Validation of gout diagnosis in electronic primary care medical records: A population-based study.

Objective: The main objective of the study was to see the concordance between the diagnosis of gout recorded in primary care electronic medical records and the ACR/EULAR 2015 classification criteria.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using electronic medicals records in 7 primary care centres of Barcelona. Patients' data to study clinical diagnose and management was gathered from the primary care electronic medical records of the Catalonian health institute (Institut Català de la Salut, ICS) and phone interview.

One Health: A social science discussion of a global agenda.

This article introduces the Parasite issue dedicated to part of the research in social sciences supported by the Domaine d'Intérêt Majeur de la Région Île-de-France (DIM) One Health [2016-2022]. We show how the four papers of this special issue are related. Jérôme Michalon recalls the genealogy of One Health and analyzes it as an "epistemic watchword".

Antireflux ureteral stent proof of concept assessment after minimally invasive treatment of obstructive uropathy in animal model.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of a new anti-reflux intraureteral stent design in a swine model after minimally invasive treatment of ureteral stricture to reduce ureteral stent morbidity, previous to manufacture this design in a biodegradable fashion.

Methods: Twenty-eight female pigs were included. The study began with a cystoscopic, nephrosonographic and contrast fluoroscopic assessment.

Natural history of prostate cancer.

Prostatic cancer can be a silent tumor, with no symptoms remaining undetectable throughout life . But when it keeps growing, enough to produce symptoms such as bladder neck obstruction, invasion of adjacent organs or distant metastasis, curative treatment is usually impossible. Since PSA emerges, data shows a dramatic increasing in the diagnosis of prostatic cancer, specially low risk tumor.

[Treatment of small renal masses with laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation].

Objectives: To perform a bibliographic review of the laparoscopic approach for radiofrequency ablation of small renal masses.

Methods: For this review we used the Medline database. We reviewed the clinical guidelines of the American Urological Association, the European Association of Urology and other institutions.