[Analysis of effective renal donation from brain-dead donors in a level II hospital over 10 years].

Objectives: The epidemiological characteristics of brain-dead donors have changed with time without a significant increase in the rate of explants performed. The objective of this article is to evaluate if the epidemiological characteristics (sex, age, and death cause) have changed with time, and To evaluate if the rate of effective explants is adjusted to a quality standard.

Methods: All patients who became renal donors (one or two renal units) between January 1st 1995 and December 31st 2005 in a level II hospital with intensive care unit but without neurosurgery, which is not a reference center for severe polytrauma patients, within a health-care area of the Autonomic Community of Madrid (Mostoles, 200.

Survival analysis of clear cell renal carcinoma according to the Charlson comorbidity index.

Purpose: We assessed the convenience of elective surgery for clear cell renal carcinoma with regard to overall survival in accordance with established comorbidity criteria.

Material And Methods: This retrospective study included all patients with a histological diagnosis of clear cell renal carcinoma diagnosed between July 1, 1983 and June 1, 2006 in a population of 200,000 inhabitants. All tumors were classified in stages according to the classification of the American Joint Committee on Cancer based on the 2002 UICC TNM classification.

[Will the climate change affect the mortality from prostate cancer?].

Unlabelled: The global heating of the atmosphere, as well as the increase of the exposition to sunlight, will be associated with a decrease of the mortality from prostate cancer, due to an increase of the plasmatic levels of vitamin D.

Objectives: To evaluate if climatological factors (temperature, rainfall, and number of sunlight hours per year) may influence the mortality associated with prostate cancer over a five-year period.

Methods: In this ecology type study we will evaluate the trends of prostate tumors associated mortality in the period between January 1st 1998 and December 31st 2002, in the geographic area of Spain (17 Autonomic communities-CA-and 2 Autonomic cities- Ceuta and Melilla-, 43 million inhabitants).

[Endoscopic treatment of the vesicoureteral reflux in children: preliminary experience with the subureteral injection of Coaptite].

Objective: To review our experience in the endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children with the subureteral injection of calcium hydroxyapatite (Coaptite).

Methods: The serie includes thirteen children whose age ranged between 6 and 13 years. The Coaptite implant was injected subureterally to 20 ureteral units (UU) affected by VUR grades I-IV.

[Clinico-urodynamic correlation in the hereditary ataxias].

Objectives: To evaluate lower urinary tract functional symptoms in a series of patients with ataxia and to determine by urodynamic studies the kind of bladder-urethra neurological dysfunction in each case. We posed the question if the clinical picture could be enough to establish the diagnosis and therapeutic management of these patients with hereditary ataxia, or on the contrary it would be necessary to perform urodynamic studies in all cases.

Methods: Due to the low incidence of hereditary ataxias and patients' mobility it was necessary to recruit patients from various hospitals.