Radiofrequency Ablation of Small Renal Masses.

Although the incidence of localized renal cell carcinoma has increased in recent decades due to greater use of imaging, the treatment has shifted to less invasive, nephron-sparing approaches. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is one accepted treatment modality for patients with small renal masses, and it has the advantage of being minimally invasive and highly nephron sparing, with the additional benefits of reduced blood loss and complication rates. We describe our experience with RFA with an accompanying instructional video outlining the procedure's key components.

Sacral Neuromodulation: Determining Predictors of Success.

Objective: To determine predictors of success for sacral neuromodulation in women with overactive bladder, urinary retention, and fecal incontinence.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on women who underwent a staged sacral neuromodulation implantation between 2007 and 2018. Clinical and procedural characteristics were recorded.

Small cell bladder cancer: should we consider prophylactic cranial irradiation?

Purpose: To describe the clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes in patients with small cell bladder cancer at our institution, including those who received prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) for the prevention of intracranial recurrence.

Materials And Methods: Patients with small cell bladder cancer treated at a single institution between January 1990 and August 2015 were identified and analyzed retrospectively for demographics, tumor stage, treatment, and overall survival.

Results: Of 44 patients diagnosed with small cell bladder cancer, 11 (25%) had metastatic disease at the time of presentation.

Conservative Management of Staghorn Calculi: When Is It Safe?

Background: To describe the clinical characteristics, infectious and kidney function patterns, and overall outcomes in a cohort of patients with staghorn calculi treated conservatively.

Methods: Staghorn calculi treated nonoperatively between January 2009 and January 2017 were identified. A retrospective analysis was completed.

Inguinal Herniation of Perinephric Tissue: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Inguinal hernias containing a kidney or perinephric tissue are extremely rare and usually related to cases involving a kidney positioned in the pelvis. We report the case of a 79-year-old man who presented with abdominal pain and scrotal swelling. He was found on imaging to have an inferiorly displaced kidney with an inguinal herniation of Gerota fascia, as well as an obstructing ureteral stone with an associated forniceal rupture.

Renal Forniceal Rupture: Is Conservative Management Safe?

Objective: To outline treatment considerations and outcomes for a cohort of patients with forniceal rupture with the aim of adding to a very limited body of literature regarding clinical practice in this area.

Methods: We retrospectively searched all radiographic records for patients treated at our institution between January 2009 and January 2016 with forniceal rupture. We compiled demographic data, etiology, clinical factors, treatments, and outcomes.