Extra corporeal shockwave lithotripsy resulting in skin burns--a report of two cases.

Severe skin injury after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is rare. We describe two patients who suffered full thickness skin burns following ESWL for renal calculi. One patient was treated conservatively and the other underwent debridement with skin grafting.

Identifying unrecognized collecting system entry and the integrity of repair during open partial nephrectomy: comparison of two techniques.

Purpose: To compare retrograde dye injection through an externalized ureteral catheter with direct needle injection of dye into proximal ureter for identification of unrecognized collecting system disruption and integrity of subsequent repair during open partial nephrectomy.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 259 consecutive patients who underwent open partial nephrectomy. Externalized ureteral catheters were placed preoperatively in 110 patients (Group 1); needle injection of methylene blue directly into proximal ureter was used in 120 patients (Group 2).

Inferior vena cava filter penetration into right proximal ureter.

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter penetration into the renal collecting system is an infrequent event. We report a case of IVC filter penetration into the right proximal ureter resulting in gross hematuria, hydronephrosis and stone formation.

Prospective clinical trial of the feasibility and safety of modified retroperitoneal lymph node dissection at time of nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

Unlabelled: What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Very little is known about the safety and potential oncological benefit of performing a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection at time of nephroureterectomy for upper tract tumours. This study is the first clinical trial to prospectively validate the safety and feasibility of a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection at time of nephroureterectomy for upper tract tumours. The onus is now on the scientific community at large to conduct adequately powered multicentre clinical trials to evaluate the potential oncological benefit it may impart to patients with upper tract tumours.

Gender differences in psychosocial functioning across substance abuse treatment.

The present study investigated gender differences in psychosocial functioning among clients mandated to substance abuse treatment. In the current study, 210 probationers' self reports of depression, anxiety, self esteem, decision-making, life beliefs, role modeling, cooperation, and AIDS risky behavior were gathered. Ratings were collected at intake as well as midway and toward the end of the residential phase of treatment.

Does 3-Dimensional (3-D) visualization improve the quality of assistance during robotic radical prostatectomy?

Objective: 3-Dimensional (3-D) visualization by the surgeon is considered to be one of the major advantages of robotic prostatectomy. We undertook this study to see if passing on this technology to the surgical assistants would improve the efficiency of their assistance.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted in consecutive patients undergoing robotic radical prostatectomy by the same team, in one month at our center.

Anatomical foundations and surgical manoeuvres for precise identification of the prostatovesical junction during robotic radical prostatectomy.

Objective: To develop a technique to identify the bladder neck during robotic radical prostatectomy (RRP) using anatomical and patient studies, and to evaluate its efficacy during and after surgery.

Patients And Methods: The data for this study were from 10 fresh cadaveric dissections and 50 consecutive athermal RRPs performed at our institution. We used a technique we term 'the bimanual bladder neck pinch'.

Depression and hostility as predictors of long-term outcomes among opiate users.

Aims: This study used data from the national Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies (DATOS) to investigate the associations that pre-treatment depression and hostility have with drug use and criminal behavior at 1 year and 5 year follow-up in patients with and without additional treatment involvement in the year prior to each follow-up.

Design: Following a naturalistic, non-experimental evaluation design, admissions to methadone treatment were followed up approximately 1 and 5 years later. Data analysis was conducted using multiple logistic regression.