Cost-effectiveness analysis of the surgical treatment of female urinary incontinence using slings and meshes.

Objective: To determine the cost-utility and cost-effectiveness of the surgical treatment of female urinary incontinence using suburethral slings and prolapse meshes compared with therapeutic abstention.

Study Design: An economic analysis was performed on 69 women receiving surgical treatment for urinary incontinence using suburethral slings and prolapse meshes. To calculate the procedure's cost-effectiveness, an incremental analysis up to one year was performed using the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER).

[Renal artery embolism].

Objectives: To report a case of renal artery embolism. To review the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of this disease interesting for the urologist.

Methods/results: Case of a 47 year old male with history of cardiovascular disease who presents in the emergency room with left flank pain.