Journal d'urologie
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We present a review of the literature and results of a survey involving 50 closed scrotal traumas. Based on this analysis, we propose an anatomoclinical classification of scrotal contusions based on what we consider to be the most appropriate therapeutic management.
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Traumatic fracture of the pelvis led to the rare combination of urethra and bladder rupture and fistulization into the vagina. This unusual lesion can go undiagnosed initially and must be properly identified during the emergency gynaecology and urology examination. Tissue damage involved nearly the entire length of the urethra including both the smooth and striated sphincters. Reconstructive surgery produced good anatomic and functional results.
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Urogenital tuberculosis still represents a major urologic problem in the northern part of Africa, and it is a serious disease because its diagnosis is usually late. Furthermore, the affection is frequently bilateral, which may cause the renal failure. 86 cases of urogenital tuberculosis have been reviewed. Our patients were young adults (average age: 34 year old). ⋯ Diagnosis relies on a range of signs, especially intravenous pyelography that has an important place. Endoscopic biopsy did confirm the diagnosis of tuberculosis in 12 patients. Generally, definitive diagnosis was based on the histologic study of the operative specimen.
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The authors report on a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis occurring in a diabetic patient and caused by Candida albicans. The fungal infection was proved by urine culture and histological examination of the nephrectomy specimen. The patient deceased despite intensive medical therapy and nephrectomy.
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The anatomic study of the pudendal nerve and its relation allows an approach of the mechanisms of compression likely to engender perineal neuralgia. Two conflictual zones are isolated: the first is linked to the clamp which is produced by the insertion of the sacro-epinous ligament on the ischial spine and the sacro-tuberal ligament; the second is linked to the falciform process of the sacrotuberal which threatens the nerve by its sharp upper edge. This conflict is particularly acute in a sitting position. ⋯ The anesthetic blocks of the pudendal nerve on the ischial spine only have a complimentary diagnostic value. The peridural blocks may also have an interesting therapeutic action (60% of good results 3 months later). In some persistent cases, the nerve has been decompressed firstly by perineal approach, but latterly by transguteal approach.