Prediction models of incontinence and sexual function one year after radical prostatectomy based on data from 20 164 prostate cancer patients.

Background: Incontinence and sexual dysfunction are long-lasting side effects after surgical treatment (radical prostatectomy, RP) of prostate cancer (PC). For an informed treatment decision, physicians and patients should discuss expected impairments. Therefore, this paper firstly aims to develop and validate prognostic models that predict incontinence and sexual function of PC patients one year after RP and secondly to provide an online decision making tool.

[Primary pigmented malignant melanoma of the bladder treated with radical urethrocystectomy and adjuvant therapy].

Primary malignant melanoma of the urinary tract is a rare entity with less than 50 cases reported worldwide. The following case concerns a 64-year-old woman whom we first saw in our emergency room due to gross haematuria. As part of the subsequent diagnostic investigation, we detected a primary malignant melanoma of the bladder and the urethra.

[Infected urachal cyst in an adult manifests as urosepsis].

The following is a case of an 81-year-old male adult who presented to our emergency department with signs of urosepsis. The patient came with an indwelling urinary catheter due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. Extended diagnostic investigation demonstrated an infected urachal cyst as the cause of infection, which was surgically treated.

[From stone treatment to coiling of aneurysm].

The following is a case report of a 54-year-old female who presented with persistent macrohaematuria with bladder tamponade three weeks after percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Angiography revealed an intrarenal aneurysm, which was closed by coiling, resulting in complete cessation of bleeding.

[The impact of using intraoperative photodynamic diagnosis on the prognosis of bladder cancer].

Background: Photodynamic Diagnosis (PDD) is widely used today for the diagnosis and treatment of superficial bladder cancer. This study aimed to analyse the impact of using this technique on recurrence rate, residual tumour rate and progression-free survival.

Materials And Methods: We conducted this study retrospectively in our unit between 10/2014 and 02/2018.