Comparison between prone and supine nephrolithotomy in pediatric population: a double center experience.

Purpose: Stone disease in the pediatric age is an increasing issue. Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PNL) can be used for larger and complex stones. As in adults it can be performed in the supine or prone position.

Subcapsular renal hematoma after retrograde ureterorenoscopic lithotripsy: our experience.

Background: Ureterorenoscopy is the current standard treatment for ureteral and kidney stones, also stones greater than 2 cm can be removed. Complications linked to infectious processes or ureteral damage are the most frequently reported. Subcapsular renal hematoma is an extremely rare complication following this procedure.

Renal bone metaplasia: an incidental negligible finding or a disease to treat?

Renal bone metaplasia (RBM) is a uncommon condition and is often an incidental finding. The pathogenesis of this phenomenon is not clearly understood. The radiological signs described are not always present and the diagnosis is challenging.

[Renal and ureteral stones in V.A.C.T.E.R.L. association: endourological management].

Background: The endourological technique is a safe and effective approach in the treatment of large stones in the pediatric population with congenital malformations.

Introduction: The VACTERL association is a group of congenital malformations that include vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheoesophageal fistula with atresia, renal defects, and radial upper limb dysplasia. Renal anomalies are found in approximately 90% of patients.

High-intensity focused ultrasound for prostate cancer: long-term followup and complications rate.

Introduction. As it is well known, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a minimally invasive procedure for prostate cancer. Many investigators reported their series of patients, demonstrating the effectiveness of the treatment.

[Multiple stones in atypical heterotopic reservoir in a patient with renal transplant: endourologic resolution].

Background: Urolithiasis is a frequent complication in a heterotopic reservoir and the surgical management could be a difficult problem. Open surgery is not recommended in patients with multiple previous surgeries. A less invasive technique, such as the endourologic procedures, would allow high stone-free rate and low surgical morbidity.

Lung metastasectomy in patients with renal cell cancer (RCC). A 17-year experience in Parma Hospital.

Aim: We aim to report the results of the curative, non-palliative, treatment of resection of lung metastases that are secondary to renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Methods: Between 1988 and 2004, a radical metastasectomy with curative purposes was performed in 20 (11 males and 9 females) patients with renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) who had already undergone nephrectomy and subsequently metastasectomy of lung metastases. The mean age was 66,9 years (range 48-81 years).