[Clinical treatment of urinary tract stones with Alexandrite laser].

Clinical treatment of urolithiasis with Alexandrite-laser which is a solid pulse laser system developed in Switzerland is reported. Two cases of renal stones, 3 cases of vesical stones, and 35 renal units in 34 cases of ureteral stones were treated. The approach to the aimed stone was, percutaneous to the renal stones, and transurethral to the vesical and ureteral stones.

[Clinical application of transrectal ultrasonic therapy to nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia cases which were resistant to conventional drug therapy].

A total of 25 patients with nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia which were resistant to conventional drug therapy underwent 5 minutes course of transrectal ultrasonic therapy in association with application of 1% hydrocortisone acetate cream to the anterior rectal wall for consecutive 8 days. The efficacy of the treatment was evaluated only by comparison of symptom scores for subjective symptoms obtained before and after treatment. Excellent results, which were defined as more than 70% reduction of symptom scores after treatment, were obtained in 5 (27.

[Operation of female stress incontinence--comparison between Raz procedure and Gittes procedure].

We performed Raz procedure and Gittes procedure for female stress incontinence since October 1986. Raz procedure was performed on 19 patients between October 1986 and February 1990, and Gittes procedure was performed on 18 patients between June 1990 and May 1991. We followed up 17 patients who underwent Raz procedure and all the patients who underwent Gittes procedure at the time August 1991.

[Clinical studies on Kock continent urinary reservoir and Indiana continent urinary reservoir].

Recently, the continent urinary reservoir which provides the patient with a better quality of life has become popular. Many types of reservoirs have been reported, but the optimal procedure remains to be established. From July 1987 through November 1988, we performed Kock pouch construction on 11 patients (ages 39 to 76 years).