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Wayne Kuznar

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Water vapor thermal therapy for BPH sustains efficacy at 5 years

There were also no reports of sexual dysfunction related to device or procedure and no reported cases of sustained de novo erectile dysfunction at 5 years.


Zvi Gregory Wirschubsky, MD, PhD

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Renal cell carcinoma treated with partial nephrectomy or enucleation produce equivalent results

Patients with localized renal cell carcinoma treated with either partial nephrectomy or simple tumor enucleation have equivalent results in terms of local recurrence and cancer-specific survival after an estimated 10 years' follow-up.


Benjamin P. Saylor

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Blue light cystoscopy significantly decreases risk of recurrence in NMIBC

The investigators reported that “the risk of recurrence was significantly lower following BLC (HR=0.67, 95% CI: 0.51-0.89) than WLC.”


Ken Krizner

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Sense of urgency surrounds BCG shortage

As urologists maneuver through the third shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin during the past decade, there is a sense of urgency to find short- and long-term alternative treatments to the only FDA-approved BCG strain as a therapeutic agent for nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer.


Raj S. Pruthi, MD

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Retiring from the operating room but not from life

"The question of when a surgeon should retire has been the subject of debate for decades," writes Raj S. Pruthi, MD.


Manoj Monga, MD

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Robotic ureteroscopy: The future of stone management?

Advances in robotic URS will help target stones and reduce ionizing radiation.


Ron Rajecki

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Merck releases iPhone apps for its manuals

Merck & Co. has released iPhone applications for the professional and consumer editions of its Merck Manual.


Keith Borglum, CHBC

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What you need to know about buying and selling a practice

These tough economic times may give you pause if you're in the market to buy or sell a practice. But buying or selling at the right price at the right time could be the best investment you will ever make.


Kevin T. McVary, MD

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Management of nocturia: An unmet need in LUTS

In this article, we review the underlying causes of nocturia and outline an approach to its diagnostic evaluation and treatment.


Edward J. McGuire, MD

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Urologic care of the spinal cord injury patient

This article focuses on the potentially dangerous urinary tract factors seen in spinal cord injury patients, with an emphasis on early and continuous treatment.


Ajay Nehra, MD

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Use of prosthetic devices in urologic practice

Three areas in urology currently rely upon the use of prostheses: artificial urinary sphincter for urinary incontinence, penile prosthesis for erectile dysfunction, and testicular prosthesis for congenital or acquired absent testis.


Rajeev Kumar, MD

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Use of prosthetic devices in urologic practice

Three areas in urology currently rely upon the use of prostheses: artificial urinary sphincter for urinary incontinence, penile prosthesis for erectile dysfunction, and testicular prosthesis for congenital or acquired absent testis.


Shlomo Raz, MD

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Majority of nocturia patients have nocturnal polyuria

Drs. Shlomo Raz and Ja-Hong Kim discuss recent advances in the treatment of stress incontinence.


Jack Francis, MD

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Letter: Anterior urethropexy offers excellent, low-risk option to mesh

"Practicing medicine is difficult enough these days without doing things to enrich innovation-stifling lawyers," writes Jack Francis, MD.


Urology Times staff

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Dr. Shore on germline and somatic testing in prostate cancer

"Then [we] also started looking at somatic testing, because if you only stop at germline testing, you miss another 50% of patients who would have somatic alterations who have resistant prostate cancer," says Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS.


Joe Arite

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The USPSTF is putting men's lives at risk

The American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU) rejects the USPSTF's complete disregard of the positive effect the PSA test has had on so many men in this country.


Michael Ferrandino, MD

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'Gold standard' lithotripter wins clearance comparison

Various aspects of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) were the focus of several abstracts presented at the World Congress of Endourology & SWL here. Data from one U.S. group seemed to suggest, however, that SWL's "gold standard" offers better stone fragmentation and clearance than at least one newer device.


Ross E. Weber

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Surprise billing regulation stuns providers, rejects congressional intent

"The AACU joined 1 effort calling for the administration to remove the directive that arbiters anchor their determination to the qualifying payment amount, and instead let them consider all allowable information submitted by the parties to support their offer," says Ross E. Weber of the AACU.


Ronald J. Paprocki, JD, CFP, CHBC

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Preserve assets for heirs after second marriage

A relatively simple technique called the spousal lifetime access trust has proven especially advantageous and popular among those who have remarried and want to provide for children from a prior marriage.


Dan Danford, MBA, CRSP

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A new credit card law could lead to higher fees for consumers

Recent changes in credit card laws will likely affect everyone in ways both positive and negative.


Monica Derevjanik

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Adding a physician extender? Weigh these factors first

To address the gap between the increasing number of urologic patients and decreasing number of urologists, some urology practices have to turned to physician extenders, also known as midlevel providers.


Anthonia Akitunde

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Adding a physician extender? Weigh these factors first

To address the gap between the increasing number of urologic patients and decreasing number of urologists, some urology practices have to turned to physician extenders, also known as midlevel providers.


Matt Swentkofske

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State advocacy: It starts with the grassroots

With guidance from the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc., urologists have scored key grassroots victories in state legislatures across the country over the past year.


Hugh J. Lavery, MD

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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Recent technical modifications

Since the original description of the robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy technique in 2002, several technical modifications have been reported.


David B. Samadi, MD

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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Recent technical modifications

Since the original description of the robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy technique in 2002, several technical modifications have been reported.


Matthew Katz, MD

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New chemotherapeutic approaches in superficial bladder cancer

An overview of new agents and device-assisted therapies being investigated to improve outcomes for patients with superficial bladder cancer.


Medical Economics Staff

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Advice on using technology to enhance patient–physician communication

Research has shown that follow-up text messages are more effective than telephone calls at reducing hospital readmissions or emergency department visits following hospital discharge.


Jennifer Miles-Thomas, MD

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Laser vaginal rejuvenation: What urologists need to know

"The world of laser vaginal rejuvenation is fast paced, with new companies adding a laser platform nearly each month," write Jessica DeLong, MD, and Jennifer Miles-Thomas, MD.


Leslie A. Deane, MD

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Sealing devices show distinct advantages in study

Seal strength tests on two laparoscopic instruments indicate that each offers separate advantages when sealing ureters and blood vessels, researchers reported at the World Congress of Endourology & SWL.


Giulio Vignati, ScD

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Prostate specific antigen standardization: Making sense of the controversy

Efforts to standardize PSA assays were undertaken a decade ago, but PSA standardization remains controversial.

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