Experience after 12 cases with the adjustable transobturator male sling for postprostatectomy stress urinary incontinence.

Objectives: The aim of the study was the prospective evaluation of the efficacy of the adjustable transobturator male system (ArgusT®) for the treatment of postprostatectomy stress urinary incontinence (PPI).

Methods: Twelve consecutive patients were treated with ArgusT system for PPI. All patients were comprehensively evaluated preoperatively and after 3 and 6 months regarding daily pad use, residual urine, Incontinence Quality of Life Scale (I-QoL) score and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-SF) score.

[Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder: report of one case and review of the literature.].

In 1994 Amin et al. described an uncommon variant of urothelial carcinoma: the micropapillary carcinoma (MPC) .The MPC of the urinary bladder is rare, but has an aggressive clinical course.

[Uretero-ileal anastomosis in orthotopic neobladder: antireflux versus direct techinique].

Objectives: We report on the long-term functional results of the orthotopic VIP neobladder and compare the outcome of the antireflux technique for ureteral implantation versus direct anastomosis.

Patients And Methods: Between 1998 and 2009, 84 patients underwent cystoprostatectomy and orthotopic VIP neobladder for invasive bladder carcinoma. 96 renal units were reimplanted using the Enine-Ghoneim antirefluxing technique (group 1).

[US-guided percutaneous radio frequency in kidney cancer: our experience].

Unlabelled: The radio frequency ablation of kidney cancer showed satisfactory results at a short follow-up with the use of a new RF generator system. Radio frequency is an alternative procedure with the intention of producing heat damage to tissue by electromagnetic energy.

Methods: From January 2009 to July 2010, at our operative unit, ten patients (age range: 50-83 years) underwent percutaneous radio frequency.

[Comparison of low-power laser and ultrasound litotripsy in the management of middle-distal ureteral stones].

Objective: To compare the success rates and complications of ultrasound and low-power Holmium laser-assisted ureteroscopy (URS) in managing middle-distal ureteral stones.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the records of 90 patients with middle-distal ureteral stones who underwent ureteroscopic lithotripsy at our institution from May 2006 to April 2010. 45 patients were treated with ultrasound (mean size 6.

[Sporadic case of desmoid tumor in outcomes of lombotomic nephrectomy].

Unlabelled: The desmoid tumor is a rare tumor with an incidence of 2-4 cases per million people each year, and represents 0.03% of all cancers. The tumor is composed of fibrous tissue that produces masses of well-differentiated hard elastic consistency.

Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder in a male patient: clinicopathologic analysis of a case.

Clear cell adenocarcinoma arising in the lower urinary tract is unusual. We report a case of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder in a 54-year-old male. Cystoscopic examination revealed a tumour arising from the dome of the urinary bladder.