Indocyanine Green Guided Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection: An Efficient Technique to Classify the Lymph Node Status of Patients with Prostate Cancer Who Underwent Radical Prostatectomy.

Purpose: We evaluated the effectiveness of indocyanine green guided pelvic lymph node dissection for the optimal staging of prostate cancer and analyzed whether the technique could replace extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

Materials And Methods: A solution of 25 mg indocyanine green in 5 ml sterile water was transperineally injected. Pelvic lymph node dissection was started with the indocyanine green stained nodes followed by extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

Prospective follow-up study of artificial urinary sphincter placement preserving the bulbospongiosus muscle.

Aims: Artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) AMS-800® is an effective treatment for male stress urinary incontinence. The aim of the study was to assess the long-term effectiveness and complications of artificial urinary sphincter placement preserving the bulbospongiosus muscle.

Methods: From April 2004 to March 2014, all consecutive male patients with urinary incontinence who underwent an AUS prosthesis insertion were prospectively evaluated.

[Spontaneous enterocutaneous and rectovaginal fistula: potential complications during therapy with anti-angiogenic drugs in renal cancer].

We present two cases of enterovaginal and enterocutaneous fistulae associated to treatment with pazopanib, which is an angiogenesis inhibitor for the treatment of metastatic renal cancer. The times from drug administration and the first appearance of a fistula were 6 and 16 months, respectively. None of the cases had a history of surgery or radiotherapy in the area where the complication was observed.

AdVance/AdVance XP transobturator male slings: preoperative degree of incontinence as predictor of surgical outcome.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the AdVance transobturator male sling in the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence and to identify the preoperative predictors of a successful outcome.

Materials And Methods: All patients were considered for sling placement 1 year after radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate. The degree of incontinence was assessed using the 24-hour pad weight test.

Importance of previous transurethral resection of the prostate before eerpe.short-term functional outcomes in a single surgeon series.

Objectives: Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (LRP) is technically a very demanding procedure and potentially even more challenging in patients with previous transurethral resection (TURP). This study evaluates the impact of previous TURP on the short-term functional outcome of patients undergoing extraperitoneal LRP.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database, comprising a single-surgeon cohort of 155 consecutive LRP cases, 19 of which had previous history of TURP.

Postprostatectomy established stress urinary incontinence treated with duloxetine.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of duloxetine to treat stress urinary incontinence, 1 of the most frequent complications after radical prostatectomy. Conservative measures and surgery are well-established treatments. However, drug treatment could be an intermediate option.

High-intensity focused ultrasound in small renal masses.

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) competes with radiofrequency and cryotherapy for the treatment of small renal masses as a third option among ablative approaches. As an emerging technique, its possible percutaneous or laparoscopic application, low discomfort to the patient and the absence of complications make this technology attractive for the management of small renal masses. This manuscript will focus on the principles, basic research and clinical applications of HIFU in small renal masses, reviewing the present literature.

[Diagnostic methodology for the biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy].

Prostate cancer is one of the main health problems of the male population. Radical prostatectomy has demonstrated to have an excellent long-term cure rate. Nevertheless, globally, a 25% of the operated patients will suffer a PSA increase over 15 years of follow-up.