Bladder outflow after radical prostatectomy.

Postoperative bladder outflow was assessed in 150 patients subjected to radical retropubic prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer. The overall mean (+/- S.E.

[Conservative elective surgery in kidney neoplasms].

After the good results of "necessary" conservative surgery in the treatment of kidney neoplasms (bilateral neoplasms, congenital, acquired or functional solitary kidney), conservative surgery itself has been employed as elective treatment in selected cases presenting without the overmentioned problems. The authors report two cases of elective conservative surgery in kidney neoplasm with good results after 18 and 24 months.

[Use of ultrasonography in morphofunctional evaluation of orthotopic neo-bladder].

Seventeen patients submitted to radical cystectomy and orthotopic bladder replacement according to Reddy's technique were studied at the 1, 3, 6 and 12-month, then annually follow-up by physical examination, intravenous pyelogram, cystourethrography, suprapubic and transrectal ultrasonography and complete urodynamics. Sixteen patients (94%) reported day-time urinary continence and twelve patients (70%) day-time and nocturnal continence. Cysto-manometry showed a mean bladder capacity of 450 cc with a maximal endocavitary pressure of 40 cm.

[Pyeloureteral junction syndrome caused by "anomalous vessel"].

In presenting and describing the pathogenesis of the pyeloureteral junction syndrome, the Authors report their recent experience with four cases due to an "abnormal vessel". Symptoms, diagnosis, and surgical techniques are discussed.

[Preliminary clinico-urodynamic study of diabetic uropathy of the bladder].

Twenty-eight diabetic patients of type one have been evaluated in a preliminary study starting from the conclusions of a previous work of the Authors, where the existence of four types of autonomic bladder neuropathies was demonstrated, in opposition to the classic theory of diabetic cistopathy. The examined cases confirm on the basis of clinical trials (HBA1C, cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy tests) and urodynamic tests (urofluxometric test, cistomanometric test, urethral pressure profile) the pleiomorphism of this syndrome and its relations with diabetic disease. On the total amount of the examined cases, 16 patients (57%) showed high values of HBA1C and 17 (60.