[Long-term follow-up of renal cell carcinomas T1a treated by percutaneous radiofrequency].

Objective: To evaluate the long-term oncological and functional results of the ablative treatment of T1a kidney malignancies by percutaneous radiofrequency (RF).

Materials And Methods: Monocentric retrospective study including all patients treated for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) T1a by radiofrequency, in our center, from 2005 to 2009. All patients had a tumor biopsy before treatment.

[Results of surgical revisions for ureteral complications after renal transplantation].

Objective: To analyze the results of surgical revision for ureteral complication (ureteric stenosis or urinary leakage) after renal transplantation over a period of 10 years.

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective study on 1313 consecutive kidney transplantations carried out in a University Hospital Center between 2005 and 2014. The data of the patients who developed a ureteral stenosis or a urinary leakage secondary to a renal transplantation were analyzed.

[French resident's performance on laparoscopic surgery box trainer: 7-year results of pelvitrainer contests].

Objectives: The study objectives were to analyze the resident's laparoscopic surgery performance in order to build a self-assessment data set, to identify discriminatory exercises and to investigate the suturing time changes.

Methods: From 2007 to 2014, the French Association of Urologist in Training (AFUF) organized 7 pelvitrainer contests. Participant scores on 11 laparoscopic surgery exercises were evaluated.

[Treatment of hydrocele by a general surgeon practicing in a rural resource-poor setting in Africa].

Hydrocele in adults is a collection of peritesticular fluid between the parietal and visceral layers of the tunica vaginalis testis. An endemic disease in Africa, its cause is either idiopathic or a reaction to filariasis. In the absence of treatment, its volume increases spontaneously.