March 25th 2024
Developed by the AUGS Scientific Committee and Research Agenda Writing Group
February 23rd 2024
Medical Crossfire®: Expert Exchanges to Maximize Clinical Outcomes for Patients with CRPC Through Evidence-Based Personalized Therapy
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How the Experts Treat NMIBC During a BCG Shortage—Integrating Recent Approvals and Investigational Therapies
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Staying Abreast of the Prostate Cancer Treatment Paradigm From Risk Stratification to Adaptive Sequencing Strategies
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Clinical Case Vignette Series: Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Medical Crossfire®: How Will Emerging Data Inform Treatment Planning for Patients With Prostate Cancer in the Community?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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AUGS Position Statement: Vaginal Pessary Use and Management for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
February 19th 2024The purpose of this clinical consensus statement is to identify areas of expert consensus and nonconsensus regarding pessary fitting, follow-up, and management of pessary complications to improve the safety and quality of care where evidence is currently limited.
Dr. Winter on the use of vaginal estrogen in postmenopausal women with UTIs
November 6th 2023“Anytime as a urologist you have a patient who is peri or postmenopausal who is coming through your door, and they have a history of a urinary tract infection, this should be the first thought in your mind,” says Ashley G. Winter, MD.
Dr. Winter provides an overview of vaginal estrogen
October 31st 2023"The idea being that it's a very low targeted dose; it does not raise blood estrogen levels, but it can specifically treat a lot of genital and urinary symptoms that are associated with a low estrogen state," says Ashley G. Winter, MD.
Electrofulguration shows long-term efficacy for UTIs in menopausal women
October 11th 2023“These findings demonstrate that electrofulguration provides a durable clinical cure that enables many postmenopausal women to remain UTI-free with minimal to no continued need for antibiotic therapy," says Philippe E. Zimmern, MD.
Study links certain pelvic floor parameters to postpartum stress urinary incontinence
October 10th 2023Increased retrovesicourethral angle, decreased functional urethral length, and the presence of bladder funnel were pelvic floor parameters identified as potential predictors of stress urinary incontinence in the early postpartum period.
Dr. Syan on disparities in overactive bladder
October 6th 2023"Although there may be some variety in prevalence and severity of disease, what's most striking is when we know a patient has that diagnosis, we have consistently found that minority women are less likely to receive treatments for overactive bladder," says Raveen Syan, MD, FPRMS.
Postoperative Urinary Retention – AUGS Publications Committee Interview
September 26th 2023Dr. Kate Meriwether, AUGS Publications Committee member, interviews Dr Colleen McDermott, the first author of the Clinical Consensus Statement “Postoperative Urinary Retention,” to provide an overview and highlight the findings of the document.
Dr. Wallis discusses future work exploring surgeon gender and patient outcomes
September 22nd 2023“What we're thinking here is that surgeon sex is a surrogate for a whole series of behaviors driven by sociologic conditioning of how people interact with each other and how physicians practice medicine,” says Christopher J.D. Wallis, MD, PhD.
What the SWIU Census reveals about the state of women in urology
September 20th 2023"As the number of women urologists continues to increase, the field of urology must pay attention to their needs and professional satisfaction as they will constitute an increasing proportion of the future urologic work force," writes Lourdes Guerrios Rivera, MD, MSc.