Simplified upper pole nephrectomy: initial experience.

Objective: To assess the results of an upper pole nephrectomy technique on 5 children.

Materials And Methods: Upper pole nephrectomy was performed on 5 children, including 4 females and 1 male. Age ranged from 3 to 6 years old.

Prevalence of prostate adenocarcinoma according to race in an university hospital.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of prostate cancer and to assess potential associations between race and prostate adenocarcinoma according to age in patients followed in an outpatient service of general urology in an university hospital.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective study of men aged from 40 to 79 years, followed during the period from 1999 to 2001. Patients were classified according to race in White, Mulatto and Black.