A Pfannenstiel single-site nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy: a practical application of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery.

Objectives: To present the initial clinical experience with laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) radical nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy performed completely through a Pfannenstiel incision.

Methods: Two patients underwent a single-site nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy for the diagnosis of an enhancing renal parenchymal mass and a renal pelvic mass, respectively. In both cases, a 7.

Medical therapy versus surgery and minimally invasive surgical therapies for lower urinary tract symptoms and benign prostatic hyperplasia: what makes better economic sense?

From a clinical standpoint, the emergence of selective pharmacologic therapies and minimally invasive procedural treatments has changed clinical management paradigms for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Choosing from among the available treatment options can be complex for both patient and physician as factors including clinical outcomes, cost, and reimbursement are weighed and evaluated. Pharmacologic therapies produce modest improvements in objective outcomes measures and subject patients to long-term costs and risks including disease progression and the potential need for subsequent procedural treatment.

Single access site laparoscopic radical nephrectomy: initial clinical experience.

Purpose: We present the initial clinical experience with single access site (SAS) laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.

Materials And Methods: An 86-year-old woman presented with an 8-cm central-enhancing right renal lesion. The patient elected to undergo a laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.

Congenital genitourinary anomalies and sexual function.

Congenital urologic abnormalities in males may contribute to sexual dysfunction seen in young men. It is the purpose of this paper to review some of the more common congenital urologic anomalies and their impact on sexual and reproductive function.

Prepubertal male and testicular neoplasms: diagnosis and treatment.

Prepubescent testicular tumors are far more likely to be benign than adult tumors. However, malignant yolk sac tumors are still the most commonly reported testicular neoplasms in the literature. Teratomas are benign in the pediatric population and constitute the second most commonly reported tumors and, in some series, they are the most common.

Commonly encountered congenital and acquired anomalies of the penis.

Anomalies of the genitalia occur with regularity and, if untreated, may result in long-term physical and psychosocial impairment. Furthermore, they often cause much anxiety for the parents of affected children. This article describes common congenital and acquired anomalies of the male genitalia.

Levels of urinary inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor trimer as a function of age and sex-hormone status in males and females not forming stones.

Objectives: To determine if levels of inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor (I alpha TI)-trimer differ in normal individuals based on age, gender or hormonal status, as the regulation of calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystallization inhibitors, e.g. by sex steroids, could be a mechanism contributing to the differences in CaOx urolithiasis between the sexes.