[Efficacy and safety of available therapies in the management of idiopathic overactive bladder: A systematic review of the literature].

Objective: Study the efficacy and adverse events of different pharmacological lines in the treatment of idiopathic overactive bladder (iOAB).

Methods: PubMed research on meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials (RCT) focused on the efficacy and adverse effects of anticholinergics, botulinum toxin and mirabegron since 2005.

Results: Ten meta-analyses of anticholinergics were selected; 16 randomized controlled trials (ERC) comparing botulinum toxin A to either anticholinergic or placebo and 10 ERC studying mirabegron.

[Acute renal failure following rectosigmoidoscopy].

We report the case of a 24-year old man with a past history of vesical extrophy and ureterosigmoidostomy in childhood, admitted with acute left flank pain and acute renal failure. The complaints started the day following the endoscopic resection of a sigmoid polyp. The stricture of the ureterosigmoid junction was diagnosed by intravenous urography.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in the elderly: a retrospective study of 100 patients.

Background: The objective of this retrospective study is to evaluate the use oflaparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of acute cholecystitis in elderly patients, and to identify risk factors for mortality.

Methodology: In this study we have included patients with acute cholecystitis aged 75 years and older. Patients were diagnosed after anatomical and pathological examination of an operative sample.