Sexuality is a component of great relevance in humans. Sexual disorders are a major public health problem representing a high prevalence in the general population. DSM-5 genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder (GPPPD) includes dyspareunia and vaginismus (DSM-IV-TR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnal fissures (AFs) are lesions located in the lower anal canal. They can be primary (chronic or acute) or secondary to a basic disease. There is high comorbidity of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic AF, with poorer quality of life (QoL) and sexual function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Priapism is a prolonged erection that lasts longer than four hours. It is a rare pathology in the pediatric population, with an estimation of 0.3-1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial presence, anatomic anomalies and metabolic alterations increase the risk of stone formation in patients with neobladders. These patients sometimes require medical or surgical procedures. The aim of the current work is to analyze those alterations and medical treatment associated to it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the sexuality and quality of life of sexually active women with stress or mixed urinary incontinence (SUI or MUI) after surgery with adjustable tension-free suburethral mesh system (transobturator adjustable tape or transvaginal adjustable tape).
Materials And Methods: This intervention study with 2 years of follow-up (visits at 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years) involved 60 women with SUI or MUI who underwent surgery using transobturator adjustable tape or transvaginal adjustable tape during 2008-2014 in a Spanish region. The variables of interest measured pre- and postintervention were the global scores on the following questionnaires: (1) the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire-12; (2) the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire; and (3) the Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire.
Background: Female urethral stricture is a rare condition. Different types of urethroplasty have been described. However, high quality studies are sparse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the long-term safety and efficacy of the adjustable TVA mesh in treating stress urinary incontinence.
Material And Methods: Pseudoexperimental study, before and after, conducted in a university urology department. Eighty-two patients were invited to participate from January 2002 to March 2005.
Objective: To improve the knowledge about complications of renal transplantation and, in particular, graft rupture.
Methods: Case report and literature review.
Outcome: We present the case of a 37 year-old patient receiving a second renal transplant.
Introduction: Stab wounds of the kidney have traditionally been managed by open surgery. Nowadays the conservative management of stab wounds injuries is extended in order to avoid unnecessaries nephrectomies and laparotomies without increasing morbidity and mortality. Although there is no a strong evidence to recommend when to operate or what sort of follow up we must do.
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