Fracture of the penis: management and long-term results of surgical treatment. Experience in 300 cases.

Background: Herein, we present the largest series of penile fracture ever published. We evaluate the clinical presentation, the outcome of the treatment and the prognosis.

Methods: We retrospectively studied patients with penile fracture treated from 1975 to 2005.

[Retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma. A case report].

Background: Ganlioneuroma is a rare, benign, neurogenic tumor originating from the neural sheath and frequently localized in the retroperitoneum.

Aim: Report of a new case.

Case: We report a case of a 36-year-old woman presenting isolated right lumbar pain.

[Renal adenocarcinoma in horseshoe kidney, report of a case].

Tumors arising within horseshoe kidney are uncommon and may be difficult to identify. The incidence of tumor within horseshoe kidney is higher than in the normal one. Adenocarcinoma is the most common tumor.

[Ureterocalicostomy: last resort in the treatment of certain forms of ureteropelvic junction stenosis. Report of 5 cases].

Introduction: Iatrogenic stenoses of the ureteropelvic junction are now essentially treated by endoscopic techniques. However, conventional surgery is sometimes required to treat severe or extensive stenosis. The authors report the use of ureterocalicostomy to treat 5 patients with complex lesions.

Urinary continence after salvage radiation therapy following radical prostatectomy, assessed by a self-administered questionnaire: a prospective study.

Objective: To evaluate urinary continence after salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy (RP) for clinically localized prostate cancer.

Patients And Methods: In all, 145 men had a retropubic RP in our department between 1992 and 2000. From this group, salvage radiotherapy with the dose of 65 Gy was given to 18 patients for a rising prostatic specific antigen (PSA) level.

[Perirenal extension of a pelvic lymphocele after radical prostatectomy].

Lymphocele is a rare symptomatic complication of iliopelvic lymph node dissection during radical prostatectomy. The authors report a case of pelvic lymphocele with perirenal extension diagnosed 6 months after the operation and successfully treated by laparoscopic marsupialisation. The possibility of lymphocele must be considered in any patient presenting with abdominopelvic symptoms after iliopelvic lymph node dissection, even several months after the operation.

[Treatment of phimosis with locally applied 0.05% clobetasol propionate. Prospective study with 108 children].

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of topical application of corticosteroid cream in the treatment of phimosis in children and to compare the results obtained with those reported in the literature.

Materials And Methods: In the context of a prospective study conducted between January 1997 and November 2001, 108 children with a mean age of 5.9 years, presenting with true phimosis preventing retraction of the foreskin, were treated by twice-daily application of 0.