Predicting for postoperative incontinence following sling incision.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Our objective was to assess preoperative risk factors for developing recurrent stress urinary incontinence (SUI) following transvaginal sling incision (TVSI) for bladder outlet obstruction (BOO).

Methods: We identified 101 women who underwent TVSI and/or removal of a midurethral sling. Thirty-nine underwent TVSI for clinical and videourodynamic demonstrable BOO.

Laparoscopic cryoablation of renal masses: which lesions fail?

Objective: To identify potential predictive characteristics of lesions which failed in laparoscopic renal cryoablation (LRC). We analyzed 47 lesions that underwent this approach.

Methods: We reviewed 45 consecutive patients who underwent LRC of a renal mass between 2003 and 2008 at a single institution.

Continuous infusion of local anesthetic decreases narcotic use and length of hospitalization after laparoscopic renal surgery.

Purpose: We sought to determine the efficacy of an extraction-incision infusion of local anesthetics through a continuous-infusion elastomeric pump (ON-Q) for the management of postoperative analgesia after laparoscopic nephrectomy and laparoscopic nephroureterectomy with intact specimen extraction.

Patients And Methods: We performed a retrospective comparative analysis of 38 consecutive patients undergoing either laparoscopic nephrectomy or laparoscopic nephroureterectomy between October 2006 and November 2007 by an experienced single surgeon. Postoperative pain management with an ON-Q pump providing continuous local anesthetic into the incisional area was compared with traditional intravenous and oral analgesic use.