Efficacy and safety of antegrade sclerotherapy for varicocele in pediatric patients: A systematic review.

Objectives: Antegrade sclerotherapy (Tauber's) procedure has been extensively used for the minimally-invasive treatment of varicocele; however, the results in the pediatric population are less defined. This systematic review evaluates the efficacy and safety of antegrade sclerotherapy for varicocele in the pediatric population.

Evidence Acquisition: The review was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines.

Successful Multidisciplinary Repair of Severe Bilateral Uretero-Enteric Stricture with Inflammatory Reaction Extending to the Left Iliac Artery, after Robotic Radical Cystectomy and Intracorporeal Ileal Neobladder.

Uretero-enteric anastomotic strictures (UES) after robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) represent the main cause of post-operative renal dysfunction. The gold standard for treatment of UES is open uretero-ileal reimplantation (UIR), which is often a challenging and complex procedure associated with significant morbidity. We report a challenging case of long severe bilateral UES (5 cm on the left side, 3 cm on the right side) after RARC in a 55 years old male patient who was previously treated in another institution and who came to our attention with kidney dysfunction and bilateral ureteral stents from the previous two years.

Metabolic syndrome and stone disease.

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of several pathological medical conditions including hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance/diabetes, abdominal obesity and dyslipidemia. In the last two decades, MetS has reached an epidemic stage, with an estimated prevalence in the range of 30% among the American adult population and a constant increase for all age categories. The incidence of nephrolithiasis between different geographical areas, ranging 1% to 13%; however, a worldwide increase has been recently reported.

Patients with renal transplant and moderate-to-severe LUTS benefit from urodynamic evaluation and early transurethral resection of the prostate.

Purpose: To assess long-term renal function and micturition pattern of males submitted to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) after renal transplantation (RT). To investigate the role of clinical and urodynamic (UD) parameters for bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) diagnosis in these patients.

Methods: Retrospective data analysis of ≥ 50 years old patients who underwent RT between 01/2005 and 12/2016.

Transitional cell carcinoma recurrence impacting intestinal diversion after radical cystectomy. Oncologic outcomes of a rare site of recurrence.

Introduction: Transitional cell carcinoma recurrence within an intestinal urinary diversion (TCCUD) after radical cystectomy (RC) is a rare condition with unknown origin, prognosis and treatment. The aim of this study was to describe treatment options and oncologic outcomes of this understudied site of recurrence in a multi-institutional case series.

Material And Methods: TCCUD relapse cases after RC were investigated in a retrospective, multi-institutional study.