristide Le Dantec University Teaching Hospital (Dakar) for ischemic priapism associated with SSD between January 2000 and September 2008 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: A total of 22 patients with a mean age of 19.

[Renal cell carcinoma in children: Report of a case with lymph node involvement].

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in children is rare. This entity has different clinical and biological presentation characteristics from adult RCC. In contrast to Wilms tumor, the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation therapy in pediatric RCC remains uncertain.

Etiology and current clinical characteristics of male urethral stricture disease: experience from a public teaching hospital in Senegal.

Objective: To identify the etiology and current clinical characteristics of male urethral stricture disease (USD) in Senegal.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective and mono-centric study over a 10-year period (between January 1999 and December 2008) was carried out and included all male patients with USD admitted to the Urology Department of Aristide Le-Dantec Hospital (Dakar).

Results: We recorded 414 USD cases.

[Place of bilateral pulpectomy as a method of androgen suppression therapy in prostate cancer].

Purpose: To report the oncologic results and morbidity of bilateral pulpectomy and to identify factors that make this method of androgen suppression therapy the most used in our country.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a prospective study in the urology department of Aristide Le-Dantec hospital (Dakar) between January 2008 and June 2010 (30 months). It included 84 cases of prostate cancer treated by bilateral pulpectomy under local anesthesia.

[Urinary lithiasis in children: a study of 20 cases].

Purpose: To report the cases of urolithiasis in children and to assess epidemiological, clinical and therapeutically aspects.

Patients And Methods: We study retrospectively the cases of urolithiasis in children of 0 to 15 years old between 2003 and 2008. The parameters of study were: age, sex, clinical and therapeutically aspects.

[Extraparenchymental distribution and feasibility of selective clamping of segmental renal arteries during partial nephrectomy: a study of the dissection of 30 kidneys from recent nonformolised corpses].

Objective: To assess the feasibility of selective clamping of segmental renal arteries during partial nephrectomy, in order to limit renal infarction to the pathological area to be resected.

Materials And Methods: A dissection of renal artery and its extraparenchymal branches was realised. The study included 30 kidneys from recent nonformolised corpses.

[Urological emergencies at the Dakar university teaching hospital: epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features].

Objective: To present the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features of the urological emergencies in Senegal, West Africa.

Material And Methods: The authors conducted a 20 months retrospective study that analyzed the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features of all urological emergencies admitted to the urology department of the university teaching hospital Aristide-Le-Dantec (Dakar).

Results: There were 1237 urological emergencies.

[Prune Belly syndrome: epidemiologic, clinic and therapeutic aspects].

Unlabelled: Prune Belly syndrome (PBS) is a rare complex malformation with male predominance. His pathogeny is not yet completely elucidated. The goal of this work is to analyze the epidemiological, anatomoclinical and treatment aspects of a retrospective trial in Aristide-Le-Dantec Hospital.

[Bladder cancers in Senegal: epidemiological, clinical and histological features].

Objective: To present the epidemiological, clinical and histological profile of the bladder cancer in Senegal.

Material And Method: The authors conducted a retrospective study based on registries and clinical data of patients admitted for bladder cancer confirmed by the histology at the university hospital Aristide-Le-Dantec of Dakar.

Results: Four hundred and twenty-eight bladder cancers were recorded.

[Vulval bilharziasis].

Vulvar localisation of schistosomiasis is a rare presentation. We report a case of a woman of 20 years old hospitalised for a vulvar mass of six months. That mass progressively increased in volume and was tender.

[Abdominoscrotal hydrocele complicated by hydroureteronephrosis].

Abdominoscrotal hydrocele is a very rare clinical entity especially in childhood with less than 100 paediatric cases reported in the literature. It is associated with various complications and its pathogenesis is still a matter for debate. The authors report a case of abdominoscrotal hydrocele in the child.

[Surgical treatment place in the management of prostate cancer: report of 96 cases].

Introduction: The goal of this study is to access the surgical management of the prostate cancer.

Patients And Methods: It was a retrospective study including 96 cases of prostate cancer between June 2002 and December 2004. Parameters studied for every patient was: age, the complaints, results of rectal digital examination, the initial TPSA rate, gleason score, results of extension, the clinical grade according to TNM 2002 classification, the treatment and the future of treated patients.

[Determination of total PSA rate and Gleason score during prostatic cancer in Urologic Hospital Center].

Aim: To dress biologic and histopathologic aspects of the prostatic cancer in urologic hospital center about a set of digital transrectal guided biopsies.

Methodology: It is a prospective study realized between January 2002 and March 2002 (26 months) studying patients with positive prostatic biopsy.

Results: Seventy two cases of prostatic cancer were noticed.

[Complications of transrectal prostate biopsy].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to report the transrectal prostate biopsy complications, to identify the factors involved in their occurring and to insist on their prevention.

Patients And Methodology: It is a prospective study interested on patients managed in the urological and andrological service in Aristide le Dantec Hospital in Dakar for prostate tumour from February 2002 to March 2004 and in whom the indication of prostate biopsy was performed. All the patients fulfilling the including criteria were taken in care according to a same protocol that was a transrectal sextant biopsy This act was performed under preventive antibiotherapy based on fluoroquinolones started one day before and going on three days after biopsy associated to a rectal preparation performed the same day of biopsy At the end of the biopsy the patient was managed externally during three days after biopsy Following parameters were studied: age of patients, the histopathological results and the post operative complications.

[Testicular cancer is a rare condition in black people. We report 5 cases of testicular cancer in men with undescended testis].

Patients And Methods: We underwent a retrospective study of five cases of testicular cancer in undescended testis. The parameters of study were: age at diagnosis, circumstances of diagnosis, values of tumour markers, and pathological aspects of tumours after removal. The data were studied using the medical records of patients.