[Ambulatory treatment without anesthesia of urinary lithiasis by extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy: 7,000 cases].

Exposition of results and complications in 7,162 consecutive sessions with Shockwave Extracorporeal Lithotripsy (SWEL) applied to 3,950 lithiasis located at all levels of the urinary tract. These procedures have been performed without sedation or anaesthesia. Diuresis was not forced during or after treatment with serotherapy, mannitol, or diuretics.

[Therapeutic embolization of a renal angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis].

The authors report about one case of bilateral renal angiomyolipoma, which is interesting because it is associated with tuberous sclerosis and was revealed by chronic anemia, and because of the treatment chosen, which consisted in the selective embolization of the neovessels. Follow-up at one year showed the reduction of the tumoral mass and the proper function of the remaining renal parenchyma.

[Hormonal treatment of cancer of the prostate].

We set forth the results obtained after application of a hormonal protocol in prostate carcinoma (P.C.) on 257 patients controlled between June 1976 and June 1987, of whom we have selected 160 who fulfilled the following requirements: under 80 years old, confirmed anatomopathological diagnosis, state equal to or above the T1 of the Union International contre le Cancer (U.

[Spontaneous subcapsular hematoma. Report of 4 new cases].

The Spontaneous Subcapsular Hematoma is an uncommon entity. In most cases it develops on a pathological kidney or in patients with coagulopathy. In the pathology reviewed we found a high index of tumoural pathology.