Open vs. Robot-Assisted Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Multicenter Comparative Study.

The artificial urinary sphincter has been an effective treatment for stress urinary incontinence caused by intrinsic sphincter deficiency in women. However, the use of this device has been limited by the technical difficulties and risks associated with the open implantation procedure. Preliminary studies using robotic techniques have shown promising results, but only one small study has compared robotic to open procedures.

Impact of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy on symptoms, health-related quality of life and sexuality: a medium-term analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy on symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQL) and sexuality among women with symptomatic urogenital prolapse (UGP).

Patients And Methods: A prospective analysis was carried out including 148 women with symptomatic UGP. Baseline characteristics, medical and obstetric history were recorded.

Germline genetic variations at 11q13 and 12p11 locus modulate age at onset for renal cell carcinoma.

Purpose: Few risk factors have been identified for renal cell carcinoma. We performed a validation study in a population with a European background to identify the most significant variants previously identified in association with renal cell carcinoma risk.

Materials And Methods: We performed a case-control validation study after recruiting 463 controls and 463 patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Effect of two injections of non-adjuvanted influenza A H1N1pdm2009 vaccine in renal transplant recipients: INSERM C09-32 TRANSFLUVAC trial.

Background: Enhancing vaccine immunogenicity in kidney transplant recipients, particularly against influenza, is required since the immunosuppression used to prevent graft rejection limits vaccine immunogenicity. We therefore investigated the immunogenicity and safety of a double dose non-adjuvanted vaccination regimen against influenza H1N1pdm2009 in kidney transplant adult recipients.

Methods: A prospective single-arm study was conducted including 121 renal transplant recipients under triple immunosuppressive regimen.

Management of renal cell carcinoma in sigmoid kidney.

Crossed renal ectopia is a rare congenital malformation. We report a case in a 77-year-old man presenting with a left lower abdominal mass. Abdominal computed tomography showed a vascular lesion that developed in a right-to-left crossed-fused renal ectopia.

Combination of polymorphisms from genes related to estrogen metabolism and risk of prostate cancers: the hidden face of estrogens.

Purpose: The association between common functional polymorphisms from the CYP17, CYP19, CYP1B1, and COMT genes involved in the estrogen metabolism and the risk of prostate carcinoma was evaluated.

Patients And Methods: The study investigated 1,983 white French men (1,101 patients with prostate cancer and 882 healthy controls) aged between 40 and 98 years. The different alleles and genotypes were analyzed according to case-control status, aggressiveness pattern of the tumors, age at onset, and family history of cancers.

[Anterograde flexible ureteroscopy for stones of the uretero-sigmoid junction of a Mainz II pouch].

The incidence of stones after urinary diversion is variable but considerable. The authors report the case of a patient with a stone of the uretero-sigmoid junction of a Mainz II pouch occurring three years after radical cystectomy for recurrent carcinoma in situ refractory to conservative treatment. The patient was treated by anterograde Holmium:YAG laser flexible ureteroscopy.

[Study of the safety of double J ureteric stents].

Introduction: Endoscopic placement of ureteric stents was first described in 1967 by Zimskind. Few studies have evaluated the impact of double J ureteric stents on the patient's quality of life. This prospective study was designed to evaluate the safety and morbidity associated with ureteric stents.

[Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: a possible cause of severe and recurrent urolithiasis].

Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) is defined by the presence of at least two functionally unrelated endocrine gland tumours in the same subject. There are three types of MEN. MEN type 1 (or Wermer syndrome) is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome.

[Inferior calyx stone and flexible ureterorenoscopy to mobilize the stone before fragmentation].

Flexible ureterorenoscopy is recommended for the treatment of inferior calyx stones, 10 to 15 mm in diameter, particularly after failure of extracorporeal lithotripsy. It is recommended to mobilize an inferior calyx stone towards the renal pelvis or superior calyx before starting fragmentation. This manoeuvre is essential to preserve the ureterorenoscope.

[Spontaneous splenic rupture during intrasplenic Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient].

Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare cause of peritoneal bleeding. Etiology is usually infections (viral, bacterial or parasitic) and blood diseases (leukemia, lymphoma, dysglobulinemia). We report the first case of spontaneous splenic rupture secondary to hilar Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV positive patient.