[Muscularis mucosae invasion: prognostic factor for intravesical BCG immunotherapy failure for T1 bladder carcinoma].

Objectives: To study the prognostic impact of muscularis mucosae (MM) invasion for pT1 bladder cancer treated by transurethral resection (TUR) and adjuvant Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) intravesical immunotherapy.

Methods: Sixty-six patients treated by BCG intravesical instillations were substaged into pT1a and pT1b, regarding Muscularis Mucosae invasion. Tumor grade, associated carcinoma in situ (CIS), multifocality, tumoral size up to 3cm, BCG maintenance were noted.

[Urinary complications of one-stitch ureteroneocystostomy in renal transplantation].

Purpose: To assess urinary complications related to the "one-stitch" technique extravesical ureteroneocystostomy in renal transplantation, and evaluate the impact of such complications on kidney graft and patient survival.

Patients And Methods: A single-institution, retrospective study was performed on 202 renal transplant recipients, from January 2004 to December 2008. Two combined kidney and liver transplantations were excluded.