Archivos españoles de urología
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To describe a case of vasitis nodosum causing spontaneous recanalization of the vas deferens. ⋯ Confusion may arise in distinguishing the histological features of vasitis nodosum from those of adenocarcinomatous neoplasia. Although rarely, its growth may cause recanalization of the vas deferens in vasectomized patients.
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A study was conducted to analyze the impact of the articles published by Spanish authors in the English language urological journals and those published in Spanish journals in the bibliography referenced in the English language urological literature. ⋯ Spanish authors are not worse off than those of other neighbouring countries in regard to the number of articles published (1.18%) in the three journals analyzed, where most of the articles were chiefly by American or British authors. Spanish publications have no impact in the English-speaking countries, although the number of Spanish publications has been slowly but steadily growing and currently account for 1.21% of the publications worldwide: 41.5% of these are referenced in the Science Citation Index and the Uro-Andrological publications rank 6th (4.2%). Moreover, when Spanish authors are able to publish articles in the English-language journals, they rarely reference Spanish publications. However, in proportion, these have more impact than the Spanish publications. The current trend in the prevalence of the English language in the scientific field is probably the cause of the nonexistent impact outside Spain, where they are hardly-read by the Spanish-speaking communities. The foregoing situation is further assisted by the fact that indexing is also done in the English language. Spanish authors are encouraged to increase the number of Spanish publications referenced, particularly those publishing articles in the foreign journals.