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Anne de Bretagne, symbol of Brittany, was twice queen of France. She would have died of obstructive pyelonephritis at the age of 36 years old, allowing the definitive reunification of the Kingdom of France. We have a hypothesis of her death.
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Pyelonephritis/history , France , History, 15th Century , History, 16th Century , PoliticsABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Napoleon died of a cancer of the stomach. Another assumption can be proposed, that of an uronéphrologique pathology. MATERIAL AND METHOD: It is about a historical study basing on the report of autopsy of Antommarchi and the assumptions formulated according to the urinary and nephrologic symptoms presented during his life. RESULTS: Napoleon presented signs of nephropathy in a probable context of metabolic syndrome and many signs of dysurie early on probable stricture of the urethra related to the intensive practice of horse. CONCLUSION: The urethra of Napoleon led France of the empire to the republic.
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Famous Persons , Metabolic Syndrome/history , Urethral Stricture/history , France , History, 19th Century , Humans , Kidney Diseases/diagnosis , Kidney Diseases/history , Male , Metabolic Syndrome/diagnosis , Stomach Neoplasms/history , Urethral Stricture/diagnosisABSTRACT
Male urethral stricture disease is prevalent and has an important impact on quality of life. Direct visual urethrotomy and dilatations have high rates of recurrence. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review of literature was to evaluate the success rates of different techniques of urethroplasty for strictures of the bulbar urethra. METHODS: We performed a systematic review of the MEDLINE literature from 2004 to 2015 following the PRISMA's statement recommendations. Key words were: urethroplasty, urethral reconstruction, onlay, graft, urethral stricture. Inclusion criteria were original articles describing the results of urethroplasty for bulbar urethral stricture in an adult male population. A minimum follow-up of 24 months was required. RESULTS: From 891 articles of the literature, 20 are studied in this review. Only 3 studies were prospective. The success rate of anastomotic urethroplasty varied from 68.7 to 98.8% for strictures from 1 to 3.5cm, from 60 to 96.9% for augmented urethroplasty performed for strictures from 4.2 to 4.7cm. Substitution urethroplasty with grafts presented from 75 to 89.8% of success for strictures from 2.6 and 4.36cm. Overall, 19/20 studies used buccal mucosal graft. CONCLUSION: The success rate of urethroplasty for bulbar urethral stricture is high; the surgical technique should be adapted to the length of the stricture.
