The rate of dental emergencies in French Armed forces deployed to Afghanistan.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were as follows: (1) to quantify the dental emergency (DE) rate observed in French soldiers serving in Afghanistan and (2) to determine the percentage of DEs that could have been prevented had predeployment treatment been provided.

Methods: All DEs presenting at the French medical-surgical hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, were documented during the period of December 12, 2009 to February 6, 2010. Dental Officers documented (1) the etiology of each DE and (2) whether the DE could have been prevented with predeployment treatment.

[Urologic presentation of acute appendicitis: a frequent cause of delayed diagnosis, including in HIV infected patients].

Acute appendicitis rarely presents in the form or urinary tract symptoms. Atypical forms of acute appendicitis occur more frequently in subjects infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The authors report a case of acute appendicitis in an HIV-infected subject mimicking acute pyelonephritis secondary to obstruction.

[Value and justification of urine dip-sticks in the diagnosis of postoperative urinary infections in urology].

Objective: To assess the diagnostic value of urine dip-sticks for postoperative urinary tract infections.

Material And Methods: A prospective study was performed on 165 patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, open prostatectomy for BPH or transurethral resection of the prostate or bladder. Postoperative bacteriuria was investigated by using Multistix urine dip-sticks and was verified by urine culture.

[Testicular epidermoid cyst: limits of conservative surgery. Report of 16 cases].

Objective: To define the clinical criteria and complementary investigation results allowing conservative surgery for epidermoid cysts of the testis.

Materials And Methods: 16 patients with epidermoid cyst were managed in our department. Assessment of each patient included clinical examination, tumour marker assay and imaging (scrotal ultrasound in 16 cases and MRI in 2 cases).

Congenital pelvic arteriovenous malformation in male patients: a rare cause of urological symptoms and role of embolization.

Objectives: Congenital pelvic arteriovenous malformations (pAVM) are rare in male patients. The purpose of our study was to obtain information about the presenting symptoms, differential diagnosis, radiological diagnosis and therapy.

Patients And Methods: The record of two men with congenital pAVM were reviewed to evaluate the initial symptomatology, diagnostic examinations and findings, therapeutic procedures and clinical outcome.