Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus need longer to recover continence than nondiabetics after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. However, type II diabetes mellitus did not affect overall return to continence. Patients with diabetes mellitus for 5 or more years have an almost 5 times increased risk of post-prostatectomy incontinence compared to those with diabetes mellitus for less than 5 years. Diabetic patients should be counseled for the potential negative impact of diabetes mellitus on the recovery of continence after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Although temporary ototoxicity was noted in four patients, we could not find any permanent, deleterious effect of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor on hearing thresholds.

The study results indicate that a brief presurgery hypnosis intervention can be an effective means of controlling presurgical anxiety, and therefore pain, in patients awaiting diagnostic prostate cancer surgery.

Although posterior urethral valves are predominant as a cause of obstructive uropathy in children, anterior urethral valves may also appear as the underlying etiologic factor in end-stage renal disease that results from obstruction. Two cases are presented of anterior urethral valve patients that were admitted with end-stage renal disease. The first case was successfully treated with diverticulectomy and urethral reconstruction in preparation for renal transplantation. The second case, however, had been on cystostomy drainage for 6 years and also had a contracted bladder. A more extensive lower urinary tract reconstruction was delayed. Children with poor stream and recurrent infections should be evaluated carefully and anterior urethral valve or diverticula should be considered in differential diagnosis of obstructive lesions.

Ureteral stents have been widely used for more than two decades with different indications. Due to the widespread usage of ureteral stents, the number of possible complications of ureteral stents has increased, including stent migration, encrustation, stone formation, and fragmentation. Among these complications, ureteral stent fragmentation is rare. Herein, we present a case of spontaneous ureteral stent fragmentation and review the relevant literature.