Predicting Prostate Cancer Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy.

Background: Prostate cancer prognosis is variable, and management decisions involve balancing patients' risks of recurrence and recurrence-free death. Moreover, the roles of body mass index (BMI) and race in risk of recurrence are controversial [1,2]. To address these issues, we developed and cross-validated RAPS (Risks After Prostate Surgery), a personal prediction model for biochemical recurrence (BCR) within 10 years of radical prostatectomy (RP) that includes BMI and race as possible predictors, and recurrence-free death as a competing risk.

[Clinical implications of iatrogenic lesion in the chorda tympani nerve during otosclerosis surgery].

Introduction: Damage to the chorda tympani nerve is frequent during otologic surgery. This article studies the clinical outcomes of the nerve's section versus its conservation in otosclerosis surgery.

Material And Method: Retrospective observational study using our department's otosclerosis database and a validated questionnaire on symptoms associated with the chorda tympani nerve.

Hearing preservation with the retrosigmoid approach for vestibular schwannoma: myth or reality?

Objective: The purpose of this study is to present our experience with the retrosigmoid approach for vestibular schwannoma resection, emphasizing our hearing results, discussing selection and reporting results criteria.Study design and setting The notes of 65 consecutive cases of vestibular schwannoma undergoing the retrosigmoid approach were reviewed. Hearing data were reported according to the recommendations of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS).

[Is hearing preservation feasible with the retrosigmoid approach?].

The main advantages of the retrosigmoid approach are fast and good visualization of the brainstem structures and the possibility to remove tumors of all sizes. Hearing preservation, although possible, is not always achieved. The aim of this study is to present our experience with the retrosigmoid approach for acoustic neuroma resection, emphasizing our hearing results.

[Post-surgical and post-infectious meningoencephalic herniation in the middle ear].

Meningoencephalic hernia of the middle ear, due to the advent of antibiotics, the surgical microscope, and the new surgical techniques for the treatment of chronic otitis media, is an infrequent pathology in the presents days. The goal of this paper is to present four cases of meningoencephalic hernia of the middle ear, three of then postsurgical and the remaining of inflammatory origin. Diagnosis, treatment and complications are discussed.