Impact of Positive Surgical Margins After Partial Nephrectomy.

Background: The impact of positive surgical margins (PSMs) after partial nephrectomy (PN) is controversial.

Objective: To evaluate the risk factors for a PSM and its impact on overall survival.

Design Setting And Participants: This is a retrospective study of 388 patients were submitted to PN between November 2005 and December 2016 in a single centre.

Acute Urinary Retention After Kidney Transplant: Effect on Graft Function, Predictive Factors, and Treatment.

Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is common in older adults. Although BPH may be asymptomatic in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with low diuresis, the condition may become troublesome when diuresis resumes after transplantation. This study evaluated the effect that developing acute urinary retention (AUR) in first 4 months after kidney transplantation (KT) can have on graft function at 6 months.

Transumbilical laparoendoscopic single-site adrenalectomy: A feasible and safe alternative to standard laparoscopy.

Objectives: Standard multi-port laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) is considered the gold standard for benign adrenal tumors. Single-site LA has been proposed as a feasible and safe alternative because of lower invasiveness, improved cosmetics, less pain and shorter hospital stay. The objective was to evaluate and compare results of single-site transumbilical laparoendoscopic adrenalectomy with standard LA for adrenal tumors.

[Unclassified sex cord testis tumor].

Unclassified sex cord testis tumor is an extremely rare tumor, especially in the adult. It is characterized histologically for a nonspecific combination of testis stromal and epithelial elements, with varying degree of differentiation. Treatment usually consists of radical orchiectomy followed by clinical and imaging surveillance.

Coagulum pyelolithotomy "revisited" by laparoscopy: technique modification.

Objective: Laparoscopic ureteropyeloplasty is a widely accepted treatment option for the obstructed ureteropelvic junction (UPJ). Although it is often a straightforward surgical procedure, there may be technical difficulties in the case of concomitant stone burden, with multiple calicial, small, mobile stones. The authors describe a modification to the classic coagulum pyelolitothomy, using a mixture based on commercially available fibrin sealant, first used in the laparoscopic era.

Metabolic syndrome and sexual (dys)function.

Introduction: The general worldwide increase in metabolic syndrome (MS) among most populations may result in more individuals with sexual dysfunction.

Aim: To provide an update on clinical and experimental evidence regarding sexual dysfunction in patients with MS from both sexes and treatment modalities.

Methods: A comprehensive literature review was performed using MEDLINE with the MeSH terms and keywords for "metabolic syndrome,""obesity,""female sexual dysfunction,""erectile dysfunction,""androgen deficiency,""weight loss," and "bariatric surgery.