Objective To study the prognostic factors of primary ureteral carcinoma,and to analyze the risk factors of the occurrence of subsequent bladder cancer. Methods This series included 160 cases of primary ureteral carcinoma (93 men and 67 women;mean age,63.7 years).Of them,81 cases had the tumors on the left and 79 on the right;the tumors were located at the upper and middle parts of the ureter in 51 cases,and at the lower part in 96.Pathological staging showed T a (9 cases),T 1(58),T 2(46),T 3(41) and T 4(6);the grading showed G 1(4),G 2(119) and G 3(37).All the 160 cases underwent surgery.Among them,renal and full length of ureter resection plus sleeve resection of bladder were performed on 124 cases (77.5%).All the cases were followed up and the results were statistically analyzed. Results The overall 5-year survival rate was 53.0%.The 5-year survival rates of T a,T 1 and T 2 cases (83.3%,71.9%,59.1%,respectively) were significantly higher than those of T 3 and T 4 cases (37.5% and 16.7%,P

Objective To introduce and evaluate the procedure of sling percutaneous bladder neck suspension for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods A vaginal submucosal tunnel was created between the urethra and the anterior vaginal wall at the level of the bladder neck for later passage of the sling contructed from polypropylene mesh (2.8 cm?1.2 cm).Nineteen cases were treated using bladder neck suspension via percutaneous puncture with the Vesica needle.Cystoscopy was performed to prevent bladder or urethra injury. Results The mean follow up period was 17 months (ranged from 3 to 45 ) with no incontinence in all patients except for only one complaining of voiding difficulty. Conclusions The procedure provides tension free support of the urethra and bladder neck without elevation of the urethra and increased tension on the vaginal wall.The procedure is simple, safe and effective for SUI.

Objective To assess the safety,efficacy and reliability of IUPU(Abbreviation of Institute of Urology,Peking University)technique in setting up the retroperitoneal cavity for retroperitoneoscopy. Methods From February 1996 to March 2006,more than 1100 retroperitoneoscopic procedures were performed with the IUPU technique in setting up the retroperitoneal cavity,First,at the cross point of the line 2 cm above the iliac crest and the longitudirml line close to the anterior auxiliary line,a 1 cm skin incision was made and the Veress needle was penetrated into the retroperitoneal space(RPS)with a 0°-30° angle to the perpendicular line.The CO2 gas was pumped into the RPS till the pressure increases to 14mmHg and the first port was inserted into the RPS.The laparoscope was then inserted into the RPS through the first port and kept swinging right and left with its tip and trunk tO set up the retroperitoneal cavity.Other 2 ports were put into the RPS at cross points of the sub-costal line and anterior and posterior auxiliary lines under monitor observation.Then other appliances are introduced into the RPS to expand the cavity.More than 1100 procedures had been done with the IUPU technique,including 54 cases of simple nephrectomy (loss of function due to tuberculosis,hydronephrosis and atrophy), 188 radical nephrectomy, 154 ureteronephrectomy, 344 adrenalectomy, 302 renal cyst decortications, 35 partial nephrectomy, 37 pyeloplasty. Results The average time for the IUPU technique was (5.4±2.8)min (range 4. 5 to 14. 5 min) to set up the RPS. Complications included converting to open surgery due to bleeding in 8 cases(8/1114,0. 72%) when the first port was inserted into the RPS and entered into the peritoneal cavity for the first port penetration in 32 cases (32/1114,2. 87%),although the retroperitoneal cavity could be set up successfully by adjusting the laparoscope into the RPS.There was no injury to other viscera. Conclusions The IUPU technique is safe, efficient and reliable in setting up the RPS and no other special instrument is needed. It can be finished within 5 min on skilled hands and is valuable as a routine method to set up the retroperitoneal cavity.

Objective To summarize the experience in open surgery for huge adrenal tumors in order to improve its safety and efficiency of this complicated surgical procedure. Methods Fortyfour consecutive patients with huge adrenal tumors underwent open surgery with mean long tumor diameter of 13 cm (9-34 cm), and autologous blood transfusion was prepared in routine. It was analyzed retrospectively for clinical data, perioperative complications and the effective and safety results of this procedure. Results The incision was oblique in lumbar region in 5 cases, subcostal unilaterally in 32 cases and abdomino-thoracic joint in 7 cases. There were 27 malignant tumors (61.4%) in 44 cases, 3 with hepatic invasion, 6 with thrombi extending into inferior vena cava, among which 2 needed translocation of artificial blood vessels and 3 needed cardio-pulmonary bypass. The mean blood loss was 1309 ml (100-3000 ml) in 41 cases(93.2%)and the autologous blood transfusion was used in 20 case (45.5%). There were 1 diaphragmatic injury, 1 pleura injury, 3 hemorrhage in large amount more than 15 000 ml and 2 peritoneal cavity infection.There were no perioperative deaths and 42 tumors (95.5%) were curatively resected. Conclusions Open surgery for huge adrenal tumors is a complicated surgical technique with high risk and large amount of blood loss. The key points to success are proper selection of incision, routine autologous blood transfusion, perfect surgical skills and good cooperation between different specialties.

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the anatomical retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy(RSN)and standardize the procedure of RSN. Methods The retrospective analysis was performed on 405 consecutive patients underwent anatomical RSN in Our institute from January 2002 to June 2008.There were 232 male and 173 female patients with the average age of(57.2±14.2)years,among whom there were 228 renal cell carcinoma patients accepted RSU,96 and 49 renal pelvic carcinoma and ureteral carcinoma cases accepted retroperitoneoscopic ureteronephrectomy (RSUN) and 32 cases accepted simple RSN due to loss of renal function caused by benign renal discsses.The tadical RSN was performed by dissecting outside Gerota's fascia and in the latent cavities between this fascia and lateral conal fascia in the dorsal side and between this fascia and prerenal fusion fascia in the ventral side,whereas the simple RSN was done inside Gerota's fascia by making direct incision on it and dissecting between this fascia and perirenal adipose tissue.Kidneys and perirenal adipose tissue were completely removed by dissection along several avascular planes around the kidney under the amplified view of laparoscopy. The software SPSS 12.0 was used for the statistical analysis of all data. Results The mean operative time was (132±48)min for radical and simple RSN and (245 ± 62)min for radical RSUN, which included the time for position change and second skin preparation. The medium estimated blood loss was 100 ml(10-2500 ml) and the average drainage volume was 150 ml (0-1152 ml) postoperatively. 15 cases (3. 70%) required blood transfusion with the median volume of 400ml (400-1650 ml). Four cases (0. 99%) were converted to open surgery due to severe adhesion (2 cases), difficult exposure of renal helium (1 case) and severe bleeding (1 case).The mean drainage time was (3. 9±1.8)d, the mean time to first oral intake was (2.7±1.2)d and the mean postoperative hospital stay was (8.6±3. 8)d. Conclusion The anatomical RSN is safe and effective and should be the standard surgical procedure for laparoscopic nephrectomy.