A real-world evidence study of interhospital variability in the surgical treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: the REVALURO study.

Purpose: Lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) is a growing condition in males associated with a high clinical, economic and humanistic burden. Several surgical techniques are available for the treatment of LUTS/BPH; thus, the aim of this study was to describe and explore the variability in the use of surgical procedures among Spanish hospitals.

Methods: The REVALURO was a retrospective, observational study conducted by collecting data from the clinical records of patients with LUTS/BPH aged ≥ 35 years, from 5 national reference hospitals, who were surgically treated between 2018 and 2022.

Bladder Capacity in Women With Overactive Bladder Syndrome: A Cross-sectional Study.

Objective: To evaluate bladder capacity in women with idiopathic overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) through bladder diary, cystomanometry, and uroflowmetry and assess the concordance of the different measures of bladder capacity. A secondary objective is to describe the relationship between bladder capacity and urinary frequency in OAB patients.

Methods: An observational cross-sectional multicentric study was conducted, including female patients diagnosed with idiopathic OAB.

Technique Description and Outcomes of Robotic Transvaginal-Assisted Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe the surgical technique of totally robotic kidney transplantation with transvaginal insertion and to assess its safety and feasibility.

Methods: It is a prospective analysis of the first 5 cases of robotic kidney transplantation with transvaginal insertion. Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation was performed after transvaginal insertion of a living donor kidney graft.

Validation of a 3 day electronic bladder diary as an app for smart-phone.

Aim: To validate an electronic 3-day bladder diary (BD) as an easy-to-use app for smart-phone (eDM3d).

Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional prospective study. One hundred and thirty-six patients with overactive bladder syndrome (OABs) or nocturia who had a smart-phone and attended the urology clinics of a tertiary hospital from June to November 2017 were included.

Development and feasibility assessment of a 3 day electronic bladder diary as an app for smart-phone.

Aims: To develop a 3 day bladder diary (BD) as an easy-to-use application for smart-phone (eDM3d). To test its feasibility and acceptance in a reduced number of patients.

Methods: An external agency developed the eDM3d following the structure of the Spanish validated 3 day BD (DM3d©), which includes a frequency-volume chart, the assessment of the grade of urgency, the incontinence events and fluid intake.

The 3-day bladder diary is a feasible, reliable and valid tool to evaluate the lower urinary tract symptoms in women.

Aims: To evaluate the feasibility (% of completion), reliability (test-retest and inter-observer) and validity (convergent vs. questionnaires and vs. urodynamic study-UDS) of the 3-day bladder diary (3dBD) in women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

[Surgical aspects of living-donor kidney transplantation].

Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy has shown less morbidity than the open approach, with less pain and analgesia requirements and allowing a quicker recovery and an earlier return to normal activity. Furthermore, many studies have shown equivalent results between both approaches in terms of graft functions and recipient complications. For these reasons, we can accept laparoscopic kidney living donor nephrectomy as the gold standard surgical technique in these patients.

[First report on hybrid transvaginal nephrectomy for renal cancer].

NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery) is a surgical modality that uses empty organs as an access to the peritoneal cavity, avoiding skin incisions. If we combine this surgery with the classical laparoscopic approach, a new hybrid technique is obtained. This approach will permit us to work on wide operating fields with large organs, as the kidney, minimizing skin incisions.