Objectives To create a Brazilian version of the National Institutes of Health – Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) using a cross-cultural adaptation process. Materials and Methods The nine items of the NIH-CPSI were translated to Portuguese, by two independent translators, of native Portuguese language origin, and it was obtained a single version, that was retranslated to English by two English native spoken translators, in order to correct any discrepancies. Those versions were compared to the original text, the modifications were applied and it was created a final version in Portuguese. That was pre-tested and applied to 30 patients with pain or perineal or ejaculatory disorder. To each item of the pre-final version it was assigned a score according to the grade of understanding and clarity in order to implement the adequate corrections. The final version in Portuguese was submitted to evaluations including face validation and psychometric proprieties of reproducibility and internal consistency, respectively evaluated by the (p) Pearson correlation coefficient and α Cronbach coefficient. Results All items applied to 30 patients during pre-test phase had a grade higher than 8 of understanding and clarity, and were considered clearly understandable by the patients. However, at face validation evaluation, there was an inconsistency of item three that was redone. The final produced version, called NIH-CPSI (Braz) showed good reproducibility (p = 0.89-0.99) and internal consistency (α Cronbach coefficient = 0.85-0.93). Conclusions NIH-CPSI was adapted to Brazilian spoken Portuguese and its original proprieties were maintained, being a valid instrument for evaluations of symptoms of chronic prostatitis in Brazilian patients.

The feet are important in the weight support, biped posture, locomotion and equilibrium. The attempts of its revascularization are frequent, through the arterial bypasses, with the purpose of avoid amputations. Due to the dorsalis pedis artery (DP) is used as flow receptor vessel, we study its anatomical and biometrics characteristics. We used (utilized) 30 feet from 15 Brazilian adult cadavers, of both sexes, from the Department of Morphological Sciences of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. The arteries were injected with neoprene latex (Artifix L14) stained red and the dorsum of foot was dissected under magnification. The DP was present in 100%; the average diameter in its origin was 3.16 ± 0.67 mm and at level of its termination was 2.19 ± 0.71 mm. The DP length was 78.32 ± 13.58 mm. The DP placed between the extensor hallucis longus and extensor digitorum longus tendons in 90% of the cases. Its relationship with the cutaneous branch of the deep fibular nerve was variable: the branch was medial to DP in 33.3%; it was lateral in 13.3% and it crossed superiorly the artery (usually from medial to lateral) in 26.7%. The branch did not related with the DP in 10%, because it was replaced by endings of the superficial fibular nerve. In the remaining 16.7% we observed other relationship patterns, as the overlaying of the branch on the DP. In respect to the DP collateral branches, the most frequent number of medial tarsal arteries was two (56.6%), equal to the lateral tarsal arteries (60%); the arcuate artery was present in only 26.7%. The DP has compatible anatomical characteristics with the arterial bypasses construction, but it must have care in those cases which the nerve crosses the artery or superposes it, to avoid its lesion during of surgical procedures

Los pies son partes importantes del cuerpo que están relacionados con descarga del peso, postura bípeda, locomoción y equilibrio. Con el propósito de evitar amputaciones, han sido frecuentes las tentativas de su revascularización a través de puentes arteriales. Debido a que la arteria dorsal del pie (AD) es utilizada como receptora de flujo, fueron estudiadas sus características anatómicas y biométricas. Se utilizaron 30 pies de 15 cadáveres de individuos brasileños adultos, de ambos sexos, en su mayoría blancos, pertenecientes al Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas de la Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Las arterias fueron inyectadas con látex neoprene (Artifix L-14) teñido de rojo, disecando el dorso del pie bajo lupa. La AD estuvo presente en 100%; el calibre promedio en su origen fue de 3,16 ± 0,67 mm y a nivel de su terminación de 2,19 ± 0,71 mm. Su longitud promedio fue de 78, 32 ± 13,58 mm. En el 90% de los casos la AD se localizó entre los tendones de los músculos extensores largos del hálux y de los dedos. Su relación con el ramo cutáneo del nervio fibular profundo fue variable, en el 33,3% el ramo fue medial; en el 13,3% el ramo fue lateral y en el 26,7% el ramo cruzó a la arteria, generalmente de medial hacia lateral. En el 10% el ramo no presentó relación con la AD, ya que fue reemplazado por ramos del nervio fibular superficial. En el 16,7% restante fueron observados otros padrones de relación, como la sobreposición del ramo a la arteria. En relación a las ramas colaterales de la AD, dos fue el número más frecuente de arterias tarsales mediales (56,6%), así como también el de las arterias tarsales laterales (60%); la arteria arqueada estuvo presente sólo en 26,7%. La AD tiene características anatómicas compatibles con la realización de puentes arteriales, pero se debe tener cuidado en aquellos casos donde el nervio cruza o se sobrepone a la arteria, para evitar su lesión durante procedimientos quirúrgicos