Do We Need a Urine Culture Before Cystoscopy? Time to Shift Away from Routine Testing.

Objective: To determine if cystoscopy could be safely performed without a urine culture by analyzing 2 prospectively cohorts of patients undergoing outpatient cystoscopy, 1 without urine culture and the other cohort screened and treated for ASB as per protocol. We aim to report the rate of symptomatic UTI and the rate of urinary sepsis within 30 days of cystoscopy.

Methods: All patients who underwent cystoscopy between 2021 and 2022 were invited to participate.

Outpatient 180 W XPS GreenLight Laser Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate: 7-Year Experience.

GreenLight XPS Laser System (GL-XPS) photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) is not only noninferior to transurethral resection of the prostate, but also with shorter rates of hospital stay and length of catheterization. Scarce literature has been published about the feasibility and safety of performing GL-XPS PVP in an outpatient setting. Our aim is to report our 7-year experience with outpatient GL-XPS PVP.

[Clinical management of renal injuries at Hospital Universitario Del Valle (Cali, Colombia)].

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with renal trauma at Hospital Universitario Del Valle (HUV) in Cali, Colombia.

Material And Methods: This is a descriptive study of patients diagnosed with renal trauma (ICD 10) at HUV between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007. We gathered such variables as age, sex, haemodynamic stability, type of trauma, location and effect of injury, clinical examination findings at admission, presence of renal failure, need for transfusion, diagnostic method, accompanying injuries, required treatment, duration of hospital stay and complications.