[STUDY OF THE TRANSRECTAL PROSTATE BIOPSY IN KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, SUMMARY OF 20 YEARS].

(Background) Prostate biopsy is the most important examination for the diagnosis of prostate cancer and the most common test in urology. We evaluated the results of transrectal prostate biopsy performed at Kanazawa Medical University Hospital. (Materials and Methods) Prospectively collected cases of 1,935 patients was undergone transrectal prostate biopsy between January 2002 and December 2021.

Recurrence of renal cell carcinoma after simultaneous radical nephrectomy and cadaver renal transplant.

Introduction: Generally, renal transplantation is contraindicated in cancer patients, and a certain follow-up period is required. We report a case of late recurrence of renal cell carcinoma in a patient who underwent simultaneous radical nephrectomy and cadaver renal transplantation due to renal cell carcinoma observed during renal transplantation after 12 years.

Case Presentation: Incidental renal cell carcinoma was found in a 48-year-old man during kidney transplantation who subsequently underwent simultaneous cadaver kidney transplantation and radical nephrectomy.

[Outlook for recurrence prevention from the viewpoint of the guidelines on urolithiasis].

In Japan, the number of patients with urolithiasis has continued to increase at a faster rate, with a lifetime morbidity in 2005 of 15.1% for males and 6.8% for females, possibly due to : 1) westernization of dietary habits and lifestyle, 2) improvement of diagnostic technologies (CT and ultrasound examination), and 3) aging of the population.

Renal protective effects of erythropoietin on ischemic reperfusion injury.

While the problem of organ shortage has not yet been solved, the number of patients who need to be treated with dialysis due to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing each year. With the aim of eliminating dialytic therapy as much as possible, the opportunities for organ donation from expansive criteria donor (ECD) or marginal donors due to cardiac death have been increasing. With the purpose of extracting organs in a state in which the function is preserved as much as possible, we reexamined the conditions of tissue disorders resulting from temporary ischemia of the organs as well as changes in tissue function and the effects on the preservation of renal function over time by using rat models in order to clinically utilize erythropoietin, which has inhibitory effects on ischemia-reperfusion disorder, as has been conventionally reported.