Assessing the use of navigators for improvement of patient adherence to onabotulinumtoxinA
March 24th 2022“We really felt that this was an important question to ask because we know that OAB therapy adherence is associated with improvements in urinary symptoms, quality of life, and decreased OAB-related health care costs,” says Ekene Enemchukwu, MD, MPH.
Dr. Bukavina and Dr. Castro share their experience aiding refugees at the Polish-Ukrainian border
March 24th 2022“Instead of waiting for all the bureaucracy and paperwork, I decided just to go there, figure out what I need to do, and then figure out where I could be helpful, whether it’s medical or non-medical. I really didn’t care. I felt that I just needed to do something,” says Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH.
“A wild and woolly time”: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for kidney stones
March 23rd 2022In this installment of Urology Times' 50th Anniversary Innovation Celebration, James E. Lingeman, MD, discusses the development of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney stones.
Urology Times 50 Innovations Series: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for stones
March 23rd 2022"The seminal innovation was the idea that you could create a focused shock wave that could be delivered into the body in a non-invasive way that had sufficient energy to break up a stone but not damage other structures," says James E. Lingeman, MD.
Destigmatizing Urology: Dr. Winter discusses STDs/STIs
March 22nd 2022“We need to just approach STIs as the medical conditions they are because until we do, and until we take those stigmas away, people will truly have resistance to discussing it, hesitance to discussing it, and resistance to diagnosis and intervention,” says Ashley Winter, MD.
Dr. Saad on ARASENS trial: “We now have evidence that we can do better in lethal prostate cancer”
March 21st 2022“I think we need to change the mindset that chemotherapy is a bad thing. It is a very good thing when given appropriately and when patients are more likely to get long-term benefit,” says Fred Saad, MD, FRCS.
Expert Forum on Prostate Cancer Survivorship: Innovations in Sexual Health
March 16th 2022“It’s not only about prescribing medications or advising how to use it. It’s about support. It’s about checking how things are going. It’s about motivation when things are primarily not working. It’s about knowledge that things tend to improve with time, and certain functions can just recover independently,” says Marta Skrodzka, MD, PhD.
Urology Times 50 Innovations Series: BCG therapy for bladder cancer
March 16th 2022"It is clearly the standard and it's the treatment of choice. When you have that, and it's very good, it's evidenced by the fact that none of the agents are compared against BCG because it sets such a high standard of effectiveness," says Sam S. Chang, MD, MBA.