A rectovesical fistula (RVF) is an uncommon complication of urooncologic surgery. Although several RVFs have been reported, our case is the first reported RVF in the literature that iatrogenically occurred after transurethral resection of the bladder. A single-stage primary repair with omental flap interposition without a colostomy was successfully performed because of the persistence of the fi...

PURPOSE We analyze the impact of a single mitomycin C instillation in patients with low risk superficial bladder cancer with short and long-term followup. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 131 patients with low risk superficial bladder cancer were included in a prospective randomized controlled trial. All patients had a 3 cm or less single, papillary, primary or recurrent tumor and were diseas...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a newly developed laser-based imaging technique for the study of soft tissue changes and acute inflammatory processes of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS A novel imaging device was developed which allows the transillumination of PIP joints using laser light in the near-infrared wavelength range. In a first clin...

Background Young patients with osteonecrosis (ON) treated with THA often have suboptimal function and radiographic failure with eventual revision. Resurfacing may be an option because of potentially increased functionality and decreased radiographic failure, although neither has been confirmed in the literature. Questions/purposes We therefore compared the clinical scores and radiographic failu...

Objective. The NORAM (Nonrenal Wegener’s Granulomatosis Treated Alternatively with Methotrexate [MTX]) trial demonstrated that MTX can replace cyclophosphamide (CYC) as remission-inducing treatment for patients with newly diagnosed early systemic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis. Duration of relapse-free survival was longer among CYC-treated patients than among MTX-trea...