Anastomic urethroplasty in bulbar urethral stricture. 13 years experience in a department of urology. / Uretroplastia anastomótica en el manejo de estenosis de uretra bulbar. Experiencia de 13 años en un Servicio de Urología.

UNLABELLED: Urethral stenosis is a common disease in the clinical practice of urology, with a major impact on the quality of life of patients. The anastomotic urethroplasty is a technique with very precise indications usually membranous or bulbar urethra stenosis with a length of 3 cm or up to 7 cm when it is secondary to urethral disruptions (no stenosis) after pelvic trauma. OBJECTIVE: We review anastomotic urethroplasty performed in our department between 2002 and 2015. METHODS: A retrospective, descriptive and inferential analysis on 107 patients out of 482 treated with Anastomotic urethroplasty by urethral strictures at the Urology Department of the Hospital "Virgen de la Victoria" (Malaga) from January 2002 to September 2015, establishing effectiveness and safety of the technique, as well as factors that might influence the results. The main diagnostic method was retrograde urethrography and voiding cystourethrography in 100% of patients undergoing surgery, using voiding uroflowmetry for subsequent monitoring. The definition of success was a postoperative flowmetry with Qmax>15 ml/s, and in case of lower flow, we perform a cystoscopy to verify recurrence of stenosis or exclude other pathology. RESULTS: The median age was 42 years, with a mean follow up of 59 months. The length of stenosis valued by retrograde urethrography and voiding cystourethrography was in 91.6% of cases of >1 cm and <2 cm. The most common etiology was idiopathic in 72.9%, followed by iatrogenic with 15.9%. Regarding the location, it was observed that the area most often affected was the bulbar urethra with 82.2%, with the membranous urethra in second place. In 77.6% of patients anastomotic urethroplasty was the initial treatment, followed in frequency by direct vision internal urethrotomy 9.3%. In the case of comorbidities associated with treatment with anastomotic urethroplasty it was observed that only Diabetes Mellitus had a tendency to statistical significance, with p=0.092, not demonstrating such significance in the case of hypertension or when the subject presented Diabetes Mellitus together with hypertension. Finally, the intervention was successful in 102 cases (95.3%), with only 5 cases (4.7%) where it failed, 4 of them treated with a new Anastomotic urethroplasty, with resolution of the stricture. CONCLUSIONS: Anastomotic urethroplasty is the treatment of choice for short bulbar urethral stricture, with high success rate and low complication rate, as well as low recurrence of these.

Eficacia y durabilidad de la electroestimulación percutánea del nervio tibial posterior en el tratamiento de la vejiga hiperactiva idiopática con procedimiento enfermero asociado / No disponible

El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar la respuesta a la electroestimulación percutánea del nervio tibial posterior (PTNS), en un grupo de pacientes con diagnóstico de vejiga hiperactiva y determinar cuándo se debe reiniciar un nuevo tratamiento. Se presenta una cohorte retrospectiva de 53 mujeres, de edades comprendidas entre 30 y 82 años, con una media de 61,5 años. Todas fueron sometidas a estudios urodinámicos antes y después del tratamiento, realizados de acuerdo a las recomendaciones de la Sociedad Internacional de Continencia (ICS).Paralelamente se diseñó y realizó un procedimiento enfermero a lo largo de todas las sesiones del tratamiento, orientado a la enseñanza de ejercicios y técnicas conductuales para el control voluntario de la micción. Se ha utilizado el programa SPSS 15.0 para el tratamiento estadístico de los datos, llegando a la conclusión de que la PTNS es segura, efectiva y una buena opción en pacientes con vejiga hiperactiva refractaria al tratamiento médico o con intolerancia al mismo y que el tratamiento debería reiniciarse después de 24 meses. La tasa de pacientes con reducción superior al 50% en los episodios de micción fue mayor que el reportado por otros autores. Los conocimientos adquiridos por medio del procedimiento enfermero utilizado ayudan a mantener la mejoría, aunque se ha observado que después de un tiempo se relajan estos hábitos (AU)

The purpose of this study is to assess the answer to the (PTNS) for a group of patients diagnosed with, determining the optimal timing for reinitiating a new treatment plan. This retrospective cohort study included a total of 53 patients (range 30-82 years; median age 61.5 years), with an age range from 30 to 82 years; with an median age of 61.5 years. They underwent urodynamic studies before and after the treatment, conducted in accordance with the recommendations set forth by the International Continence Society (ICS). Simultaneously a nursing procedure was designed and performed all along the sessions of the treatment, oriented towards training exercises and behavioural techniques for voluntary control of urination. Patients with > 50% reduction in episodes of urination were higher than those reported by other authors. Knowledge gained throughout the Nursing procedure help to maintain improvement, although it has been observed that these habits get relaxed after some time (AU)

Syringocele in adult patient. Case report.

OBJECTIVE: To describe one case of syringocele in an adult patient. METHODS/RESULTS: We report the case of a 26 year old man who presented frequency, hematuria and fever during one year, mictional cystourethrography showed a syringocele. Treatment consisted in endoscopic surgery, with good results in the follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: The syringocele is a relatively infrequent entity, that is necessary to study in a young patient with voiding symptoms, accompanied or not of haematuria and fever. The diagnosis is based on the cystourethrography, and treatment consisted, usually, in endoscopic surgery.

Siringocele uretral en adulto. A propósito de un caso / Syringocele in adult patient. Case report

OBJETIVO: Presentación de un caso de siringocele en la edad adulta. MÉTODO/RESULTADO: Describimos el caso de un paciente que consultó en nuestro centro por un síndrome irritativo vesical, hematuria y fiebre de un año de evolución, que en el seguimiento se objetiva mediante cistouretrografía miccional un siringocele simple. El tratamiento consistió en una marsupialización endoscópica, presentando buenos resultados en el seguimiento. CONCLUSIONES: El siringocele es una entidad relativamente infrecuente, pero que es necesaria tenerla en cuenta ante un paciente joven con clínica miccional, acompañada o no de hematuria y fiebre. El diagnóstico se basa en la uretrografía, y como modalidad terapéutica más habitual destaca la marsupialización endoscópica(AU)

OBJECTIVE: To describe one case of syringocele in an adult patient. METHODS/RESULTS: We report the case of a 26 year old man who presented frequency, hematuria and fever during one year, mictional cystourethrography showed a syringocele. Treatment consisted in endoscopic surgery, with good results in the follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: The syringocele is a relatively infrequent entity, that is necessary to study in a young patient with voiding symptoms, accompanied or not of haematuria and fever. The diagnosis is based on the cystourethrography, and treatment consisted, usually, in endoscopic surgery(AU)