The state of robotic surgery in Spain: Results of a national survey on robotic surgery.

Background And Aims: To assess the present state of robotic surgery and the surgical approaches employed by urology departments utilizing robotic systems in Spain.

Methods And Results: An email invitation was sent to heads of urology departments in public and private hospitals with surgical robots. A 78-question online questionnaire was distributed, and data were collected over 3 months.

Robotic surgery for locally advanced T4 rectal cancer: feasibility and oncological quality.

For T4 rectal tumours and local recurrences (LR) of rectal cancer, a radical resection beyond TME, sometimes by multi-visceral resection, is important to obtain safe margins and improve survival. The use of the laparoscopic approach (LA) for these cases is still controversial and associated with a high rate of conversion. However, robotic surgery might offer some advantages that can overcome some of the limitations of LA.

Arterial Fistulas in Urinary Diverted Patients: A Report of 5 Cases.

Objective: Arterio-urinary fistulae are a rare but potentially lethal complication that may arise after pelvic surgery, such as radical cystectomy. Historically, open surgery was the gold standard treatment, but currently endovascular treatment has gained prominence.

Methods: We report our centre experience in endovascular treatment of cystectomy-related arterial fistulae and review the reported literature on the topic.

[Complications and mortality after radical nephrectomy in a low-volume hospital.].

Objectives: To evaluate the complications and 30-day mortality rates following open radical nephrectomy and laparoscopic radical nephrectomy using the Clavien-Dindo classification system in a low-volume hospital.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 263 patients who underwent open or laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (1996-2016) in our local district general hospital. Postoperative complications and 30- day mortalities were evaluated using the Clavien-Dindo classification.

Bladder endometriosis and endocervicosis: presentation of 2 cases with endoscopic management and review of literature.

Urinary tract endometriosis and endocervicosis are an uncommon pathologic finding, with a common embryological origin. We present 2 cases of female patients with bladder mass. The first one was a finding of a nodular formation in the bladder during study of a nonviable foetus and the second was an incidental finding of a neoformation in the fundus of the bladder during the realization of an ultrasound.

[Mondor's disease vs. sclerosing lymphangitis of the penis].

Objective: Two cases of Mondor's disease and one case of non-venereal sclerosing lymphangitis of the penis are reviewed. We analyze the differences between both processes based on the existing literature about these pathologies.

Method: Two clinical cases of Mondor's disease and other one with non-venereal sclerosing lymphangitis are reported.

[Testicular seminoma in a patient with Kartagener's syndrome].

Objective: To present the association between Seminoma and Kartagener's Syndrome (KS), and its relation with infertility.

Methods: We report one case of Seminoma in a patient with Kartagener's Syndrome, focussing on the possible relation between both pathologies and fertility. Bibliographic references are discussed.