Analysis of prognostic factors of failure in perineal urethrostomy.

Purpose: To identify prognostic factors of failure in patients undergoing perineal urethrostomy (PU) with Blandy technique, with inverted U-shaped perineal flap.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of PU of non-oncological causes (2001-2017). Data of age, BMI, history of diabetes mellitus, etiology of urethral stricture, type of stricture, previous surgeries, dilatation and suprapubic catheter were collected.

Mortality and biochemical recurrence after surgery, brachytherapy, or external radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: a 10-year follow-up cohort study.

To compare the effectiveness at ten years of follow-up of radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy and external radiotherapy, in terms of overall survival, prostate cancer-specific mortality and biochemical recurrence. Cohort of men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer (T1/T2 and low/intermediate risk) from ten Spanish hospitals, followed for 10 years. The treatment selection was decided jointly by patients and physicians.

High ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease ratio in a population-based registry from Córdoba, Argentina.

Background: Few studies have described the epidemiology and clinical behavior of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in South America. The aim of this study was to report on the prevalence, phenotype, and treatment of patients with IBD diagnosis in Capital Department of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina.

Methods: Data from adult patients (≥ 18 years-old) with IBD diagnosis that attended 12 public or private centers between 05/2014 and 05/2019 were included in a common registry.

Comparative Effectiveness Research in Localized Prostate Cancer: A 10-Year Follow-up Cohort Study.

Purpose: Long-term comparative effectiveness research on localized prostate cancer treatments is scarce, and evidence is lacking especially for brachytherapy. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term impact of the side effects of radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy, and external radiation therapy on patients with localized prostate cancer at 10 years, using propensity score analyses.

Methods And Materials: This was a prospective observational study of a cohort of men who received a diagnosis of clinically localized prostate cancer (clinical stage T1 or T2, low and intermediate risk group) and were treated with radical prostatectomy (n = 139), brachytherapy (n = 317), or external radiation therapy (n = 194).

Robotic kidney transplantation: one year after the beginning.

Introduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the preferred treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). To reduce the morbidity of the open surgery, a robotic-assisted approach has been recently introduced. Our aim is to evaluate surgical and functional results on 17 cases of robotic-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) performed at the same institution.

Quality of life impact of treatments for localized prostate cancer: cohort study with a 5 year follow-up.

Purpose: To assess long-term quality of life (QoL) impact of treatments in localized prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy.

Material And Methods: Observational, prospective cohort study with pre-treatment QoL evaluation and follow-up until five years after treatment. 704 patients with low or intermediate risk localized prostate cancer were consecutively recruited in 2003-2005.

Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy with the use of 3-mm instruments and laparoscope: initial experience at a tertiary center.

Laparoscopy has become the standard of care for kidney recovery during live donor nephrectomy (LDN) because of the well-documented better outcomes of minimally invasive surgery compared with the open approach. Especially in the donor population, the cosmetic results are of great importance; therefore, an effort to reduce the incision size should be attempted while maintaining the safe general principles of surgery. We present our initial experience with the use of 3-mm instruments for laparoscopic LDN.

Quality-of-life impact of primary treatments for localized prostate cancer in patients without hormonal treatment.

Purpose: Earlier studies evaluating the effect on quality of life (QoL) of localized prostate cancer interventions included patients receiving adjuvant hormone therapy, which could have affected their outcomes. Our objective was to compare the QoL impact of the three most common primary treatments on patients who were not receiving adjuvant hormonal treatment.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective study of 435 patients treated with radical prostatectomy, external-beam radiotherapy, or brachytherapy.

Laparoscopic kidney transplantation.

We present the details of the first laparoscopic transplantation of a kidney from a living, related donor, performed April 16, 2009. Surgical and functional results were acceptable. Surgical time was 240 min (53 min for vascular suture), with blood loss of 300 cm(3) and a hospital stay of 14 d.

[Evaluation of the quality of life of patients with localizad prostate cancer: validation of the Spanish version of the EPIC].

Background And Objective: The EPIC (Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite) is a specific questionnaire for patients with prostate cancer designed to evaluate the impact of treatments on their quality of life. It contains 50 items divided in 4 summaries: urinary, intestinal, sexual and hormonal. The objective was to adapt the EPIC to Spanish and to evaluate its metric characteristics.

Hemangioma of the prostatic urethra: holmium laser treatment.

Urethral hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors that are found in perimontanal prostatic localization and less frequently in the urethra. Although different urethral procedures have been postulated for its treatment, the best results are achieved using lasers. A patient who underwent endoscopic holmium laser treatment for such hemangiomas is presented.

[Evaluation of the cold chain during the national antipoliomyelitis vaccination days. Mexico, 1987-1988].

An evaluation of the cold chain used during the "National Vaccination Days Against Poliomyelitis" in January and March of 1987 and 1988 was performed in 32 states of Mexico, both the potency of the trivalent Sabin vaccine and completion of requirements for the maintenance of the cold chain were evaluated at each level in the Ministry of Health's structure. Only 56 percent of the refrigeration units exclusively stored vaccines, more than 10 percent of refrigerators were broken, and 44 percent of the persons responsible for the cold chain system considered the storage capacity inadequate. A correlation was found between non-fulfillment of maintenance requirements for cold chain and a decreased in vaccine potency.