Adverse events associated with currently used medical treatments for cystinuria and treatment goals: results from a series of 442 patients in France.

Objective: To evaluate medical treatments, in terms of adverse events (AEs) and therapeutic goals, in a large series of patients with cystinuria.

Patients And Methods: Data from 442 patients with cystinuria were recorded retrospectively. Crystalluria was studied in 89 patients.

Long-Term Cultivation of in a Novel Cell Culture Device.

The standard cultivation procedure for requires gas exchange and a microaerophilic atmosphere. A novel system using a commercially available cell culture device (Petaka G3; Celartia Ltd., Powell, OH) was assessed for long-term cultivation of a reference laboratory clone in normal air.

CKD and Its Risk Factors among Patients with Cystinuria.

Background And Objectives: Cystinuria is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting renal cystine reabsorption; it causes 1% and 8% of stones in adults and children, respectively. This study aimed to determine epidemiologic and clinical characteristics as well as comorbidities among cystinuric patients, focusing on CKD and high BP.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: This retrospective study was conducted in France, and involved 47 adult and pediatric nephrology and urology centers from April 2010 to January 2012.

Robotically Assisted Hysterectomy versus Vaginal Hysterectomy for Benign Disease: A Prospective Study.

Objectives. A prospective study was carried out to compare vaginal hysterectomy (VH) and robotically assisted hysterectomy (RH) for benign gynecological disease. Materials and Methods.

[Results of infrainguinal revascularization in patients with end-stage renal disease].

Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of bypass in patients with endstage renal disease (ESRD) and to determine predictive factors and precise bypass indications.

Method: Forty one patients with ESRD underwent 50 bypass, 6 limbs were stage II and 44 stage III or IV according to Leriche and Fontaine classification. Revascularisations procedures were 47 infrainguinal bypass and 3 miscellaneous.