Floyd Katske

Risk of Urinary Incontinence following Radical Prostatectomy

Of 143 prostatic cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy 38 had undergone transurethral resection of the prostate before the prostatectomy. After radical prostatectomy 5 per cent of the patients who did not have a resection and 8.1 per cent of those who did were severely incontinent. This difference is not statistically significant.

Renal malakoplakia: acute onset of renal failure due to bilateral upper tract involvement.

A case of malakoplakia-induced acute renal failure is presented. In the twenty months following diagnosis the patient remains anuric. Malakoplakia involving the upper urinary tract is not self-limiting and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute renal failure.