Open and Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Comparison and Validation of Preoperative Scoring Systems, Including PADUA, RENAL, ABC Nephrometric Scores and Perinephric Fat Evaluation with Mayo Adhesive Probability Score.

Purpose: To evaluate potential associations between 4 nephrometric scoring systems, namely the PADUA (preoperative aspects and dimensions used for anatomical classification), RENAL (radius endophytic/exophytic nearness anterior posterior location), ABC (arterial-based complexity), and MAP (Mayo adhesive probability) scores and their individual components, with surgical and oncological outcomes of patients undergoing a partial nephrectomy.

Materials And Methods: A consecutive, monocentric cohort of partial nephrectomy patients was retrospectively analyzed. PADUA, RENAL, ABC and MAP nephrometry scores were determined from preoperative axial images.

[Evaluation of protocols on the use of analgesics for pain management in patients with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)].

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy-related pain is the largest limiting factor in this technique. Our study aimed to compare the effectiveness of different types of analgesics for pain management used during ESWL sessions. We conducted a prospective study of 300 patients with urinary lithiasis justifying ESWL treatment.

[Do the nephrolithometry scoring systems predict the success of percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Comparison of 4 scores: The Guy's stone score, STONE Score, CROES nomogram and S-ReSC score].

Introduction: The aim of the study is to investigate the factors predictive of surgical outcomes of PCNL and to compare the predictability and accuracy of the Guy's stone score, STONE nephrolithometry, CROES nomogram and S-ReSC score.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed retrospectively the surgical outcomes recorded consecutively and imaging data of preoperative computed tomography scans of patients who underwent PCNL from 2013 to 2016. Patients with asymptomatic residual fragments<4mm were considered stone-free.

Urethral self-inserted sewing needle in a 14-year-old boy for autoerotic stimulation.

Urethral foreign bodies are rare in daily practice, especially in adolescents with no evident history of mental illness. The presentation is usually delayed and a wide variety of objects may be implicated. Treatment by minimally invasive procedures (endoscopy), if possible, is preferred to minimize bladder and urethral injuries and psychiatric evaluation is mandatory to detect an underlying mental disorder.