Multiparametric 3D in vivo ultrasound vibroelastography imaging of prostate cancer: Preliminary results.

Purpose: Ultrasound-based solutions for diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer are highly desirable. The authors have devised a method for detecting prostate cancer using a vibroelastography (VE) system developed in our group and a tissue classification approach based on texture analysis of VE images.

Methods: The VE method applies wide-band mechanical vibrations to the tissue.

Comparison of open and robotic-assisted prostatectomy: The University of British Columbia experience.

Introduction: We assessed outcomes and costs of open prostatectomy (OP) versus robotic-assisted prostatectomy (RAP) at a single tertiary care university hospital.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 200 consecutive OP by 1 experienced open surgeon (MG) and 200 consecutive RAP by an experienced open surgeon (SLG), after allowing for a short learning curve of 70 cases.

Results: The 2 groups had similar demographics, including mean age (64.

"U-method" TVT-Secur slings: Are they obstructive?

Introduction: The TVT-Secur, a single incision sling, was introduced in 2006. It is implanted using either the "hammock" or the "U-method" technique. With the latter, the sling is tightened to create a "pillowing effect" on the urethra until a negative stress test is obtained.

Mid-term results of pelvic organ prolapse repair using a transvaginal mesh: the experience in Sherbooke, Quebec.

Objective: The objective was to report our experience on the implantation of the Prolift system since 2005.

Methods: Fifty-six patients were operated on between July 2005 and August 2008 by 1 surgeon. The patients were implanted with the transvaginal mesh, the Prolift system, for the treatment of recurrent or high-grade (Baden-Walker stage III or IV) multiple compartment pelvic organ prolapse (POP) associated with symptoms.

Better short-term outcomes with the U-method compared with the Hammock technique for the implantation of the TVT-SECUR under local anesthesia.

Objectives: To observe the satisfaction of local anesthesia during the implantation of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT)-SECUR (Gynecare, Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, using questionnaires completed by the patients, and to evaluate the short-term safety and efficacy of the sling.

Methods: Forty-eight women were operated between January 2007 and October 2008. The implantation of the TVT-SECUR was done under local anesthesia by 1 surgeon.

Knowledge about urology in the general population: alarming results.

Introduction: For different reasons, urology appears to be one of the least known specialties in medicine. In this study, the main objective was to measure the knowledge about urology in the general population.

Methods: A questionnaire was completed by 150 respondents.

Nutcracker syndrome in a 20-year-old patient treated with intravascular stent placement: a case report.

Introduction: Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a rare condition characterized by the entrapment of the left renal vein (LRV) between the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and the aorta. It was first described in 1950 and the term nutcracker was attributed by de Schepper in 1972.

Clinical Case: A 20-year-old female patient was admitted to the urology department with a history of hematuria and left flank pain.