The Place of Transanal Endoscopic Surgery in the Treatment of Rectourethral Fistula.

Objective: To assess the role of transanal endoscopic operation (TEO) or transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) in rectourethral fistulas (RUF). RUF may appear after radical prostatectomy. Their treatment represents a challenge; many therapies have been proposed, from conservative to aggressive surgical approaches.

[Urological outcome of patients with sacral agenesis: 20 years follow-up].

Objectives: Complete or partial sacral agenesis is a rare malformation consisting in the absence of one or more sacral vertebrae. It is part of a caudal regression syndrome and it may be associated with other congenital anomalies (Currarino Syndrome). It does not have an established etiology but is associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the mother (1%).