Purpose: To assess the contemporary in-hospital management of octogenarians and nonagenarians with renal calculi.
Material And Methods: A multicentric retrospective evaluation of patients aged ≥ 80 years hospitalized with kidney stones between 01/2000 and 12/2019. Stone and patient related data were collected, including stone size and location, geriatric status and comorbidities.
Aim: To assess contemporary in-hospital management of octogenarians and nonagenarians with ureteral calculi.
Materials And Methods: Review of patients aged ≥80 years hospitalized due to ureteral calculi. Data was extracted from eight Austrian centers of urology.
Purpose: To determine the safety and efficacy of transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P) in patients 85 years or older.
Methods: In this retrospective, multicentre study, patients equal or older than 85 years at the time of surgery (2015-2020) were included. Several pre-, peri- and postoperative parameters were collected.
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation is a safe and effective minimally invasive treatment option in selected patients with T1a tumors of the kidney with a low complication rate. We describe two cases that developed the rare but severe complication of thermal injury-induced strictures of the upper urinary tract and its consecutive management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms in patients undergoing diagnostic cystoscopy. Overall changes in the entire study population were assessed, as well as broken down by various subgroups.
Methods: A prospective multi-center study among consecutive 450 adults undergoing diagnostic cystoscopy was conducted.