Rupture of cavernous corpus is a common emergency in surgery and necessary to be treated surgically. During 1981-1996, 60 cases were carried out in the urology department of Viet Duc hospital, with longitudinal incision along the penis at the confusion are, superficial and deep aponevrosis was transversally incised to find out the rupture area at the albugina. After that the albugina was closed by the nonabsorbable suture. The hospitalization is short and no long term sequella: sclerosis of the cavernous corpus, erectile dysfunction... the diagnosis of the rupture of cavernous corpus is easy, the operation is simple and there will be a good result if the surgical indication is adequate.
Rupture ; Therapeutics

Analyzing the common causes of fail in 19 patients receiving the laparoscopic urethral of lithotripsy has shown that: (1) Aged: The failure of lithotripsy occurred at any age. The ratio of female: male was 2:1; (2) Fail causes: among 19 cases of fail, there were 15 cases (73.7%) without placing double J sond and residing at ureter from 3-7 days before lithotripsis procedure. Out of the total of 19 cases, 4 cases had meat ureterostenosis. There were 4 cases with big and hard stones. Water used fort lithotripsy was 5-8 litters, prolonged procedure from 60-120 minutes was 68.5%.
Urethral Diseases ; Lithotripsy ; Laparoscopy