Role of dietary modification and vitamins in prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer incidence and nutrition are closely connected and show large food-related differences. Lowest cancer incidence in Asian countries is observed under low-calorie, soy-based food. Mediterranean nutrition has cancer protective components (fruit, vegetables, oil, seafood).

[Proven and unproven hygiene measures in urology].

In urology, catheter-associated urinary tract infections are most common, and postoperative wound infections the second most common nosocomial infections. This article gives an overview of standard hygiene measures, but focuses on proven and unproven hygiene measures for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections and postoperative wound infections. Consistent implementation of these measures contributes to minimizing infection rates and to establishing a quality standard, whereby surveillance of nosocomial infections contributes substantially to internal quality assurance.

A modified corporoplasty for treating congenital penile curvature and reducing the incidence of palpable indurations.

Objective: To reduce the incidence of postoperative palpable induration after treating congenital penile curvature, using a modified corporoplasty technique.

Patients And Methods: In a retrospective unrandomized clinical trial, 105 patients with a congenital penile angulation of >30 degrees and for whom coitus was therefore difficult or impossible, underwent surgical correction. Of the 105 patients, 55 underwent the Nesbit-Kelâmi technique, whereby a diamond-shaped section of the tunica albuginea is excised and the defect closed with an interrupted suture.