International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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Over the course of several weeks following the first diagnosed case of COVID-19 in the U. S., the virus rapidly spread across our communities. It became evident that the pandemic was going to place a severe strain on all components of the U. ⋯ As a subspecialty, urology should take full advantage of telehealth and tele-education at this juncture. As tele-urology and tele-education can obviate the potential drawbacks of "social distancing" as it pertains to healthcare, the platform can also reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread, without compromising quality urological care and educational efforts. Telehealth can bring urologists and their patients together, perhaps closer than ever.
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At the end of 2019, a disease was identified, COVID-19, caused by a new type of easy and fast spreading virus, which led to the beginning of a worldwide pandemic. One of the most exposed groups to the virus and its psychosocial consequences is the healthcare workers, due to their implication in caring for affected people. ⋯ In addition, quarantine is added as a measure to prevent the spread of the pandemic, which is another handicap for healthcare workers. Quarantine means these professionals are more likely to suffer the foreseeable psychological consequences in general population, specifically, it has been observed that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent, because of the stress load of the situation experienced.
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is a common condition in elderly resulting from the weakening of the organ suspension elements of multifactorial origin. It compromises significantly the quality of life and can affect more than 50% of multiparous women. Stage IV prolapse or complete uterovaginal eversion corresponds to 10% of the cases and the only form of curative treatment is the surgical correction. The aim of this video is to demonstrate our technique of sacrospinous hysteropexy with a low weight transvaginal polypropylene mesh for treatment of this challenge condition, focusing on technical details in order to prevent mesh related complications. Major, but rare complications, include: infection, prolapse recurrence, abscess formation, bladder perforation and urinary fistula. These situations are related mostly to low volume centers. ⋯ We described a successful treatment of stage IV POP in an old female patient. This technique can be used for advanced end stage POP patients, especially those with some contraindication to sacropromontopexy, but who want to keep vaginal length and uterus. Anatomical knowledge, obedience to technical care, and intensive training are the keys for minimizing the risk of complications. Although we had success with this technique, more studies with proper randomization are necessary to compare success and complications of sacrospinous hysteropexy with a low weight transvaginal polypropylene mesh to sacropromontopexy.
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Minimally invasive urologic surgery has been developing in Brazil and now is a routine part of care in many regions and patients with different conditions benefit from it. Training in laparoscopic and robotic surgery has evolved and concerns exist both over the quality of surgical training and the practical effect on results of the urological training. This is an unprecedented study which undertook a census to determinate the current state of laparoscopic and robotic urological practice and to know the mains barriers to adequate practice in Brazil. ⋯ Majority of the responders were currently working in the southeast region of Brazil (52.1%) and 75.5% of the surgeons performed laparoscopic surgery while, only 12.8%, robotic surgery. The lack of experience on the technique and the lack of equipment were the mains barriers and difficulties for not executing laparoscopic and robotic surgeries, respectively. Proper longitudinal training and access to good equipment in minimally invasive surgery are still barriers for urologists in our country.