[Development and validation of a model of training at home to the laparoscopy].

Introduction And Objectives: Practice on a Pelvitrainer training is an essential part of the training of surgeons in laparoscopy. Most university departments are equipped with this type of model, but this equipment is expensive, cumbersome and often poorly accessible. The authors propose a new laparoscopy home training model and compare its performances with those of the reference training model.

[Morbidity of unilateral and bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy according to the indication. Report of a series of 100 consecutive cases].

Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the reference technique for the treatment of adrenal tumours. This retrospective study reports the experience of 100 consecutive laparoscopic adrenalectomies, in order to assess its indications, the incision, the morbidity and to determine the limitations of this procedure.

Material And Methods: Between April 1994 and June 2004, 100 laparoscopic adrenalectomies were performed in 92 patients via a transperitoneal (n = 93) or retroperitoneal (n = 7) approach, with 84 unilateral and 8 bilateral adrenalectomies.

[Laparoscopy in the management of upper urinary tract stones based on a series of 18 cases].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and morbidity of laparoscopic surgery in the management of upper urinary tract stones.

Material And Method: Between January 1998 and July 2004, 18 patients (14 males, 4 females) underwent laparoscopic extraction of an upper urinary tract stone. Stones were lumbar (n=13), ureteropelvic (n=2), iliac (n=1), inferior caliceal (n=1), and intradiverticular (n=1) with a mean diameter of 15 mm (range: 8-25 mm).

Laparoscopic surgery for pheochromocytoma.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma.

Material: Between January 1998 and March 2002, 12 patients aged from 19 to 76 (average age 54 years) underwent 13 adrenalectomies (7 right and 6 left, 1 bilateral) using laparoscopic surgery. A specific anti-hypertensive preparation was begun prior to the operation.

[Severe hemorrhagic cystitis following allogenic bone marrow transplantation].

The authors report the case of a 25-year-old woman with a history of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in complete remission after being treated, three years previously, by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, who was admitted to the urology department following an episode of haematuria with severe anaemia. This clinical case report illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic approach adopted in relation to the severity of the haematuria, in which haemostatic surgery was only considered as a last resort.