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D Turini

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Ureteral motility after renal autotransplantation.

Twelve kidneys were autotransplanted to the internal iliac vessels in 11 patients for the treatment of renovascular hypertension. The ureter had been left unresected in all but one case, where a transuretero-ureterostomy was performed. A radiographic study of the ureteral motility was obtained during the postoperative period recording images every 1.5 s with a spot-camera system. The ureters appeared to follow different courses, due to the different surgical procedures. In all but two cases the transport of urine was obtained through separate boluses, frequency and direction of peristalsis were within normal ranges, and significant dilation was never observed.

Humans↗

Angiographic aspects of renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the female genitalia.

Selective angiography of the hypogastric artery was performed in two patients presenting vaginal metastases from renal cell carcinoma, in order to better define the extent of the metastases. In other case left renal angiography revealed an unsuspected metastasis to the left ovary, fed by a middle perforating capsular artery.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Conservative surgery for renal cell carcinoma.

The authors present their clinical experience in conservative surgery for renal cell carcinoma, which was performed in two cases of simultaneous bilateral tumours, in a case of neoplasm in solitary kidney, in two cases of cancers with damaged contralateral kidney and in two cases of association between cyst and small tumour. All patients are alive and without evidence of residual or recurrent malignancy with a followup ranging between 6 months and 7 years. The pros and cons of the various surgical solutions are discussed.

Adenocarcinoma↗

The role of prostaglandins in the maintenance of the tone of the rabbit urinary bladder.

The effects of bladder distension on the production of prostaglandins (PGs) were studied in an isolated rabbit bladder preparation. Increasing bladder distensions induced a proportional release of PGs together with a parallel increase in endovesical pressure; pretreatment with indomethacin prevented both. Infusion of exogenous PGs into the arteries of bladders previously filled and treated with indomethacin produced a rise in endovesical pressure similar to that observed subsequent to distension of the untreated bladder. Our results suggest that PGs and particularly PGE2 play a role in the maintenance of vesical tone during distension.

Animals↗

Ex situ surgery of the kidney: experience with 20 autotransplantations.

The authors propose a classification of ex situ surgery of the kidney and present their clinical experience of 20 renal autotransplantations over a period of 6 years: 16 were performed for renovascular hypertension with 2 failures and 4 for recurrent staghorn calculi, with 1 stone recurrence. Based on their experience and on the literature they discuss the present status and the future implications of ex situ surgery of the kidney.

Adult↗