Superiority of the VQZ Over the Tubularized Skin Flap and the Umbilicus for Continent Abdominal Stoma in Children
Thursday, 2 October 2008 - Stricture prevention, avoiding exposed mucosa and cosmesis are important considerations when constructing continent abdominal stomas. Landau et al. (2008) analyzed the results of continent abdominal stomas using the umbilicus and 2 types of lower abdominal stomas, that is the...
Authors: Landau et al.
Complete excision or marsupialization of ureteroceles: Does choice of surgical approach affect outcome?
Thursday, 2 October 2008 - Two accepted open surgical techniques exist for lower urinary tract reconstruction for ureteroceles, that is complete excision/enucleation and marsupialization/partial excision. It is currently unknown whether 1 method offers better clinical outcomes. Lewis et al. (2008) answered this...
Authors: Lewis et al.
Construction of a natural looking inverted umbilicus for bladder exstrophy
Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - Most attempts to create an umbilicus in the exstrophy abdomen eventually leave the end result of a flat scar rather than an inverted structure. Cervellione et al. (2008) reported a technique that allows the creation of a better looking inverted umbilicus.
A total of 19 patients between 5...
Authors: Cervellione et al.
Biomechanical properties of raw meshes used in pelvic floor reconstruction
Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - Female urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse are common conditions. Krause et al. (2008) assessed the biomechanical properties of raw meshes commonly used in pelvic floor surgery, particularly the effects of cyclical loading on these meshes.
The material properties of nine...
Authors: Krause et al.
Endoscopic excision of an eroding calcified mesh sling, 10 years after primary surgery
Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - Management of urethral erosion typically entails two options: sling incision (in the early postoperative period) or excision of the suburethral part of the sling (urethrolysis). Wadie (2008) described a different endoscopic technique.
A forty-year-old woman with a synthetic sling implanted...
Authors: Wadie et al.
Stress urinary incontinence in patients treated for cervical cancer: is TVT-Secur a valuable treatment option?
Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - Hazewinkel et al. (2008) presented two patients with bothersome stress urinary incontinence (SUI) following radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for early stage cervical cancer.
One patient underwent adjuvant radiotherapy. The authors selected, after extensive counseling,...
Authors: Hazewinkel et al.
External beam radiation followed by interstitial radiotherapy with Iridium-192 for solitary bladder tumours
Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - Van Onna et al. (2008) evaluated the long-term results of iridium-192 brachytherapy-based bladder-sparing treatment strategy in patients with solitary invasive bladder tumours.
The authors performed a retrospective analysis of 111 patients with solitary T1G3-T2Gall bladder tumours...
Authors: Van Onna et al.
Extended pattern prostate biopsies for tumor localization
Tuesday, 30 September 2008 - Focal targeted therapy has been proposed as a potential treatment for localized prostate cancer in an attempt to reduce morbidity. However, these modalities rely heavily on accurate tumor localization to achieve total tumor ablation. Schulte et al. (2008) examined the ability of...
Authors: Schulte et al.
Consensus on managing undescended testes
Tuesday, 30 September 2008 - In order to reach consensus within the Nordic countries on the present state-of-the-art of treatment of undescended testes, specialists in testicular physiology, paediatric surgery/urology, endocrinology, andrology, pathology and anaesthesiology from all the Nordic countries met. Ritzen...
Author: Ritzen
New therapeutic developments in renal cell cancer
Tuesday, 30 September 2008 - Metastatic renal cell cancer is associated with a poor prognosis and is very resistant to conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy. Progress in the understanding of molecular biology and pathogenesis of renal cell cancer has been translated into the development of new therapeutic strategies....
Authors: Prenen & Awada
