Der Urologe. Ausg. A
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Der Urologe. Ausg. A · Jan 2015
Biography Historical Article[Oswald Schwarz: a pioneer in psychosomatic urology and sexual medicine].
Oswald Schwarz, a urologist from Vienna, was a scholar of Anton Ritter von Frisch and Hans Rubritius. As a physician during World War I, he was confronted with numerous bullet wounds to the spinal cord. In 1919, he completed his professorial thesis"Bladder dysfunction as a result of bullet wounds to the spinal cord". ⋯ There he died in 1949. Unfortunately his scientific work has largely been forgotten. The aim of the following article is to remind us of his important contributions to the field.
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Der Urologe. Ausg. A · Jan 2015
Controlled Clinical Trial[DaVinci robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: benefit for obese men? - A matched-pair analysis].
Open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) in obese patients (BMI ≥30) is associated with increased perioperative morbidity. The aim of the study was to evaluate the possible benefit of DaVinci robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RARP) compared to RRP in obese patients. ⋯ Our findings of decreased transfusion and complication rates and a trend of better early recovery of continence in RARP should be considered in obese patients (BMI >30) scheduled for radical prostatectomy.