Ureteral strictures after kidney transplantation: risk factors.

Introduction: Ureteral obstruction is one of the most commonly reported urological complications after kidney transplantation often occurring within the first 3 months after surgery. Ischemia is the most frequent cause of ureteral stenosis and is the result of excessive hilar dissection and a poor anastomotic technique. Aim of this study was to identify the main risk factors for ureteral stenosis after kidney transplantation from cadaveric donors and to assess their impact on both graft survival and patient.

High energy microwave thermotherapy for symptomatic benign prostatic enlargment: predictive parameters of long term outcome.

Objectives: High-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy (HE-TUMT) has become one of the most preferred minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of benign prostatic enlargement (BPE). In this study we report the long term results in a subset of patients treated with the 30-minute high energy protocol.

Patients And Methods: A total of 135 patients were treated with TUMT Prostasoft 3.

Penile prostheses.

Penile prosthesis implantation is recognized as a valid option to obtain an artificial erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse in those patients in which a pharmacological approach is contraindicated or ineffective. Penile prostheses are subbject to continuous development and they are achieving ever better mechanical reliability and safety. The devices are divided into two general types: semirigid (malleable and mechanical) and inflatables.

[Aspiration versus aspiration plus ultrasonography-guided alcohol administration for simple renal cysts: recurrence and complications].

In this study the results of two percutaneous treatment of simple renal cysts are compared: aspiration alone versus aspiration and ethyl alcohol injection. Out of 40 patients, 17 have been treated with aspiration only and 23 with aspiration and ethanol injection. Recurrent disease has been observed in 88.