Outpatient simultaneous treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and bladder lithiasis with GreenLight™ and holmium laser.

Purpose: To evaluate our experience in the combined treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and bladder lithiasis with GreenLight(™) and holmium laser, respectively, on an outpatient basis.

Patients And Methods: From August 2006 to May 2009, 20 patients with prostatic hyperplasia and bladder lithiasis were treated. First, the lithiasis was treated, and then the GreenLight laser vaporization of the prostate was performed, both at the same surgical time and under general anesthesia.

Severe sleep apnea and risk of ischemic stroke in the elderly.

Background And Purpose: Convincing evidence of a causal relationship between sleep apnea and stroke has been shown recently in several prospective, well-designed studies. However, these studies have focused on middle-aged people, excluding the elderly population from analysis. To investigate whether sleep apnea represents an independent risk factor in this population, we performed a prospective longitudinal study in a population-based cohort of subjects from 70 to 100 years old.

[Percutaneous renal surgery with minimal access: miniperc].

Objectives: To describe the technique of the minimal access percutaneous nephrolithectomy, miniperc, and to analyze the results obtained with this treatment in adult patients.

Methods: We performed 42 minipercs between august 2002 and December 2003. Mean patient age was 48 years (19-62).