[Emphysematous pyelonephritis].

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare, life-threatening infection of the kidney, characterized by production of gas within the renal parenchyma or perinephric tissue. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella are the most commonly isolated organisms. Most patients are diabetics.

Validity of a self-administered questionnaire, with reference to a clinical stress urinary incontinence test.

Objective: To estimate the criterion validity of a self-administered questionnaire on urinary incontinence (UI) using a clinical stress UI test as reference.

Material And Methods: A total of 4710 women aged 20-59 years randomly selected from the municipalities of Aarhus and Randers (Denmark) participated in a population survey on UI. A sub-sample of 96 women stratified by the duration and frequency of UI answered an assisted, self-administered questionnaire concerning UI during the preceding 6 months.

Retroperitoneal dismembered pyeloplasty: initial experiences.

Aim: To review the results of our first 40 cases of retroperitoneal dismembered pyeloplasty and to compare them with series of open and other minimally invasive treatments of pelviureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction. Also to compare our first 20 cases with the second 20 cases to see if there was an improvement in results with experience.

Methods: A retrospective review of the first 40 laparoscopic pyeloplasties performed by a single lead surgeon at two institutions was performed.

Prostate tissue and leukocyte levels of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in men with benign prostate hyperplasia or prostate cancer.

Objective: To compare the levels of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in leukocytes and prostate tissue in men with prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), as dietary intake of n-3 PUFAs has been linked to the risk of prostate cancer; the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level was also compared to prostate tissue levels of n-3 PUFAs.

Patients And Methods: Prostate tissue was obtained and leukocytes isolated from 20 men with prostate cancer and 35 with BPH. The n-3 PUFAs alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) were measured in prostate tissue and in peripheral blood leukocytes using gas chromatography.

Results in 32 women operated for genuine stress incontinence with the pubovaginal sling procedure ad modum Ed McGuire.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of the sling procedure in curing genuine stress incontinence in women.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-two women underwent the pubovaginal fascial sling procedure because of genuine stress incontinence. Currently, the patients are still monitored in order to check the efficiency of the treatment.