Neuroendocrine Tumors in Horseshoe Kidneys: A Review of the Literature With Report of a Novel Finding Expanding Their Morphologic Spectrum.

Horseshoe kidney is a rare congenital anomaly with an unusually higher frequency of neuroendocrine tumors. Symptoms are rare, and, in most of the cases, are incidentally diagnosed. The clinical behavior of these tumors is heterogeneous and can be difficult to predict based on histology alone.

Double opposite tape incision for obstructive sling.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Stress urinary incontinence affects about 34% of all adult women. The mid-urethral sling (MUS), considered the gold-standard treatment, has widespread use but also potential complications. This study aims to demonstrate a new surgical technique that releases urethral obstruction caused by MUS with urinary continence maintenance.

Analysis of surgical complications of percutaneous nephrolythotomy, in the first three years, in a teaching hospital.

Purpose: To clarify the existing relationships between the characteristics of the patients and calculi and the rate of complications associated with contemporary percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 126 consecutive patients who underwent PCNL at the academic medical center of the State Hospital of Sumaré-University of Campinas from 2016 to 2019. This study examined the correlation of pre-existing comorbidities and calculi characteristics with the incidence of postoperative complications.

COVID-19 impact on bladder cancer-orientations for diagnosing, decision making, and treatment.

The world is going through an unprecedented time in history, and Urologists are, like many other healthcare professionals, facing and combating on two fronts: against the pandemic itself and cancer. When looking at the fatality rates, bladder cancer overcomes Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by far and can be as high as 52%, so Urologists must not postpone investigation. Cystoscopy remains the gold standard for the investigation of bladder cancer and computed tomography (CT) urography for obtaining images of the upper tract in cases of macroscopic hematuria.