5 to 14). Concomitant surgery was done in 11 men (27.5%), 34 (85%) were dry at 24-month followup and 10 (25%) underwent retightening at 3 to 6 months. Urodynamics showed no significant change in filling or voiding parameters. The increase in maximum urethral closure pressure and functional urethral length was not statistically significant.

Conclusions: The described retropubic bulbourethral sling is a viable option for severe male incontinence with

a satisfactory cure rate at intermediate Linsitinib mouse followup. It is adjustable and cost-effective.”
“Reaching for a target while rotating the trunk generates substantial Coriolis and centrifugal torques that push the arm in the opposite direction of the rotations. These torques rarely perturb movement accuracy, suggesting that they are compensated for during the movement. Here we tested whether signals

generated during body motion (e.g., vestibular) can be used to predict the torques induced by the body rotation and to modify the motor commands accordingly. We asked a deafferented subject to reach for a memorized visual target in darkness. At the onset of the reaching, the patient was rotated 25 or 40 in the clockwise or the counterclockwise directions. During the rotation, the patient’s head remained either fixed in space (Head-Fixed condition) or fixed on the trunk (Head Rotation condition). At the rotation onset, the deafferented patient’s hand largely deviated from the mid-sagittal plane in both conditions. The hand deviations were compensated for in the Head Rotation Osimertinib condition only. These results highlight the computational faculty of the brain and show that body rotation-related information can be processed

for predicting the consequence of the rotation dynamics on the reaching arm movements. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“Purpose: A vesicourethral anastomotic leak after radical prostatectomy is a common postoperative sequela. Rarely additional intervention is required for a persistent or high output urinary leak. We describe a novel solution to this uncommon complication.

Materials and Methods: from With the patient under general or spinal anesthesia the technique included 19Fr rigid cystoscopy in a partially distended bladder and insertion of 5Fr Single J (R) ureteral stents over a hydrophilic guidewire under fluoroscopic guidance. The 2 stents were exteriorized via the urethra beside an 18Fr Foley catheter. We monitored urine output and the relative amount of leak. The Jackson-Pratt drains were removed after leakage decreased to 50 ml or less per day. All patients underwent cystogram to ascertain leak resolution before stent removal. Time to continence was estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

Results: Seven of 1,480 patients (0.5%) required intervention for a prolonged or high output anastomotic leak after radical prostatectomy. Mean time from surgery to stent insertion was 6.2 days (range 2 to 12).