Between June 1980 and December 2001, 1076 kidney transplantations were performed in our department, including 29 transplantations on 27 patients with lower urinary tract pathology (Table 1). The average age of the recipients was 29 years (range 13 to 51) and the male:female patient ratio was 23:4. The etiology of the abnormal lower urinary tract was neurogenic bladder in 10 patients (meningomye...

OBJECTIVES To know the results, complications and outcomes of eight patients with the diagnosis of neurogenic bladder (NB) who underwent vesicoureteral reflux surgery by subureteral injection of inert substances, trying to precise its indication in the therapeutic scheme for neurogenic bladder dysfunction. METHODS Retrospective review of the results and complications recorded during follow-up...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Urinary incontinence in male neurological patients is a very frequent problem but treatment remains challenging. Thus, we summarize and highlight the latest developments in the management of urinary incontinence in this specific patient population. RECENT FINDINGS Intermittent self-catheterization, antimuscarinics, intradetrusor injections with onabotulinumtoxinA, augmentati...

Overactive bladder is a condition whose prevalence increases with ageing, and which can substantially impair quality of life. It is defined by presence of urinary urgency, in the absence of other causes of similar problems. The underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood, but may include increased excitability of smooth muscle, abnormal spread of excitation through the bladder wall, incre...

Having been very much impressed by the results obtained with use of a segment of the sigmoid colon as a partial substitute for the urinary bladder (colo-cystoplasty), we decided to perform total substitution of the cancerous bladder with an isolated segment of the sigmoid colon anastomosed to the urethra, thus obtaining a functional artificial bladder from which the patient would void through t...

background breast augmentation is the most frequent procedure performed according to the 2009 quick facts report of the american society of plastic surgeons. this study presents the periareolar extra-glandular breast augmentation. methods from 2004 to 2010 among 32 female patients, peri-areolar incision was performed for breast augmentation. dissection was performed in subcutaneous plane toward...