Czech urology, 2015 (vol. 19), issue 1

Editorial

Milan Hora

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):9-10  

LESS (laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery) nephrectomy

Milan Hora, Vitor Eret, Petr Stránský, Tomáš Ürge, Jiří Ferda, Ondřej Hes

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):83-85 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015011  

Hora M. LESS (laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery) nephrectomy. Introduction: The video presents our technique of LESS nephrectomy. Material: From 8/2011 to 10/2014 we performed 262 mini-invasive nephrectomies including 62 LESS procedures (23.7 %) that are evaluated below. There were 26 men, 36 women, 33 left sided and 29 right sided. The mean BMI was 26.9±3.9 (16-33.2). We used mostly Quadport+® and GelPoint® in 8 cases. There were 45 tumours and 17 benign masses. We had no strict indication criteria for LESS, it depended on subjective evaluation of the feasibility of surgical team. Procedures were performed by 4 surgeons....

Effects of free radicals on male fertility and available treatment

Lukáš Bittner, Matúš Chocholatý, Marcela Čechová, Tomáš Zima, Robert Grill

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):11-18 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015002  

Bittner L. Influence of free radicals on male fertility and possibilities of treatment. In half of the cases of infertility in infertile pairs is due to the pathology of the man. Oxidative stress is one of the reasons of impaired fertility in a male. This article analyses the etiology and mechanism of oxidative stress and summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the diagnostics options and treatment of oxidative stress of sperm.

Oncological treatment of penile cancer from the pointof view of radiation oncologist

Hana Stankušová

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):19-32 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015003  

Stankušová H. Oncological treatment of penile cancer from the point of view of radiation oncologist. Penile cancer is a rare tumour, however it has serious psychological and social consequences. The incidence of penile cancer increases with reaching with maximum in the sixth decade of life. The aetiological and epidemiological penile cancer risk factors are well recognized. Among them human papilloma virus infection, namely types HPV 16 and 18 is an important. Due to its low incidence about 1/100 000, there is limited experience with penile cancer therapy in most of urology or oncology departments. Randomised prospective studies are not available....

Immunostimulation with polybacterial lysate (Urivac®) in preventing recurrent lower urinary tract infections

Miroslav Hanuš, Michaela Matoušková, Vlasta Králová, Jan Hiblbauer jr., Jakub Szewczyk, Radek Sýkora, Riad Sabra, Peter Tomaštík, Jiří Paseka

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):33-43 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015004  

Penile cancer is rare tumour, however it has serious psychological and social consequences. The incidence of penile cancer increases with reaching with maximum in the sixth decade of life. The aetiological and epidemiological penile cancer risk factors are well recognized. Among them human papilloma virus infection, namely types HPV 16 and 18 is an important. Due to its low incidence about 1/100 000, there is limited experience with penile cancer therapy in most of urology or oncology departments. Randomised prospective studies are not available. Reports about surgical and other oncological therapy describe small studies with patients treated...

Urine tumour associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) in diagnosis and prognosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Michael Pešl, Viktor Soukup, Marko Babjuk, Otakar Čapoun, Zuzana Vaľová, Pavel Dundr, Tomáš Hanuš

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):44-50 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015005  

Pešl M. Urine tumour associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) in diagnosis and prognosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the utility of TATI level in urine as a non-invasive method for detecting urinary bladder cancer and evaluating its prognosis. Materials and Methods: Sixty three patients were enrolled in the study (38 men, 25 women), with a mean age of 66.2 years, and an average follow-up time of 23 months. Patients were divided into groups according to tumour grade, stage, number of lesions, and their size. Thirty three patients with benign urological disease were included as...

Communication between a urologist and a prostate cancer patient during physician consultation

Laura Janáčková

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):51-55 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015006  

Janáčková L. Communication between a urologist and a prostate cancer patient during physician consultation This research, focusing on communication between urologist and patient, has been conducted during last year. Czech Republic has been a part of this project in cooperation with IPSEN company. The results highlight, that in Czech Republic insufficient attention is given to communication between doctor and patient. Most significant problems stem from the discrepancy in expectations between two partners. Unfulfilled expectations can be a source of mutual communication or attitudinal misunderstanding. This article deals with communication strategies...

The complications following radical prostatectomy via open or laparoscopic approach, a comparison of results according to the Clavien system scale

Petr Morávek, Miloš Broďák, Josef Košina, Abdulbaset Hafuda, Petr Prošvic, Hynek Šafránek, Petr Morávek jr.

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):56-63 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015007  

Morávek P, Broďák M, Košina J, Hafuda A, Prošvic P, Šafránek H, Morávek P jr. The complications following radical prostatectomy via open or laparoscopic approach, a comparison of results according to the Clavien system scale Aim: The aim of the study was to compare frequency and severity of complications following radical prostatectomies performed using open surgery between 1993-2012 and a laparoscopic approach between 2008-2012. Method: The comparison was performed on 100 consecutive open and laparoscopic surgeries. Early and long-term complications were assessed according to the Clavien system classification using the scale I-V. Results:...

Complications following local application of inorganic material into the subcutaneous tissue of penis

Kristýna Kalusová, Ivan Trávníček, Lada Eberlová, Kristýna Pivovarčíková, Ondřej Hes, Viktor Eret, Tomáš Pitra, Milan Hora

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):64-68 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015008  

Kalusová K. Complications following local application of inorganic material into the subcutaneous tissue of penis. The aim of this communication is to describe severe complications caused by the local application of inorganic material into the subcutaneous penile tissue. Three patients (mean age 31 years) with local complications after the injection of boric ointment (acidum boricum) into the subcutaneous tissue of the penis are described. According to our experience, this condition is limited to a group of socially weak patients who underwent this intervention in order to increase the volume of their penis. The injection of this inorganic material...

Emphysematous pyelonephritis - description of six cases

Petr Prošvic

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):69-77 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015009  

Prošvic P. Emphysematous pyelonephritis - description of six cases. The author of this communication describes six cases of emphysematous pyelonephritis. The mean age of patients was 63.5, with the disease seen most frequently in men. None of the cases were associated with stone disease. Two thirds of patients had diabetes mellitus. Escherichia coli was confirmed in the urine most frequently, and in one case, Klebsiella pneumoniae was identified. The author presents the methods of treatment used in each case. Emphysematous pyelonephritis resulted in death of a patient in one case only.

Rapid progression of transitional cell carcinoma of left kidney with thrombosis of vena cava inferior

Barbora Látalová, Michal Grepl, Filip Čtvrtlík, Igor Hartmann, Aleš Vidlář

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):78-82 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2015010  

Látalová B. Rapid progression of transitional cell carcinoma of left kidney with thrombosis of vena cava inferior. A case reports describing a patient with transitional cell carcinoma associated with rapid progression and aggressive growth, associated with complicated by a rare tumor trombus in the inferior vena cava.

A Report from the 2015 PragueOnco Congress – the Prostate Cancer Section

Otakar Čapoun

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):86-88  

Winter Urology Symposium in Špindlerův Mlýn

Klára Havlová, Marcela Čechová, Kateřina Dušková

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):89-91  

Assoc. Prof. Miroslav Hanuš, M.D., CSc. died suddenly at age 74 on 22^nd January 2015

Ivan Kawaciuk, Michaela Matoušková

Ces Urol 2015, 19(1):92