Background: In the current discussion on the operative therapy of prostate cancer, not only"if" but also"how" play a major role. Both questions are closely related as, e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the operative treatment of idiopathic hydroceles the available techniques are frequently not selected as indicated according to the different expansions of hydroceles but rather the accustomed procedures are used.
Material And Methods: In a retrospective analysis the methods and complications of hydrocele operations were evaluated.
Results: From 1988 to 2008 195 hydroceles in 191 patients were operated upon: 22 (11.
Background: In the examinations of the appraisal commission of Northern Rhine the third most frequent urologic errors are ascertained after surgical procedures. In order to prevent them, it is adequate to evaluate their causes.
Material And Methods: Urologic claims were examined that came before the appraisal commission for treatment errors of the Northern Rhine Physicians' Authority between 1975 and 2005.
Objectives: The purpose of the present communication is the presentation of a surgical method for treating tissue defects of the glans penis through free transplantation of a piece of the patient's buccal mucosa. Defects of the glans penis are most frequently formed from excision of a primary tumour or benign lesions through partial or total glansectomy.
Methods: During a 2-year period (2004-2005), at the Clinic of Urology of the Medical University, Sofia, 10 patients having penile cancer were diagnosed and treated.
Background: Whether and how far the ascertainment of medical errors is influenced by advances in medicine is a matter of question.
Material And Methods: The cases of the Expert Committee for Medical Malpractice Claims of the Medical Association of North Rhine were reviewed from 1975 to 2005. The results of the first 23 years were compared with the last 7 ones.