[An experience of individual and early diagnosis of prostate cancer in a Tunisian centre].

Introduction: The introduction of prostate specific antigen (PSA) and progress in transrectal ultrasound and ultrasound-guided prostatic biopsies have allowed considerable progress in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. However prostate cancer is still usually diagnosed at an advanced stage in Tunisia.

Methods: We prospectively evaluated the prevalence of localized prostate cancer in the population of a Tunisian centre during a screening programme.

[Leriche technique for the treatment of La Peyronie's disease].

Objective: The treatment of La Peyronie's disease comprises medical treatment during the inflammatory acute phase and surgical treatment at the stage of stabilization of the lesions. This technical report describes the Leriche technique for the treatment of the stable phase of La Peyronie's disease.

Operative Technique: Patients are operated on an outpatient basis under local anaesthesia, after localization of the plaque by intraoperative ultrasound of the penis with erection induced by physiological saline.